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Drinking alcohol, which Islam forbids, has also declined to 34 percent from 39 percent in 1994, according to the survey of 537 people of Muslim origin. [9] A 2015 study found that up to 12,000 French Muslims converted to Christianity, but cited that this number may be underestimated, and it may include only Protestant converts. [109]
A Muslim is required to perform Wudu (ablution) before performing salah, [40] [41] [42] and making the niyyah (intention) is a prerequisite for all deeds in Islam, including salah. Some schools of Islamic jurisprudence hold that intending to pray suffices in the heart, and some require that the intention be spoken, usually under the breath.
In Paris and the surrounding Île-de-France region, French Muslims tend to be more educated and religious, and the vast majority of them consider themselves loyal to France. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Among Muslims in Paris in the early 2010s, 77% disagreed when asked whether violence is an acceptable moral response for a noble cause or not; 73% said that ...
French government and Olympics officials are seeking a creative solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with the ...
Islamic honorifics are not abbreviated in Arabic-script languages (e.g. Arabic, Persian, Urdu) [64] given the rarity of acronyms and abbreviations in those languages, however, these honorifics are often abbreviated in other languages such as English, Spanish, and French.
The word 'mosque' entered the English language from the French word mosquée, probably derived from Italian moschea (a variant of Italian moscheta), from either Middle Armenian մզկիթ (mzkit), Medieval Greek: μασγίδιον (masgídion), or Spanish mezquita, from Arabic: مسجد, romanized: masjid (meaning "site of prostration (in prayer)" and hence a place of worship), either from ...
Most Berber languages have a high percentage of borrowing and influence from the Arabic language, as well as from other languages. [4] For example, Arabic loanwords represent 35% [5] to 46% [6] of the total vocabulary of the Kabyle language, and represent 51.7% of the total vocabulary of Tarifit. [7]
If you live in a ghetto or have a ghetto mentality then the rest of the people are gonna look at you funny. So one way is to be out there in your community so that they know that you are. When you see a Muslim, ask them. We get people that ask us all the time, ‘Why do you do this’ and ‘Why do you do that.’