Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Islam [a] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims ...
There are two main holidays in Islam that are celebrated by Muslims worldwide: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.The timing of both holidays are set by the lunar Islamic calendar, which is based upon the cycle of the moon, and so is different from the more common, European, solar-based Gregorian calendar.
Islam came to the Great Lakes region of South Eastern Africa along existing trade routes. [254] They learned from them the manners of the Muslims and this led to their conversion by the Muslim Arabs. Local Islamic governments centered in Tanzania (then Zanzibar). The people of Zayd were Muslims that immigrated to the Great Lakes region.
This timeline of Islamic history relates the Gregorian and Islamic calendars in the history of Islam. This timeline starts with the lifetime of Muhammad, which is believed by non-Muslims to be when Islam started, [ 1 ] though not by Muslims .
[22] [23] [24] Islam is the dominant religion in the Maldives, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries with more than 200 million adherents.
Arab Faqih was a citizen of the Adal Sultanate and a religious Sufi. [2] [3] He is believed to be of Yemeni descent according to most scholars.[4] [5] [6] However other historians such as Enrico Cerulli state he was possibly of Harari background. [7]
Islam Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din II ( Arabic : بادلاي بن سعد الدين ) (also known as Sihab ad-Din Ahmad Badlay , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Arwe Badlay – "Badlay the Beast" (died 25 December 1445) was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal and a son of Sa'ad ad-Din II .
The spread of Islam spans almost 1,400 years. The early Muslim conquests that occurred following the death of Muhammad in 632 CE led to the creation of the caliphates, expanding over a vast geographical area; conversion to Islam was boosted by Arab Muslim forces expanding over vast territories and building imperial structures over time.