text:
It's Better in The Bahamas: Renee's Sweet Escape
Posted by: Nassau Paradise Island on May 28, 2016
Sometimes, you want a vacation that's action packed: discovering a new city, eating at great restaurants, taking part in lots of activities and trying new things. Other times, you're looking for an escape that's all about pure relaxation, when the most difficult decision of the day is which swimsuit to put on. In The Bahamas, you can enjoy the best of both worlds!
Renee and her husband recently returned home from a vacation in Nassau Paradise Island, staying at Coral Towers at Atlantis. Each day, the couple spent the morning on the beach, then used their afternoons to head to Nassau for dining, shopping, and sightseeing. This mix of downtime and discovery made for the perfect vacation in Renee's eyes.
"It's the perfect mix of relaxing on the beach and visiting a fun city!" Renee says. "I loved waking up early to get a spot on the beach and then exploring Nassau in the afternoon."
In addition to swimming, snorkeling, and sunbathing on the beach, Renee says she loved the food in The Bahamas, specifically the sushi at Nobu and the chocolate at Graycliff.
If you have a sweet tooth, a visit to the Graycliff Chocolatier is a must. Sample fine handcrafted chocolates made with unique ingredients. You can even make your very own chocolate creations! Prefer to leave the chocolate-making to the experts? A chocolate and spirits tasting at Graycliff is another fun way to sample the chocolatier's finest products paired with premium spirits for the ultimate indulgent experience.
Even though Renee just got home from Nassau Paradise Island, she's already thinking about coming back next year. We can't wait to welcome you back to The Bahamas, Renee!
Relaxing escapes, active adventures, or a little bit of both: in Nassau Paradise Island, there are experiences for every vacation style. Check out these things to do in The Bahamas to get a taste of what we have to offer, then start planning your Nassau Paradise Island vacation now! And if you've already visited The Bahamas, be sure to tell us what you loved about Paradise – your story could be featured on our next weekly blog post!


text:
The Ungoverned
|Vernor Vinge
|United States
|Across Real Time
|Science fiction
Publication date
|Media type
|Print (Hardback & Paperback)
|Preceded by
|The Peace War
|Followed by
|Marooned in Realtime
"The Ungoverned" is a 1985 science fiction novella by Vernor Vinge, set between his novels The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime. It was first published in Far Frontiers, Volume III, first collected in True Names and Other Dangers, and later published in the 1991 edition of the omnibus Across Realtime (Baen Books, 1991).
Plot summary[edit]
The framework is the story of the Republic of New Mexico (NMR) invading the peaceful anarcho-capitalist society in Kansas. The NMR creates a military fiasco by completely failing to understand the cultural differences — including the amount of self-protection a lone Kansas farmer may have.
The protagonist is Wil W. Brierson, a detective/insurance agent, who attempts to disrupt the invasion while trying to minimize the property damage (and thus claims his company might have to pay out) and bridge the cultural gap. Brierson is also the protagonist of Marooned in Realtime.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- The full text of The Ungoverned is available online as part of the Baen Books collection Freedom!, edited by Mark Tier & Martin H. Greenberg.
|This article about a science fiction short story (or stories) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Islam (/ˈɪslɑːm/;[note 1] Arabic: الإسلام, al-ʾIslām IPA: [alʔisˈlaːm] ( listen);[note 2] historically called Muhammadanism in non-Islamic Anglophone societies)[note 3] is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religionarticulated by the Qur'an, a religious text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God(Allāh), and, for the vast majority of adherents, by the teachings and normative example (called thesunnah, composed of accounts called hadith) of Muhammad (c. 570–8 June 632 CE). An adherent of Islam is called a Muslim (sometimes spelled "Moslem").[2] Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable[3] and that the purpose of existence is to worship God.[4] Nearly all Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of God.
Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus.[5] As for the Qur'an, Muslims consider it to be both the unaltered and the final revelation of God.[6] Religious concepts and practices include the five pillars of Islam, which are obligatory acts of worship, and followingIslamic law, which touches on virtually every aspect of life and society, from banking and welfare to thestatus of women and the environment.[7][8]
Islam began in the early-7th century. Originating in Mecca, it quickly spread in the Arabian peninsula and by the 8th century the Islamic empire was extended from Iberia in the west to the Indus river in the east. The Islamic Golden Age refers to the period traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 13th century when much of the historically Islamic world was experiencing a scientific, economic and cultural flourishing.[9][10][11] The expansion of the Muslim world involved various caliphates and empires, traders and conversion to Islam by missionary activities.[12]
Most Muslims are of one of two denominations:[13][14] Sunni (75–90%)[15] or Shia (10–20%).[16] About 13% of Muslims live in Indonesia,[17] the largest Muslim-majority country, 32% in South Asia,[18] the largest Muslim population of any region, 20% in the Middle East,[19] and 15% in Sub-Saharan Africa.[20] Sizable Muslim communities are also found in Europe, China, Russia, and the Americas. Converts and immigrant communities are found in almost every part of the world. With about 1.7 billion followers or 23% of the global population,[21] Islam is the second-largest religion by number of adherents and, according to many sources, the fastest-growing major religion in the world.[22][23][24]
Contents Edit
- 1Etymology and meaning
- 2Articles of faith
- 2.1Concept of God
- 2.2Angels
- 2.3Revelations
- 2.4Prophets
- 2.5Resurrection and judgment
- 2.6Divine will
- 3Five pillars
- 3.1Testimony
- 3.2Prayer
- 3.3Alms-giving
- 3.4Fasting
- 3.5Pilgrimage
- 4Law and jurisprudence
- 4.1Scholars
- 4.2Schools of jurisprudence
- 4.3Etiquette and diet
- 4.4Family life
- 4.5Economy
- 4.6Government
- 4.7Jihad
- 5History
- 5.1Muhammad (610–632)
- 5.2Caliphate and civil strife (632–750)
- 5.3Classical era (750–1258)
- 5.4Pre-Modern era (1258–20th century)
- 5.5Modern times (20th century–present)
- 6Denominations
- 6.1Sunni
- 6.2Shia
- 6.3Sufism
- 6.4Other denominations
- 6.5Non-denominational Muslims
- 7Demographics
- 8Culture
- 8.1Architecture
- 8.2Art
- 8.3Calendar
- 9Criticism
- 10See also
- 11References
- 11.1Notes
- 11.2Citations
- 11.3Books and journals
- 11.3.1Encyclopedias
- 12Further reading
- 13External links
Etymology and meaning Edit
The dome of the Carol I Mosque in Constanța,Romania, topped by the Islamic crescent
Islam is a verbal noun originating from the triliteral root s-l-m which forms a large class of words mostly relating to concepts of wholeness, submission, safeness and peace.[25] In a religious context it means "voluntary submission to God".[26][27] Islām is the verbal noun of Form IV of the root, and means "submission" or "surrender". Muslim, the word for an adherent of Islam, is the active participle of the same verb form, and means "one who submits" or "one who surrenders". Believers demonstrate submission to God by serving God, following his commands, and rejectingpolytheism. The word sometimes has distinct connotations in its various occurrences in the Qur'an. In some verses, there is stress on the quality of Islam as an internal conviction: "Whomsoever God desires to guide, He opens his Concept of God
Medallion showing "Allah" (God) in Hagia Sophia,Istanbul, Turkey.
Main articles: God in Islam and Allah
Islam's most fundamental concept is a rigorous monotheism, calledtawḥīd (Arabic: توحيد). God is described in chapter 112 of the Qur'an as:[34] "Say: He is God, the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him."(112:1-4) Muslims and Jews repudiate the Christian doctrine of theTrinity and divinity of Jesus, comparing it to polytheism. In Islam, God is beyond all comprehension and Muslims are not expected to visualize God.[35][36][37][38] God is described and referred to by certain names or attributes, the most common being Al-Rahmān, meaning "The Compassionate" and Al-Rahīm, meaning "The Merciful" (See Names of God in Islam).[39]
Muslims believe that the creation of everything in the universe was brought into being by God's sheer command, "'Be' and so it is,"[40] and that the purpose of existence is to worship God.[41] He is viewed as a personal god who responds whenever a person in need or distress calls him.[42] There are no intermediaries, such as clergy, to contact God who states, "I am nearer to him than (his) jugular vein."[43]
Allāh is the term with no plural or gender used by Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews to reference God, while ʾilāh (Arabic: إله) is the term used for a deity or a god in general.[44] Other non-Arab Muslims might use different names as much as Allah, for instance "Tanrı" in Turkish, "Khodā" inPersian or Ḵẖudā in Urdu.
Angels Edit
Main article: Islamic view of angels
Belief in angels is fundamental to the faith of Islam. The Arabic word for angel (Arabic: ملكmalak) means "messenger", like its counterparts in Hebrew (malʾákh) and Greek (angelos). According to the Qur'an, angels do not possess free will, and therefore worship and obey Godin total obedience. Angels' duties include communicating revelations from God, glorifying God, recording every person's actions, and taking a person's soul at the time of death. Muslims believe that angels are made of light. They are described as "messengers with wings—two, or three, or four (pairs): He [God] adds to Creation as He pleases..."[45] Some scholars have emphasized a metaphorical reinterpretation of the concept of angels.[46] Pictorial depictions of angels are generally avoided in Islamic Art, as the idea of giving form to anything immaterial is not accepted.[47] Muslims therefore do not generally share the perceptions of angelic pictorial depictions, such as those found in Western Art.
Revelations Edit
11th-century Qur'anic manuscript with vocalization marks.
Main articles: Islamic holy books, Quran, and Wahy
See also: History of the Quran
The Islamic holy books are the records which most Muslims believe were dictated by God to various prophets. Muslims believe that parts of the previously revealed scriptures, the Tawrat (Torah) and the Injil(Gospels), had become distorted—either in interpretation, in text, or both; though they are nevertheless all obliged, according to the Qur'an, to treat the older scriptures with the utmost respect.[48][49] The Qur'an (literally, "Reading" or "Recitation") is viewed by Muslims as the final revelation and literal word of God and is widely regarded as the finest literary work in the Arabic language.[50][51]
Muslims believe that the verses of the Qur'an were revealed to Muhammad by God through the archangel Gabriel(Jibrīl) on many occasions between 610 CE until his death on June 8, 632.[52] While Muhammad was alive, all of these revelations were written down by his companions (sahabah), although the prime method of transmission was orally through memorization.[53]
The Qur'an is divided into 114 suras, or chapters, which combined, contain 6,236 āyāt, or verses. The chronologically earlier suras, revealed at Mecca, are primarily concerned with ethical and spiritual topics. The later Medinan suras mostly discuss social and moral issues relevant to the Muslim community.[54]
The Qur'an is more concerned with moral guidance than legal instruction, and is considered the "sourcebook of Islamic principles and values".[55]Muslim jurists consult the hadith ("reports"), or the written record of Prophet Muhammad's life, to both supplement the Qur'an and assist with its interpretation. The science of Qur'anic commentary and exegesis is known as tafsir.[56] The set of rules governing proper pronunciation is called tajwid.
Muslims usually view "the Qur'an" as the original scripture as revealed in Arabic and that any translations are necessarily deficient, which are regarded only as commentaries on the Qur'an.[57]
Prophets Edit
Anbiya are considered prophets of the past in Islam.[58]
Main articles: Prophets in Islam, Sunnah, and Hadith
Muslims identify the prophets of Islam (Arabic: أنۢبياء anbiyāʾ ) as those humans chosen by God to be his messengers. According to the Qur'an, the prophets were instructed by God to bring the "will of God" to the peoples of the nations. Muslims believe that prophets are human and not divine, though some are able to perform miracles to prove their claim. Islamic theology says that all of God's messengers preached the message of Islam—submission to the will of God. The Qur'an mentions the names of numerous figures considered prophets in Islam, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, among others.[59]
Muslims believe that God finally sent Muhammad as the last law bearing prophet (Seal of the Prophets) to convey the divine message to the whole world (to sum up and to finalize the word of God). In Islam, the "normative" example of Muhammad's life is called the Sunnah (literally "trodden path"). Muslims are encouraged to emulate Muhammad's actions in their daily lives and the Sunnah is seen as crucial to guiding interpretation of the Qur'an.[60] This example is preserved in traditions known as hadith, which recount his words, his actions, and his personal characteristics. Hadith Qudsi is a sub-category of hadith, regarded as verbatim words of God quoted by Muhammad but is not part of the Quran.
A hadith involves two elements- a chain of narrators, called sanad, and the actual wording, called matn. Hadiths can be classified, by studying the narration, as "authentic" or "correct", called Sahih (Arabic: صَحِيْح), "good", called Ḥasan (Arabic: حَسَن) or "weak", called Ḍaʻīf (Arabic: ضَعِيْف) among others. Muhammad al-Bukhari[61] collected over 300,000 hadith, but only included 2,602 distinct hadith that passed the tests that codified them as authentic into his book Sahih al-Bukhari,[61] which is considered by many to be the most authentic source after the Quran.[62][63]
Resurrection and judgment Edit
Main article: Qiyama
Belief in the "Day of Resurrection", Yawm al-Qiyāmah (Arabic: يوم القيامة) is also crucial for Muslims. They believe the time of Qiyāmah is preordained by God but unknown to man. The trials and tribulations preceding and during the Qiyāmah are described in the Qur'an and the hadith, and also in the commentaries of scholars. The Qur'an emphasizes bodily resurrection, a break from the pre-Islamic Arabian understanding of death.[64]
On Yawm al-Qiyāmah, Muslims believe all mankind will be judged on their good and bad deeds and consigned to Jannah (paradise) or Jahannam (hell). The Qur'an in Surat al-Zalzalah describes this as, "So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it (99:7) and whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it (99:8)." The Qur'an lists several sins that can condemn a person to hell, such as disbelief in God (Arabic: كفر kufr), and dishonesty; however, the Qur'an makes it clear God will forgive the sins of those who repent if he so wills. Good deeds, such as charity, prayer and compassion towards animals,[65][66] will be rewarded with entry to heaven. Muslims view heaven as a place of joy and bliss, with Qur'anic references describing its features and the physical pleasures to come. Mystical traditions in Islam place these heavenly delights in the context of an ecstatic awareness of God.[67]
Yawm al-Qiyāmah is also identified in the Qur'an as Yawm ad-Dīn (Arabic: يوم الدين), "Day of Religion";[68] as-sāʿah (Arabic: الساعة), "the Last Hour";[69]and al-Qāriʿah (Arabic: القارعة), "The Clatterer".[70]
Divine will Edit
Main article: Qadar
The concept of divine will is referred to as al-qadā wa'l-qadar (Arabic: قدر), which literally derives from a root that means to to measure. Everything, good and bad, is believed to have been decreed.[71]
Five pillars Edit
Main article: Five Pillars of Islam
The Pillars of Islam (arkan al-Islam; also arkan ad-din, "pillars of religion") are five basic acts in Islam, considered obligatory for all believers. The Quran presents them as a framework for worship and a sign of commitment to the faith. They are (1) the creed (shahadah), (2) daily prayers (salat), (3) almsgiving (zakah), (4) fasting during Ramadan and (5) the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) at least once in a lifetime if you are financially and physically able to.[72] Both Shia and Sunni sects agree on the essential details for the performance of these acts.[73]
Testimony Edit
Silver coin of the Mughal EmperorAkbar with inscriptions of the Islamic declaration of faith
Main article: Shahadah
The Shahadah,[74] which is the basic creed of Islam that must be recited under oath with the specific statement: "'ašhadu 'al-lā ilāha illā-llāhu wa 'ašhadu 'anna muħammadan rasūlu-llāh", or "I testify that there is no god butGod, Muhammad is the messenger of God."[75] This testament is a foundation for all other beliefs and practices in Islam. Muslims must repeat the shahadah in prayer, and non-Muslims wishing to convert to Islam are required to recite the creed.[76]
Prayer Edit
Main article: Salat
See also: Mosque and Jumu'ah
- The weekly Jumu'ahprayer, being held inPristina, Kosovo.
- Muslim men prostratingduring prayer in theUmayyad Mosque,Damascus.
Ritual prayers, called Ṣalāh or Ṣalāt (Arabic: صلاة), must be performed five times a day. Salat is intended to focus the mind on God, and is seen as a personal communication with him that expresses gratitude and worship. Salat is compulsory but flexibility in the specifics is allowed depending on circumstances. The prayers are recited in the Arabic language, and consist of verses from the Qur'an.[77] The prayers are done with the chest in direction of the kaaba though in the early days of Islam, they were done in direction of Jerusalem.
A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims, who often refer to it by its Arabic name, masjid. The word mosque in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated to Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque (masjid jāmi').[78] Although the primary purpose of the mosque is to serve as a place of prayer, it is also important to the Muslim community as a place to meet and study. In Medina, Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, or the Prophet's Mosque, was also a place of refuge for the poor.[79] Modern mosques have evolved greatly from the early designs of the 7th century, and contain a variety of architectural elements such as minarets.[80]
Alms-giving Edit
Main articles: Zakat and Sadaqah
"Zakāt" (Arabic: زكاة zakāh "alms") is giving a fixed portion of accumulated wealth by those who can afford it to help the poor or needy and for those employed to collect Zakat; also, for bringing hearts together, freeing captives, for those in debt (or bonded labour) and for the (stranded) traveller.[81][82]It is considered a religious obligation (as opposed to voluntary charity) that the well-off owe to the needy because their wealth is seen as a "trust from God's bounty". Conservative estimates of annual zakat is estimated to be 15 times global humanitarian aid contributions.[83] The amount of zakat to be paid on capital assets (e.g. money) is 2.5% (1/40) per year,[84] for people who are not poor. The Qur'an and the hadith also urge a Muslim to give even more as an act of voluntary alms-giving called Sadaqah.[85]
Fasting Edit
Main article: Sawm
Further information: Sawm of Ramadan
Fasting, (Arabic: صوم ṣawm), from food and drink (among other things) must be performed from dawn to dusk during the month of Ramadhan. The fast is to encourage a feeling of nearness to God, and during it Muslims should express their gratitude for and dependence on him, atone for their past sins, and think of the needy. Sawm is not obligatory for several groups for whom it would constitute an undue burden. For others, flexibility is allowed depending on circumstances, but missed fasts usually must be made up quickly.[86]
Pilgrimage Edit
Pilgrims at the Masjid al-Haram onHajj
Main article: Hajj
The pilgrimage, called the ḥajj (Arabic: حج), has to be done during the Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah in the city of Mecca. Every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it must make the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in his or her lifetime. Rituals of the Hajj include: spending a day and a night in the tents in the desert plain of Mina, then a day in the desert plain of Arafat praying and worshiping God, following the foot steps of Abraham. Then spending a night out in the open, sleeping on the desert sand in the desert plain of Muzdalifah, then moving to Jamarat, symbolically stoning the Devil recounting Abraham's actions.[87][88][89] Then going to Mecca and walking seven times around the Kaaba which Muslims believe was built as a place of worship by Abraham. Then walking seven times between Mount Safa and Mount Marwah recounting the steps of Abraham's wife, while she was looking for water for her son Ismael in the desert before Mecca developed into a settlement.[90]
Law and jurisprudence Edit
Main articles: Sharia and Fiqh
The Shariʻah (literally "the path leading to the watering place") is Islamic law and constitutes a system of duties that are incumbent upon a Muslim by virtue of his or her religious belief.[91] The study of Islamic law is called Fiqh, or "Islamic jurisprudence". The methods of jurisprudence used are known as usul al-fiqh ("legal theory", or "principles of jurisprudence"). Much of it has evolved with the objective to prevent innovation or alteration in the original religion, known as bid'ah. Four fundamental evidence, codified by ash-Shafi'i, used are, in order of precedence: the Qur'an, the Hadith (the practice of Muhammad), the consensus of the Muslim jurists (ijma), and analogical reasoning (qiyas). Rulings over actions can be categorized as those that are obligatory (fardh) recommendanded (mustahabb), permissible (mubah), not recommended (makrooh) and prohibited (haraam).
The Quran set the rights, the responsibilities and the rules for people and for societies to adhere to. Muhammad provided an example, which is recorded in the hadith books, showing how he practically implemented those rules in a society.
Men reading the Quran
Many of the Sharia laws that differ are devised through Ijtihad where there is no such ruling in the Quran or the Hadiths of Islamic prophet Muhammad regarding a similar case.[92][93] As Muhammad's companions went to new areas,[94] they were pragmatic and in some cases continued to use the same ruling as was given in that area during pre-Islamic times. If the population felt comfortable with it, it was just and they used Ijtihad to deduce that it did not conflict with the Quran or the Hadith. This made it easier for the different communities to integrate into the Islamic State and that assisted in the quick expansion of the Islamic State.
Islamic law covers all aspects of life, from matters of state, like governance and foreign relations, to issues of daily living. The Qur'an defines hudud as the punishments for five specific crimes: unlawful intercourse, false accusation of unlawful intercourse, consumption of alcohol, theft, and highway robbery. The Qur'an and Sunnah also contain laws of inheritance, marriage, and restitution for injuries and murder, as well as rules for fasting,charity, and prayer.
Scholars Edit
See also: Ulama, Mufti, Faqih, Imam, and Qadi
Imam teaches the Quran in Crimea, (1850s, lithograph by Carlo Bossoli)
Islam, like Judaism, has no clergy in the sacerdotal sense, such as priests who mediate between God and people. However, there are many terms in Islam to refer to religiously sanctioned positions of Islam. In the broadest sense, the term ulema (Arabic: علماء) is used to describe the body of Muslim scholars who have completed several years of training and study of Islamic sciences. A jurist who interprets Islamic law is called amufti (Arabic: مفتي) and often issues judicial opinions, called fatwas. A scholar of jurisprudence is called a faqih(Arabic: فقيه). Someone who studies the science of hadith is called a muhaddith. A qadi is a judge in an Islamic court. Honorific titles given to scholars include shiekh, mullah and maulvi. Imam (Arabic: إمام) is a leadership position, often used in the context of conducting Islamic worship services.
Schools of jurisprudence Edit
The main Islamic madh'habs (schools of law) of Muslim countries or distributions
Main article: Madhab
A school of jurisprudence is referred to as a madhab (Arabic:مذهب). The four major Sunni schools are the Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i,Hanbali and sometimes Ẓāhirī while the two major Shia schools are Ja'fari and Zaidi. Each differ in their methodology, called Usul al-fiqh. The following of decisions by a religious expert without necessarily examining the decision's reasoning is called taqlid. The term ghair muqallid literally refers to those who do not use taqlid and by extension do not have a madhab.[95] The practice of an individual interpretating law with independent reasoning is called ijtihad.[96]
Etiquette and diet Edit
Main articles: Adab (behavior) and Islamic dietary laws
Many practices fall in the category of adab, or Islamic etiquette. This includes greeting others with "as-salamu `alaykum" ("peace be unto you"), saying bismillah ("in the name of God") before meals, and using only the right hand for eating and drinking. Islamic hygienic practices mainly fall into the category of personal cleanliness and health. Circumcision of male offspring is also practiced in Islam. Islamic burial rituals include saying the Salat al-Janazah ("funeral prayer") over the bathed and enshrouded dead body, and burying it in a grave. Muslims are restricted in their diet. Prohibited foods include pork products, blood, carrion, and alcohol. All meat must come from a herbivorous animal slaughtered in the name of God by a Muslim, Jew, or Christian, with the exception of game that one has hunted or fished for oneself. Food permissible for Muslims is known as halal food.[97]
Family life Edit
See also: Women in Islam, Islamic marital practices, and Islamic sexual jurisprudence
The basic unit of Islamic society is the family, and Islam defines the obligations and legal rights of family members. The father is seen as financially responsible for his family, and is obliged to cater for their well-being. The division of inheritance is specified in the Qur'an, which states that most of it is to pass to the immediate family, while a portion is set aside for the payment of debts and the making of bequests. The woman's share of inheritance is generally half of that of a man with the same rights of succession.[98] Marriage in Islam is a civil contract which consists of an offer and acceptance between two qualified parties in the presence of two witnesses. The groom is required to pay a bridal gift (mahr) to the bride, as stipulated in the contract.[99] The Quran (verse 4:3)[Quran 4:3] limits the number of wives to four and only if a man could treat them with fairness and equity. Most families in the Islamic world are monogamous as the rule is a conditional permission not a recommendation.[100][101] Polyandry, a form of polygamy, where a woman takes on two or more husbands is prohibited in Islam.[102] With Muslims coming from diverse backgrounds including 49 Muslim-majority countries, plus a strong presence as large minorities throughout the world there are many variations on Muslim Weddings.[103] The Nikah mut'ah is practised by Shia Muslims. Sunni Muslims practice Nikah Misyar, a similar marriage arrangement. Sunni Muslims also practice Nikah 'urfi.
Economy Edit
Main article: Islamic economic jurisprudence
To reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, Islamic economic jurisprudence encourages trade,[104] discourages the hoarding of wealth and outlaws interest-bearing loans (usury; the term is riba in Arabic).[105][106] Therefore, wealth is taxed through Zakat, but trade is not taxed. Usury, which allows the rich to get richer without sharing in the risk, is forbidden in Islam. Profit sharing and venture capital where the lender is also exposed to risk is acceptable.[107] Hoarding of food for speculation is also discouraged.[108]
Grabbing other people's land is also prohibited. The prohibition of usury has resulted in the development of Islamic banking. During the time of Muhammad, any money that went to the state, was immediately used to help the poor. Then in 634, Umar formally established the welfare state Bayt al-mal. The Bayt al-mal or the welfare state was for the Muslim and Non-Muslim poor, needy, elderly, orphans, widows, and the disabled. The Bayt al-malran for hundreds of years under the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century and continued through the Umayyad period and well into the Abbasid era. Umar also introduced Child Benefit and Pensions for the children and the elderly.[109][110][111][112]
Government Edit
Main articles: Political aspects of Islam, Islamic state, Islam and secularism, Islamic democracy, Sultanate, Khanate, Imamate, Emirate, Mansa (title), and Caliphate
Mainstream Islamic law does not distinguish between "matters of church" and "matters of state"; the scholars function as both jurists and theologians. Currently no government conforms to Islamic economic jurisprudence, but steps have been taken to implement some of its tenets.[113][114][115]
Jihad Edit
Main articles: Jihad, Islamic military jurisprudence, and List of expeditions of Muhammad
Jihad means "to strive or struggle" (in the way of God). Jihad, in its broadest sense, is "exerting one's utmost power, efforts, endeavors, or ability in contending with an object of disapprobation". Depending on the object being a visible enemy, the Devil, and aspects of one's own self (such as sinful desires), different categories of jihad are defined.[116] Jihad, when used without any qualifier, is understood in its military aspect.[117][118] Jihad also refers to one's striving to attain religious and moral perfection.[119] Some Muslim authorities, especially among the Shi'a and Sufis, distinguish between the "greater jihad", which pertains to spiritual self-perfection, and the "lesser jihad", defined as warfare.[120]
Within Islamic jurisprudence, jihad is usually taken to mean military exertion against non-believer/non-Muslim/Muslim combatants. The ultimate purpose of military jihad is debated, both within the Islamic community and without. Jihad is the only form of warfare permissible in Islamic law and may be declared against illegal works, terrorists, criminal groups, rebels, apostates, and leaders or states who oppress Muslims.[121][122] Most Muslims today interpret Jihad as only a defensive form of warfare.[123] Jihad only becomes an individual duty for those vested with authority. For the rest of the populace, this happens only in the case of a general mobilization.[122] For most Twelver Shias, offensive jihad can only be declared by a divinely appointed leader of the Muslim community, and as such is suspended since Muhammad al-Mahdi's[124] occultation in 868 AD.[125]
History Edit
A panoramic view of Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (the Mosque of the Prophet) in Medina, Hejaz region, today's Saudi Arabia, the second most sacred Mosque in Islam
Main articles: History of Islam and Spread of Islam
Muhammad (610–632) Edit
Main articles: Muhammad and Muhammad in Islam
See also: Early social changes under Islam
Muslim tradition views Muhammad (c. 570 – June 8, 632) as the seal of the prophets.[126] During the last 22 years of his life, beginning at age 40 in 610CE, according to the earliest surviving biographies, Muhammad reported revelations that he believed to be from God, conveyed to him through thearchangel Gabriel (Jibril). Muhammad's companions memorized and recorded the content of these revelations, known as the Qur'an.[127]
During this time, Muhammad in Mecca preached to the people, imploring them to abandon polytheism and to worship one God. Although some converted to Islam, the leading Meccan authorities persecuted Muhammad and his followers. This resulted in the Migration to Abyssinia of some Muslims (to the Aksumite Empire). Many early converts to Islam were the poor and former slaves like Bilal ibn Rabah al-Habashi. The Meccan élite felt that Muhammad was destabilising their social order by preaching about one God and about racial equality, and that in the process he gave ideas to the poor and to their slaves.[128][129][130][131]
After 12 years of the persecution of Muslims by the Meccans and the Meccan boycott of the Hashemites, Muhammad's relatives, Muhammad and the Muslims performed the Hijra ("emigration") to the city of Medina (formerly known as Yathrib) in 622. There, with the Medinan converts (Ansar) and the Meccan migrants (Muhajirun), Muhammad in Medina established his political and religious authority. A state was established[by whom?] in accordance with Islamic economic jurisprudence. The Constitution of Medina was formulated, instituting a number of rights and responsibilities for the Muslim, Jewish, Christian and pagan communities of Medina, bringing them within the fold of one community — the Ummah.[132][133]
The Constitution established:
- the security of the community
- religious freedoms
- the role of Medina as a sacred place (barring all violence and weapons)
- the security of women
- stable tribal relations within Medina
- a tax system for supporting the community in time of conflict
- parameters for exogenous political alliances
- a system for granting protection of individuals
- a judicial system for resolving disputes where non-Muslims could also use their own laws
All the tribes signed the agreement to defend Medina from all external threats and to live in harmony amongst themselves. Within a few years, two battles took place against the Meccan forces: first, the Battle of Badr in 624 - a Muslim victory, and then a year later, when the Meccans returned to Medina, the Battle of Uhud, which ended inconclusively.
The Arab tribes in the rest of Arabia then formed a confederation and during the Battle of the Trench (March–April 627) besieged Medina, intent on finishing off Islam. In 628, the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah was signed between Mecca and the Muslims and was broken by Mecca two years later. After the signing of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah many more people converted to Islam. At the same time, Meccan trade routes were cut off as Muhammad brought surrounding desert tribes under his control.[134] By 629 Muhammad was victorious in the nearly bloodless conquest of Mecca, and by the time of his death in 632 (at the age of 62) he had united the tribes of Arabia into a single religious polity.[135]
The earliest three generations of Muslims are known as the Salaf, with the companions of Muhammad being known as the Sahaba. Many of them, such as the largest narrator of hadith Abu Hureyrah, recorded and compiled what would constitute the sunnah.
Caliphate and civil strife (632–750) Edit
Dome of the Rock built by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan; completed at the end of the Second Fitna.
Further information: Muslim conquests, First Fitna, and Second Fitna
With Muhammad's death in 632, disagreement broke out over who would succeed him as leader of the Muslim community. Abu Bakr, a companion and close friend of Muhammad, was made the first caliph. Under Abu Bakrthe Muslims expanded into Syria after putting down a rebellion by Arab tribes in an episode known as the Ridda wars, or "Wars of Apostasy".[136] The Quran was compiled into a single volume at this time.
Abu Bakr's death in 634 resulted in the succession of Umar ibn al-Khattab as the caliph, followed by Uthman ibn al-Affan, Ali ibn Abi Talib and Hasan ibn Ali. The first four caliphs are known in Sunni Islam as al-khulafā' ar-rāshidūn ("Rightly Guided Caliphs").[137] Under them, the territory under Muslim rule expanded deeply into the parts of the Persian and Byzantine territories.[138]
When Umar was assassinated by Persians in 644, the election of Uthman as successor was met with increasing opposition. The standard copies of the Quran were also distributed throughout the Islamic State. In 656, Uthman was also killed, and Ali assumed the position of caliph. After the first civil war (the "First Fitna"), Ali was assassinated by Kharijites in 661. Following a peace treaty, Mu'awiyah came to power and began the Umayyad dynasty.[139] These disputes over religious and political leadership would give rise to schism in the Muslim community. The majority accepted the legitimacy of the three rulers prior to Ali, and became known as Sunnis. A minority disagreed, and believed that only Ali and some of his descendants should rule; they became known as the Shia.[140] After Mu'awiyah's death in 680, conflict over succession broke out again in a civil war known as the "Second Fitna".
The Umayyad dynasty conquered the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Narbonnese Gaul and Sindh.[141] Local populations of Jews and indigenous Christians, persecuted as religious minorities and taxed heavily to finance the Byzantine–Sassanid Wars, often aided Muslims to take over their lands from the Byzantines and Persians, resulting in exceptionally speedy conquests.[142][143] Since the Constitution of Medina, Jews and Christians continued to use their own laws and had their own judges.[144][145][146]
The generation after the death of Muhammad but contemporaries of his companions are known as the Tabi'un, followed by the Tabi' al-Tabi'in. The Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz set up the influential committee, "The Seven Fuqaha of Medina",[147][148] headed by Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr.[149] Malik ibn Anas wrote one of the earliest books on Islamic jurisprudence, the Muwatta,[150] as a consensus of the opinion of those jurists.[151][152][153]
The descendants of Muhammad's uncle Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib rallied discontented non-Arab converts (mawali), poor Arabs, and some Shi'a against the Umayyads and overthrew them, inaugurating the Abbasid dynasty in 750.[154]
Classical era (750–1258) Edit
During this time, the Delhi Sultanate took over northern parts of Indian subcontinent. Religious missions converted Volga Bulgaria to Islam. Many Muslims also went to China to trade, virtually dominating the import and export industry of the Song Dynasty.[155]
The eye, according to Hunain ibn Ishaq from a manuscript dated circa 1200.
This era is sometimes called the "Islamic Golden Age".[156] Public hospitals established during this time (calledBimaristan hospitals), are considered "the first hospitals" in the modern sense of the word,[157][158] and issued the first medical diplomas to license doctors.[159][160] The Guinness World Records recognizes the University of Al Karaouine, founded in 859, as the world's oldest degree-granting university.[161] The doctorate is argued to date back to the licenses to teach in Muslim law schools.[162] Standards of experimental and quantificationtechniques, as well as the tradition of citation,[163] were introduced. An important pioneer in this, Ibn Al-Haythamis regarded as the father of the modern scientific method and often referred to as the "world's first true scientist".[164][165] The government paid scientists the equivalent salary of professional athletes today.[163] It is argued that the data used by Copernicus for his heliocentric conclusions was gathered and that Al-Jahizproposed a theory of natural selection.[166][167] Rumi wrote some of the finest Persian poetry and is still one of the best selling poets in America.[168][169] Legal institutions introduced include the trust and charitable trust(Waqf).[170][171]
Al-Shafi'i also codified a method to determine the reliability of hadith.[172] During the early Abbasid era, the major Sunni hadith collections were compiled by scholars such as Bukhari and Muslim while major Shia hadith collections by scholars such as Al-Kulayni and Ibn Babawayh were also compiled. The Ja'fari jurisprudence was formed from the teachings of Ja'far al-Sadiq while the four Sunni Madh'habs, the Hanafi, Hanbali, Maliki andShafi'i, were established around the teachings of Abū Ḥanīfa, Ahmad bin Hanbal, Malik ibn Anas and al-Shafi'irespectively. In the 9th century, ash-Shafi'i provided a theoretical basis for Islamic law by codifying the principles of jurisprudence in his book ar-Risālah.[173] Al-Tabari and Ibn Kathir completed the most commonly cited commentaries on the Quran, the Tafsir al-Tabari in the 9th century and the Tafsir ibn Kathir in the 14th century, respectively. Philosophers Al-Farabi and Avicenna sought to incorporate Greek principles into Islamic theology, while others like Al-Ghazali argued against them and ultimately prevailed.[174]
Caliphs such as Mamun al Rashid and Al-Mu'tasim made the mutazilite philosophy an official creed and imposed it upon Muslims to follow. Mu'tazila was a Greek influenced school of speculative theology called kalam, which refers to dialectic.[175] Many orthodox Muslims rejected mutazilite doctrines and condemned their idea of the creation of the Quran. In inquisitions, Imam Hanbal refused to conform and was tortured and sent to an unlit Baghdadprison cell for nearly thirty months.[176] The other branch of kalam was the Ash'ari school founded by Al-Ash'ari.
Some Muslims began to question the piety of indulgence in a worldly life and emphasized poverty, humility and avoidance of sin based on renunciation of bodily desires. Ascetics such as Hasan al-Basri would inspire a movement that would evolve into Tasawwuf (Sufism).[177] Beginning in the 13th century, Sufism underwent a transformation, largely because of efforts to legitimize and reorganize the movement by Al-Ghazali, who developed the model of the Sufi order—a community of spiritual teachers and students.[178]
The first Muslims states independent of a unified Muslim state emerged from the Berber Revolt (739/740-743). In 930, the Ismaili group known as theQarmatians unsuccessfully rebelled against the Abbassids, sacked Mecca and stole the Black Stone, which was eventually retrieved.[179] The Mongol Empire put an end to the Abbassid dynasty in 1258.[180]
Pre-Modern era (1258–20th century) Edit
Abdülmecid II was the last Caliph of Islam from the Ottoman dynasty.
Islam spread with Muslim trade networks and Sufi orders activity that extended into Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia and the Malay archipelago.[181][182] Under the Ottoman Empire, Islam spread to Southeast Europe,Crimea, and the Caucasus.[183] The Muslims in China who were descended from earlier immigration began to assimilate by adopting Chinese names and culture while Nanjing became an important center of Islamic study.[184][185]
The Muslim world was generally in serious political decline starting the 1800s, especially relative to the non-Muslim European powers. This decline was evident culturally; while Taqi al-Din founded an observatory inIstanbul and the Jai Singh Observatory was built in the 18th century, there was not a single Muslim country with a major observatory by the twentieth century.[186] The Reconquista, launched against Muslim principalities inIberia, succeeded in 1492. By the 19th century the British Empire had formally ended the Mughal dynasty in India.[187] The Ottoman Empire disintegrated after World War I and the Caliphate was abolished in 1924.[188][189]
The majority and oldest group among Shia at that time, the Zaydis, named after the great grandson of Ali, the scholar Zayd ibn Ali, used the Hanafi jurisprudence, as did most Sunnis.[190][191][192] The Shia Safavid dynastyrose to power in 1501 and later conquered all of Iran.[193] The ensuing mandatory conversion of Iran to Twelver Shia Islam for the largely Sunni population also ensured the final dominance of the Twelver sect within Shiism over the Zaidi sect, the largest group amongst the Shia before the Safavid Dynasty, and the Ismaili sect.[194] Nader Shah, who overthrew the Safavids, attempted to improve relations with Sunnis by propagating the integration of Shiism by calling it the Jaafari Madh'hab.[195]
A revival movement during this period was an 18th-century Salafi movement led by Ibn Abd al-Wahhab in today's Saudi Arabia. Referred to as Wahhabi, their self designation is Muwahiddun (unitarians). Building upon earlier efforts such as those by Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, the movement allegedly seeks to uphold monotheism and purify Islam of what they see as later innovations. Their zeal against idolatrous shrines led to the desecration of shrines around the world, including that of Muhammad and his companions in Mecca and Medina.[196][197] In the 19th century, the Deobandi andBarelwi movements were initiated.
Modern times (20th century–present) Edit
Further information: Islamic revival
The flag of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
Contact with industrialized nations brought Muslim populations to new areas through economic migration. Many Muslims migrated as indentured servants, from mostly India and Indonesia, to the Caribbean, forming the largest Muslim populations by percentage in the Americas.[198] The resulting urbanization and increase in trade in sub-Saharan Africa brought Muslims to settle in new areas and spread their faith, likely doubling its Muslim population between 1869 and 1914.[199] Muslim immigrants began arriving, many as guest workers and largely from former colonies, in several Western European nations since the 1960s.
There are more and more new Muslim intellectuals who increasingly separate perennial Islamic beliefs from archaic cultural traditions.[200] Liberal Islam is a movement that attempts to reconcile religious tradition with modern norms of secular governance and human rights. Its supporters say that there are multiple ways to read Islam's sacred texts, and they stress the need to leave room for "independent thought on religious matters".[201]Women's issues receive significant weight in the modern discourse on Islam.[202]
Secular powers such as the Chinese Red Guards closed many mosques and destroyed Qurans, and Communist Albania became the first country to ban the practice of every religion.[203][204] About half a million Muslims were killed in Cambodia by communists who, it is argued, viewed them as their primary enemy and wished to exterminate them since they stood out and worshipped their own god.[205] In Turkey, the military carried out coups to oust Islamist governments, and headscarves were banned in official buildings, as also happened in Tunisia.[206][207]
Jamal-al-Din al-Afghani, along with his acolyte Muhammad Abduh, have been credited as forerunners of the Islamic revival.[208] Abul A'la Maududihelped influence modern political Islam.[209] Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood advocate Islam as a comprehensive political solution, often in spite of being banned.[210] In Iran, revolution replaced a secular regime with an Islamic state. In Turkey, the Islamist AK Party has democratically been in power for about a decade, while Islamist parties did well in elections following the Arab Spring.[211] The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), consisting of Muslim countries, was established in 1969 after the burning of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.[212]
Piety appears to be deepening worldwide.[213][214][215] In many places, the prevalence of the hijab is growing increasingly common[216] and the percentage of Muslims favoring Sharia laws has increased.[217] With religious guidance increasingly available electronically, Muslims are able to access views that are strict enough for them rather than rely on state clerics who are often seen as stooges.[214] Some organizations began using the media to promote Islam such as the 24-hour TV channel, Peace TV.[218] Perhaps as a result of these efforts, most experts agree that Islam is growing faster than any other faith in East and West Africa.[219][220]
Denominations Edit
Main article: Islamic schools and branches
See also: Shia–Sunni relations
An overview of the major schools and branches of Islam.
Sunni Edit
Main article: Sunni Islam
Friday prayer for Sunni Muslims inDhaka, Bangladesh
Malaysian Sunni Muslims in aMawlid procession in capital Putrajaya, 2013.
The largest denomination in Islam is Sunni Islam, which makes up 75%–90% of all Muslims.[15] Sunni Muslims also go by the name Ahl as-Sunnah which means "people of the tradition [of Muhammad]".[221][222] These hadiths, recounting Muhammad's words, actions, and personal characteristics, are preserved in traditions known as Al-Kutub Al-Sittah (six major books).
Sunnis believe that the first four caliphs were the rightful successors to Muhammad; since God did not specify any particular leaders to succeed him and those leaders were elected. Sunnis believe that anyone who is righteous and just could be a caliph but they have to act according to the Qur'an and the Hadith, the example of Muhammad and give the people their rights.
The Sunnis follow the Quran, then the Hadith. Then for legal matters not found in the Quran or the Hadith, they follow four madh'habs (schools of thought): Hanafi, Hanbali, Maliki and Shafi'i, established around the teachings of Abū Ḥanīfa, Ahmad bin Hanbal, Malik ibn Anas and al-Shafi'i respectively.
All four accept the validity of the others and a Muslim may choose any one that he or she finds agreeable.[223]
The Barelvi and Deobandi movements of Sunni Islam accept the validity of all four Sunni schools of thought.[224]The Barelvi movement is a South Asian revivalist movement of Sunni Islam with over 200 million followers.[225]They believe themselves South Asia's heirs and representatives of the earliest Muslim community. The movement emphasizes primacy of Islamic law in all matters with adherence to Sufi practices and personal devotion to Muhammad. Since partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, it has addressed leading political issues for Muslims. It has spread to South Africa, Europe, United States of America and in Australia with the help of their missionary movements like Dawat-e-Islami and World Islamic Mission.[226][227] While Deobandi movement is an Indo-Pakistani reformist movement centered around the institution of Dar al-Ulum of Deoband, India.The school was founded in 1867 and is much influenced by the Wahhabi movement inSaudi Arabia.[228] Alternatively, the Salafi (also known as Wahhabi or Ahl al-Hadith) is an ultra-orthodox Islamic movement which either rejects or doesn't strictly follow all four schools of Sunni thought, and they claim to take the first generation of Muslims as exemplary models.[229]
Shia Edit
Main article: Shia Islam
See also: Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam
Bahrain has a majority Shia Muslim population
The Shia constitute 10–20% of Islam and are its second-largest branch.[16]
Maria Massi Dakake argues that Shi'ism as a unique phenomenon within the larger body of Islamic community can not be adequately described as a "sect" or "school", and it is also wrong to view it as an offshoot or detached community therein. Shiites have always considered themselves an integral part of the Islamic community and, in fact, to represent the elite believers thereof. Additionally, being more than just one of the many schools of Islamic thought, different branches of Shiite scholarship are aspects of a larger and more comprehensive phenomenon, embodying a completely independent system of religious and political authority and historical interpretation that deeply informs its own highly structured intellectual and religious hierarchy. Shiism, as such, despite being a minority, has made remarkable contributions to Islamic civilization that far outweigh its size.[230]
While the Sunnis believe that a Caliph should be elected by the community, Shia's believe that Muhammad appointed his son-in-law, Ali ibn Abi Talib, as his successor and only certain descendants of Ali could be Imams. As a result, they believe that Ali ibn Abi Talib was the first Imam (leader), rejecting the legitimacy of the previous Muslim caliphs Abu Bakr, Uthman ibn al-Affan and Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Shia Islam has several branches, the most prominent being the Twelvers (the largest branch), Zaidis and Ismailis. Different branches accept different descendants of Ali as Imams. After the death of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq who is considered the sixth Imam by the Twelvers and the Ismaili's, the Ismailis recognized his son Isma'il ibn Jafar as his successor whereas the Twelver Shia's (Ithna Asheri) followed his other son Musa al-Kadhim as the seventh Imam. The Zaydis consider Zayd ibn Ali, the uncle of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq, as their fifth Imam, and follow a different line of succession after him.
Major points of contention include the cursing of figures revered by Sunnis. However, Jafar al-Sadiq himself disapproved of people who disapproved of his great grand father Abu Bakr and Zayd ibn Ali revered Abu Bakr and Umar.[231][232] More recently, Ali al-Sistani condemned the practice.[233]
Other smaller groups include the Bohra as well as the Alawites and Alevi.[234] Some Shia branches label other Shia branches that do not agree with their doctrine as Ghulat.
Sufism Edit
Main article: Sufism
See also: Sufi–Salafi relations
Mawlānā Rumi's tomb, Konya, Turkey
Sufism or Tasawwuf (Arabic: تصوف), according to its adherents, is the inner mystical dimension of Islam. Classical Sufi scholars have defined Sufism as "a science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God".[235] Alternatively, in the words of the Darqawi Sufi teacher Ahmad ibn Ajiba, "a science through which one can know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one's inner self from filth, and beautify it with a variety of praiseworthy traits".[236] Traditional Sufis, such as Bayazid Bastami, Jalaluddin Rumi, Haji Bektash Veli, Junaid Baghdadi, and Al-Ghazali, define Sufism as purely based upon the tenets of Islam and the teachings of Muhammad.[237][238][239][240] Sufism (Tasawwuf) is a mystical-ascetic approach to Islam that seeks to find divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God.[241] By focusing on the more spiritual aspects of religion, Sufis strive to obtain direct experience of God by making use of "intuitive and emotional faculties" that one must be trained to use.[242][243] Hasan al-Basri was inspired by the ideas of piety and condemnation of worldliness preached by Muhammad and these ideas were later further developed by Al-Ghazali in his books on Sufism.
Sufism enjoyed a strong revival in central Asia and South Asia. Central Asia is considered to be a center of Sufism. Sufism has played a significant role in fighting against Tsars of Russia and Soviet colonization. Here, Sufis and their different orders are the main religious sources.[244] [245] Sufism is also strong in African countries such as Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Chad and Niger.[246][247]
The Sufism has faced stiff resistance from hardliner extremist groups with in Islam. Followers of Salafism or Wahabism have attacked Sufi places and Tombs and the Sufi–Salafi relations in every country have deteriorated by attacks.
Other denominations Edit
- Ahmadiyya is an Islamic reform movement (with Sunni roots) founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad[248] that began in India in 1889 and is practiced by 10 to 20 million[249] Muslims around the world. Ahmad claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies concerning the arrival of the 'Imam Mahdi' and the 'Promised Messiah'.
- The Ibadi is a sect that dates back to the early days of Islam and is a branch of Kharijite and is practiced by 1.45 million Muslims around the world.[250] Unlike most Kharijite groups, Ibadism does not regard sinful Muslims as unbelievers.
- Mahdavia is an Islamic sect that believes in a 15th-century Mahdi, Muhammad Jaunpuri
- The Quranists are Muslims who generally reject the Hadith.
- Yazdânism is seen as a blend of local Kurdish beliefs and Islamic Sufi doctrine introduced to Kurdistan by Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir in the 12th century.
- There are also black Muslim movements such as the Nation of Islam (NOI), Five-Percent Nation and Moorish scientists.
Non-denominational Muslims Edit
Main article: Nondenominational Muslim
Non-denominational Muslims is an umbrella term that has been used for and by Muslims who do not belong to or do not self-identify with a specificIslamic denomination.[251][252][253][254] Prominent figures who refused to identify with a particular Islamic denomination have included Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani,[255] Muhammad Iqbal[256] and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.[257] Recent surveys report that large proportions of Muslims in some parts of the world self-identify as "just Muslim", although there is little published analysis available regarding the motivations underlying this response.[258][259][260][261] ThePew Research Center reports that respondents self-identifying as "just Muslim" make up a majority of Muslims in seven countries (and a plurality in three others), with the highest proportion in Kazakhstan at 74%. At least one in five Muslims in at least 22 countries self-identify in this way.[258]
Demographics Edit
World Muslim population by percentage (Pew Research Center, 2014).
Main articles: Muslim world and Ummah
See also: List of countries by Muslim population
A comprehensive 2009 demographic study of 232 countries and territories reported that 23% of the global population, or 1.57 billion people, are Muslims. Of those, it is estimated that over 75–90% are Sunni and 10–20% are Shia[20][221][262]with a small minority belonging to other sects. Approximately 57 countries areMuslim-majority,[263] and Arabs account for around 20% of all Muslims worldwide.[264] The number of Muslims worldwide increased from 200 million in 1900 to 551 million in 1970,[265] and tripled to 1.6 billion by 2010.[266]
The majority of Muslims live in Asia and Africa.[267] Approximately 62% of the world's Muslims live in Asia, with over 683 million adherents in Indonesia,Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh.[268][269] In the Middle East, non-Arab countries such as Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egyptand Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities.[270]
Most estimates indicate that the People's Republic of China has approximately 20 to 30 million Muslims (1.5% to 2% of the population).[271][272][273][274]However, data provided by the San Diego State University's International Population Center to U.S. News & World Report suggests that China has 65.3 million Muslims.[275] Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity in many European countries,[276] and is slowly catching up to that status in the Americas, with between 2,454,000, according to Pew Forum, and approximately 7 million Muslims, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in the United States.[20][277]
Looking to the future, Islam is set to equal Christianity in number by the year 2050 according to the Pew Research Center. Islam is set to grow faster than any other major world religion, reaching a total number of 2.76 billion (an increase of 73%). High fertility rates play a factor, with Islam having a rate of 3.1 compared to the world average of 2.5, and the minimum replacement level for a population at 2.1. Age also plays a role in these numbers due to the fact that Islam has the highest number of adherents under the age of 15 (34% of the total religion) of any major religion (Christianity's is 27%). 60% of Muslims are between the ages of 16 and 59, while only 7% are aged 60+ (the smallest percentage of any major religion). Countries such as Nigeria and the Republic of Macedonia are expected to have Muslim majorities by 2050, while Europe's domestic population is set to shrink as opposed to their Islamic population which is set to grow to 10% of Europe's total.[266] According to BBC News, the rates of growth of Islam in Europe reveal that the growing number of Muslims is due primarily to immigration and higher birth rates.[278]
Culture Edit
Main article: Islamic culture
Geometric arabesque tiling on the underside of the dome of Hafiz Shirazi's tomb in Shiraz.
The term "Islamic culture" could be used to mean aspects of culture that pertain to the religion, such as festivalsand dress code. It is also controversially used to denote the cultural aspects of traditionally Muslim people.[279]Finally, "Islamic civilization" may also refer to the aspects of the synthesized culture of the early Caliphates, including that of non-Muslims,[280] sometimes referred to as 'Islamicate'.
Architecture Edit
Main article: Islamic architecture
Great Mosque of Djenné, in the west African country of Mali.
Perhaps the most important expression of Islamic architecture is that of the mosque (four-iwan and hypostyle).[281] Varying cultures have an effect on mosque architecture. For example, North African and Spanish Islamic architecture such as the Great Mosque of Kairouan contain marble and porphyry columns from Roman and Byzantine buildings,[282] while mosques in Indonesia often have multi-tiered roofs from local Javan styles.
Art Edit
Main article: Islamic art
The phrase Bismillah in an 18th-century calligraphy from the Ottoman region called Thuluth.
Islamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people (not necessarily Muslim) who lived within the territory that was inhabited by Muslim populations.[283] It includes fields as varied as architecture,calligraphy, painting, and ceramics, among others.
While not condemned in the Qu'ran, making images of human beings and animals is frowned on in many Islamic cultures and connected with laws against idolatry common to all Abrahamic religions, as 'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood reported that Muhammad said, "Those who will be most severely punished by Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be the image-makers" (reported by al-Bukhaari, see al-Fath, 10/382). However this rule has been interpreted in different ways by different scholars and in different historical periods, and there are examples of paintings of both animals and humans in Mughal, Persian and Turkish art. The existence of thisaversion to creating images of animate beings has been used to explain the prevalence of calligraphy, tessellation and pattern as key aspects of Islamic artistic culture.[284]
Calendar Edit
Main article: Islamic calendar
The phases of the moon form the basis for the Islamic calendar.
The formal beginning of the Muslim era was chosen, reportedly byCaliph Umar, to be the Hijra in 622 CE, which was an important turning point in Muhammad's fortunes. It is a lunar calendar with days lasting from sunset to sunset.[285] Islamic holy days fall on fixed dates of the lunar calendar, which means that they occur in different seasons in different years in the Gregorian calendar. The most important Islamic festivals are Eid al-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر) on the 1st ofShawwal, marking the end of the fasting month Ramadan, and Eid al-Adha (عيد الأضحى) on the 10th of Dhu al-Hijjah, coinciding with the pilgrimage to Mecca.[286]
Criticism Edit
Main article: Criticism of Islam
Criticism of Islam has existed since Islam's formative stages. Early criticism came from Christians authors, many of whom viewed Islam as a Christian heresy or a form of idolatry and often explained it in apocalyptic terms.[287] Later there appeared criticism from the Muslim world itself, and also from Jewish writers and from ecclesiastical Christians.[288][289][290]
Objects of criticism include the morality of the life of Muhammad, the last law bearing prophet of Islam, both in his public and personal life.[290][291]Issues relating to the authenticity and morality of the Qur'an, the Islamic holy book, are also discussed by critics.[292][293] Other criticisms focus on the question of human rights in modern Islamic nations, and the treatment of women in Islamic law and practice.[294][295] In wake of the recentmulticulturalism trend, Islam's influence on the ability of Muslim immigrants in the West to assimilate has been criticized.[296] In classical Islamic law, the penalty for apostasy (leaving a religion) in Islam is death.[297] However the Koran does not stipulate that the penalty for apostasy should be death.[297]
References Edit
Notes Edit
- Jump up^ There are ten pronunciations of Islam in English, differing in whether the first or second syllable has the stress, whether the s is /z/ or /s/, and whether the a is pronounced /ɑː/, /æ/ or (when the stress is on the first syllable) /ə/ (Merriam Webster). The most common are /ˈɪzləmˌ ˈɪsləmˌ ɪzˈlɑːmˌ ɪsˈlɑːm/ (Oxford English Dictionary, Random House) and /ˈɪzlɑːmˌ ˈɪslɑːm/ (American Heritage Dictionary).
- Jump up^ /ʔiˈslaːm/: Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from [i]~[ɪ]~[e]. The second vowel ranges from [æ]~[a]~[ɑ]~[ɛ]. In Northwestern Africa, they do not have stress or lengthened vowels.
- Jump up^ As contact between Islamic and non-Islamic societies increased, this term came to be regarded as pejorative, sometimes to the level of being a slur, and has therefore fallen out of polite use, especially since the 1950s. The term is sometimes said to be offensive because it suggests that a human being is central to Muslims' religion, and/or because it parallels the formation of Christianity, and thus supposedly equates Muhammad and Jesus Christ. Some authors, however, continue to use the term Muhammadanism as a technical term for the religious system (of Islam) as opposed to the theological concept of اسلام that exists within that system.[1]
Citations Edit
- Jump up^ Kenneth G. Wilson, The Columbia Guide to Standard American English(ISBN 0231069898), page 291: Muhammadan and Mohammedan are based on the name of the prophet Mohammed, and both are considered offensive.
- Jump up^ According to Oxford Dictionaries, "Muslim is the preferred term for 'follower of Islam,' although Moslem is also widely used."
- Jump up^ quran.com: [1]
- Jump up^
- Quran 51:56
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Bennett (2010, p. 101)
- Jump up^ Esposito (2002b, p. 17)
- Jump up^ * Esposito (2002b, pp. 111,112,118)
- Jump up^ George Saliba (1994), A History of Arabic Astronomy: Planetary Theories During the Golden Age of Islam, pp. 245, 250, 256–7. New York University Press, ISBN 0-8147-8023-7.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ The preaching of Islam: a history of the propagation of the Muslim faith By Sir Thomas Walker Arnold, pg.125-258
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b
- Sunni Islam: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide "Sunni Islam is the dominant division of the global Muslim community, and throughout history it has made up a substantial majority (85 to 90 percent) of that community."
- Inside Muslim minds "around 80% are Sunni"
- Who Gets To Narrate the World "The Sunnis (approximately 80%)"
- A world theology N. Ross Reat "80% being the Sunni"
- Islam and the Ahmadiyya jama'at "The Sunni segment, accounting for at least 80% of the worlds Muslim population"
- Eastern Europe Russia and Central Asia "some 80% of the worlds Muslims are Sunni"
- A dictionary of modern politics "probably 80% of the worlds Muslims are Sunni"
- ^ Jump up to:a b See
- Iran, Israel and the United States "The majority of the world's Islamic population, which is Sunni, accounts for over 75% of the Islamic population; the other 10-20 percent is Shia." (reference: CIA)
- Sue Hellett; U.S. should focus on sanctions against Iran "Let me review, while Shia Islam makes up only 10-20 percent of the world's Muslim population, Iraq has a Shia majority (between 60-65 percent), but had a Sunni controlled government under Saddam Hussein and cronies from 1958-2003... (If you like government figures, see the CIA World Factbook.)"
- Jump up^ Miller (2009, pp. 8,17)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ * Esposito (2002b, p. 21)
- Esposito (2004, pp. 2,43)
- Miller (2009, pp. 9,19)
- ^ Jump up to:a b c Miller (2009)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ PBS - Islam: Empire of Faith - Faith - Islam Today.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Dictionary listing for Siin roots derived from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon via www.studyquran.co.uk
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Quran 6:125, Quran 61:7, Quran 39:22
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Quran 5:3, Quran 3:19, Quran 3:83
- Jump up^
- Quran 9:74, Quran 49:14
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Quran 112:1–4
- Esposito (2002b, pp. 74–76)
- Esposito (2004, p. 22)
- Griffith (2006, p. 248)
- Jump up^ God Created the Universe with the Purpose to Serve Humankind: God Created ... By Fateh Ullah Khan Page 298 [2]
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Quran 2:117
- Jump up^
- Quran 51:56
- Jump up^
- Quran 2:186
- Jump up^ Quran 50:16
- Jump up^
- "Islam and Christianity", Encyclopedia of Christianity (2001): Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews also refer to God as Allāh.
- Jump up^
- Quran 35:1
- Esposito (2002b, pp. 26–28)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Accad (2003): According to Ibn Taymiya, although only some Muslims accept the textual veracity of the entire Bible, most Muslims will grant the veracity of most of it.
- Esposito (1998, pp. 6,12)
- Esposito (2002, pp. 4–5)
- Peters (2003, p. 9)
- *
- Jump up^ Cf. Qur'an, III. 3; V. 4; V. 43 etc.
- Jump up^ Chejne, A. (1969) The Arabic Language: Its Role in History, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
- Jump up^ Speicher, K. (1997) in: Edzard, L., and Szyska, C. (eds.) Encounters of Words and Texts: Intercultural Studies in Honor of Stefan Wild. Georg Olms, Hildesheim, pp. 43–66.
- Jump up^ Esposito (2004, pp. 17,18,21)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Esposito (2004, p. 79)
- Jump up^
- Esposito (2004, pp. 79–81)
- Jump up^
- Teece (2003, pp. 12,13)
- Turner (2006, p. 42)
- : The word Qur'an was invented and first used in the Qur'an itself. There are two different theories about this term and its formation.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Momem (1987, p. 176)
- Jump up^ * Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World (2003), p.666* *
- ^ Jump up to:a b Read, Study, Search Online. Sahih Bukhari. Retrieved on 2013-07-28.
- Jump up^ The Canonization of Al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Formation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon by Jonathan Brown, BRILL, 2007
- Jump up^ Muqaddimah Ibn al-Salah, pg. 160-9 Dar al-Ma'aarif edition
- Jump up^
- "Resurrection", The New Encyclopedia of Islam (2003)
- : Ibn Sīnā, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Sīnā is known in the West as "Avicenna".
- Jump up^ Animals in Islam By Basheer Ahmad Masri Page 27
- Jump up^ What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam:Second Edition: Second Edition By John L. Esposito Page 130
- Jump up^
- Smith (2006, p. 89); Encyclopedia of Islam and Muslim World, p.565
- "Heaven", The Columbia Encyclopedia (2000)
- Jump up^ Quran 1:4
- Jump up^ Quran 6:31
- Jump up^ Quran 101:1
- Jump up^ *Cohen-Mor (2001, p. 4): "The idea of predestination is reinforced by the frequent mention of events 'being written' or 'being in a book' before they happen: 'Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us..." ' "* : The verb qadara literally means "to measure, to determine". Here it is used to mean that "God measures and orders his creation".
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Pillars of Islam, Oxford Islamic Studies Online
- Jump up^ Hossein Nasr The Heart of Islam, Enduring Values for Humanity (April., 2003), pp 3, 39, 85, 27–272
- Jump up^ N Mohammad (1985), The doctrine of jihad: An introduction, Journal of Law and Religion, 3(2): 381-397
- Jump up^
- Farah (1994), p.135
- Momen (1987), p.178
- "Islam", Encyclopedia of Religious Rites, Rituals, and Festivals (2004)
- Jump up^
- Esposito (2002b, pp. 18,19)
- Hedáyetullah (2006, pp. 53–55)
- Kobeisy (2004, pp. 22–34)
- Momen (1987, p. 178)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon Page 615 [3]
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Qur'an, Surat al-Tawbah 9:60 "Zakat expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect (Zakat) and for bringing hearts together and for freeing captives and for those in debt (or bonded labour) and for the cause of Allah and for the (stranded) traveller - an obligation (imposed) by Allah . And Allah is Knowing and Wise."
- Jump up^ The Islamic Voluntary Sector in Southeast Asia edited by K. A. Mohamed Ariff [4]
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Medani Ahmed and Sebastian Gianci, Zakat, Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy, p. 479
- Jump up^
- Quran 2:177
- Esposito (2004, p. 90)
- Jump up^
- Quran 2:184
- Esposito (2004, pp. 90,91)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Islam and the Glorious Ka'abah: None By Sayed M Alhuseini, Farouq M. Alhuseini Page 61 [5]
- Jump up^
- Farah (1994, pp. 145–147)
- Goldschmidt (2005, p. 48)[citation not found]
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Islamic State Practices, International Law And The Threat From Terrorism By Javaid Rehman Page 20 [6]
- Jump up^ Muwatta Imam Malik, translated by professor Mohammad Rabimuddin.ISBN 81-7151-097-3 published by Nusrat Ali Nasri for Kitab Bhavan in New Delhi-110002 India, Page iv
- Jump up^ Encyclopedeia of Eminent Thinkers - Page 38, K. S. Bharathi - 1998
- Jump up^ Weiss (2002, pp. 3,161)
- Jump up^
- Quran 5:5
- Curtis (2005, p. 164)
- Esposito (2002b, p. 111)
- Ghamidi (2001): Customs and Behavioral Laws
- Ghamidi (2001): The Dietary Laws
- Ghamidi (2001): Various types of the prayer
- Jump up^ "al-Mar'a". Encyclopaedia of Islam
- Jump up^
- Waines (2003, pp. 93–96)
- The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (2003), p.339
- Esposito (1998, p. 79)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Pew Research-Muslim-Majority Countries-[7]
- Jump up^
- International Business Success in a Strange Cultural Environment By Mamarinta P. Mababaya Page 203
- Quran 4:29
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Financial Regulation in Crisis?: The Role of Law and the Failure of Northern Rock By Joanna Gray, Orkun Akseli Page 97
- Jump up^
- Ibn Majah Vol 3 Hadith 2289
- International Business Success in a Strange Cultural Environment By Mamarinta P. Mababaya Page 202
- Islamic Capital Markets: Theory and Practice By Noureddine Krichene Page 119
- Jump up^
- Abu Daud Hadith 2015
- Ibn Majah Vold 3 Hadith 2154
- The Stability of Islamic Finance: Creating a Resilient Financial Environment By Zamir Iqbal, Abbas Mirakhor, Noureddine Krichenne, Hossein Askari Page 75
- Jump up^ Administrative Development: An Islamic Perspective By Muhammad Al-Buraey Page 254 [8]
- Jump up^ The challenge of Islamic renaissance By Syed Abdul Quddus
- Jump up^ Administrative Development: An Islamic Perspective By Muhammad Al-Buraey Page 252 [9]
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Islamic Identity and the Struggle for Justice edited by Nimat Hafez Barazangi, M. Raquibuz Zaman, Omar Afzal Page 5 [10]
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Iran: A Country Study: A Country Study edited by Glenn E. Curtis, Eric Hooglund Page 196 [11]
- Jump up^ Firestone (1999) pp. 17–18
- Jump up^ Reuven Firestone (1999), The Meaning of Jihād, p. 17–18
- Jump up^ Britannica Encyclopedia, Jihad
- Jump up^
- Brockopp (2003, pp. 99–100)
- Esposito (2003, p. 93)
- Jump up^
- Firestone (1999, p. 17)
- "Djihad", Encyclopedia of Islam Online.
- Jump up^ Firestone (1999, p. 17)
- ^ Jump up to:a b
- Jump up^ Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror, Mary R. Habeck, Yale University Press, p.108–109, 118
- Jump up^ Seyyed Hossein Nasr The Heart of Islam, Enduring Values for Humanity (April., 2003), pp 72
- Jump up^ Sachedina (1998, pp. 105,106)
- Jump up^
- Esposito (1998, p. 12)
- Esposito (2002b, pp. 4–5)
- F. E. Peters (2003), p.9
- Jump up^
- Quran 18:110
- Jump up^ The Qur'an with Annotated Interpretation in Modern English By Ali Ünal Page 1323 [12]
- Jump up^ Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, Slaves and Slavery
- Jump up^ Bilal b. Rabah, Encyclopedia of Islam
- Jump up^ The Cambridge History of Islam (1977), p.36
- Jump up^ Serjeant (1978), p. 4.
- Jump up^ Watt. Muhammad at Medina. pp. 227-228 Watt argues that the initial agreement came about shortly after the hijra and that the document was amended at a later date - specifically after the battle of Badr (AH [anno hijra] 2, = AD 624). Serjeant argues that the constitution is in fact 8 different treaties which can be dated according to events as they transpired in Medina, with the first treaty written shortly after Muhammad's arrival. R. B. Serjeant. "The Sunnah Jâmi'ah, Pacts with the Yathrib Jews, and the Tahrîm of Yathrib: Analysis and Translation of the Documents Comprised in the so-called 'Constitution of Medina'." in The Life of Muhammad: The Formation of the Classical Islamic World: Volume iv. Ed. Uri Rubin. Brookfield: Ashgate, 1998, p. 151 and see same article in BSOAS 41 (1978): 18 ff. See also Caetani. Annali dell'Islam, Volume I. Milano: Hoepli, 1905, p. 393. Julius Wellhausen. Skizzen und Vorabeiten, IV, Berlin: Reimer, 1889, p 82f who argue that the document is a single treaty agreed upon shortly after the hijra. Wellhausen argues that it belongs to the first year of Muhammad's residence in Medina, before the battle of Badr in 2/624. Even Moshe Gil a skeptic of Islamic history argues that it was written within five months of Muhammad's arrival in Medina. Moshe Gil. "The Constitution of Medina: A Reconsideration." Israel Oriental Studies 4 (1974): p. 45.
- Jump up^
- Peters (2003, pp. 78,79,194)
- Lapidus (2002, pp. 23–28)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Holt (1977a), p. 57)
- Hourani (2003), p. 22)
- Lapidus (2002), p. 32)
- Madelung (1996, p. 43)
- Tabatabaei (1979, pp. 30–50)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ See
- Holt (1977a, p. 74)
- Jump up^ Holt (1977a), pp.67–72
- Jump up^ Waines (2003) p.46
- Jump up^ Donald Puchala, Theory and History in International Relations, page 137. Routledge, 2003.
- Jump up^ Esposito (2010), p.38
- Jump up^ Hofmann (2007), p.86
- Jump up^ R. B. Serjeant, "Sunnah Jami'ah, pacts with the Yathrib Jews, and the Tahrim of Yathrib: analysis and translation of the documents comprised in the so-called 'Constitution of Medina'", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (1978), 41: 1-42, Cambridge University Press.
- Jump up^ Watt. Muhammad at Medina and R. B. Serjeant "The Constitution of Medina." Islamic Quarterly 8 (1964) p.4.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ The Caliphate of Banu Umayyah the first Phase, Ibn Katheer, Taken from Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Ibn Katheer, Ismail Ibn Omar 775 ISBN 978-603-500-080-2 Translated by Yoosuf Al-Hajj Ahmad Page 505
- Jump up^ Umar Ibn Adbul Aziz By Imam Abu Muhammad Adbullah ibn Abdul Hakam died 214 AH 829 C.E. Publisher Zam Zam Publishers Karachi Page 54-59
- Jump up^ The Caliphate of Banu Umayyah the first Phase, Ibn Katheer, Taken from Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah by Ibn Katheer, Ismail Ibn Omar 775 ISBN 978-603-500-080-2 Translated by Yoosuf Al-Hajj Ahmad Page 522
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 5 By Martijn Theodoor Houtsma page 207 [13]
- Jump up^ Moshe Sharon, Studies in Islamic History and Civilization: In Honour of Professor David Ayalon. Page 264 [14]
- Jump up^ Lapidus (2002, p. 56); Lewis (1993, pp. 71–83)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Holt (1977a, pp. 80,92,105)
- Holt (1977b, pp. 661–663)
- Lapidus (2002, p. 56)
- Lewis (1993, p. 84)
- Jump up^ , in (Morelon & Rashed 1996, pp. 985–1007)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b Ahmed, Imad-ad-Dean. Signs in the heavens. 2. Amana Publications, 2006. Print. ISBN 1-59008-040-8 page 23, 42, 84.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ (Gaudiosi 1988)[citation not found]
- Jump up^ (Hudson 2003, p. 32)[citation not found]
- Jump up^ Lapidus (2002), p.86
- Jump up^ Weiss (2002, pp. xvii,162)
- Jump up^
- Lapidus (2002), p.160
- Waines (2003) p.126,127
- Jump up^ Esposito (2010, p. 88)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Lapidus (2002, pp. 90,91)
- Jump up^ Esposito (2004, pp. 104,105)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Lapidus (2002, pp. 103–143)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Israeli, Raphael (2002). Islam in China. pg 292. United States of America: Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-0375-X.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Ahmed, Imad-ad-Dean. Signs in the heavens. 2. Amana Publications, 2006. pg170. Print. ISBN 1-59008-040-8
- Jump up^ Lapidus (2002), pp.358,378–380,624
- Jump up^ Lapidus (2002), pp.380,489–493
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Islamic Finance: Law, Economics, and Practice By Mahmoud A. El-Gamal Page 122 [15]
- Jump up^ The Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Political, Social and Military History edited by Spencer C. Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts Page 917 [16]
- Jump up^ The Iraq Effect: The Middle East After the Iraq War By Frederic M. Wehrey Page 91 [17]
- Jump up^ Peter B. Golden: An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples; In: Osman Karatay, Ankara 2002, p.321
- Jump up^ "Ismail Safavi" Encyclopædia Iranica
- Jump up^ Nadir Shah and the Ja 'fari Madhhab Reconsidered, Ernest Tucker, Iranian Studies, Vol. 27, No. 1/4, Religion and Society in Islamic Iran during the Pre-Modern Era (1994), pp. 163-179, Published by: International Society for Iranian Studies [18]
- Jump up^ Esposito (2010, p. 146)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Muslim Minorities in the West: Visible and Invisible By Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, Jane I. Smith, pg 271
- Jump up^ Bulliet, Richard, Pamela Crossley, Daniel Headrick, Steven Hirsch, Lyman Johnson, and David Northrup. The Earth and Its Peoples. 3. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. ISBN 0-618-42770-8
- Jump up^ Nigosian (2004, pp. 41)
- Jump up^
- Esposito (2004, pp. 118,119,179)
- Lapidus (2002, pp. 823–830)
- Jump up^ Rippin (2001, p. 288)
- Jump up^ Page18*Elsie, Robert. 2000. A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture. C. Hurst & Co. ISBN 978-1-85065-570-1.
- Jump up^ *
- Jump up^ (subscription required)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, Thomson Gale, 2004
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ (subscription required)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b
- Jump up^
- "Islam Today". Islam: Empire of Faith (2000). PBS. Retrieved2010-08-25.
Islam, followed by more than a billion people today, is the world's third fastest growing religion.
- "Islam Today". Islam: Empire of Faith (2000). PBS. Retrieved2010-08-25.
- Jump up^
- Esposito (2003, pp. 275,306)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Usha Sanyal. Generational Changes in the Leadership of the Ahl-e Sunnat Movement in North India during the Twentieth Century. Modern Asian Studies (1998), Cambridge University Press.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Salafi Islam GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved on 2010-11-09.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ The waning of the Umayyad caliphate by Tabarī, Carole Hillenbrand, 1989, p37, p38
- Jump up^ The Encyclopedia of Religion Vol.16, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams, Macmillan, 1987, p243.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Kramer (1987), Syria's Alawis and Shiism pp.237–254
- Shia branches
- Jump up^ Ahmed Zarruq, Zaineb Istrabadi, Hamza Yusuf Hanson. The Principles of Sufism. Amal Press. 2008.
- Jump up^ An English translation of Ahmad ibn Ajiba's biography has been published by Fons Vitae.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Trimingham (1998), p.1
- Jump up^
- Esposito (2003, p. 302)
- Malik (2006, p. 3)
- Turner (1998, p. 145)
- Jump up^ http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/uoc/PDF-FILES/(2)%20The%20Significant%20Role%20of%20Sufism%20in%20Central%20Asia%20(Dr.%20Farh.pdf
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ "Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal", Babou, Cheikh Anta,The International Journal of African Historical Studies, v. 40 no. 1 (2007) pp. 184–6
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- A figure of 10-20 million represents approximately 1% of the Muslim population. See also Ahmadiyya by country.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ CIA retrieved 21 Dec 2011
- Jump up^ Miller (2009, p. 11)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b
- Jump up^ (subscription required)
- Jump up^ Information provided by the International Population Center, Department of Geography, San Diego State University (2005).
- Jump up^ Miller (2009, pp. 15,17)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Secrets of Islam, U.S. News & World Report. Information provided by the International Population Center, Department of Geography, San Diego State University.
- Jump up^
- Esposito (2004, pp. 2,43)
- Jump up^ The Mosque in America: A National Portrait Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). April 26, 2001. Retrieved on 2010-08-01.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Esposito (2010, p. 56)
- Jump up^ "Islam", The New Encyclopædia Britannica (2005)
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, Richard Ettinghauset and Architecture 650–1250, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-08869-8, p.3
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Patheos Library – Islam Sacred Time – Patheos.com
- Jump up^ Ghamidi (2001): Customs and Behavioral Laws
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ Bible in Mohammedian Literature., by Kaufmann Kohler Duncan B. McDonald, Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 22, 2006.
- Jump up^
- Jump up^ http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&year=2005&country=6825. See also
- Jump up^
- Jump up^
- ^ Jump up to:a b
Books and journals Edit
- Siljander, Mark D. and John David Mann. A Deadly Misunderstanding: a Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide. First ed. New York: Harper One, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-143828-8
Encyclopedias Edit
Further reading Edit
- Abdul-Haqq, Abdiyah Akbar (1980). Sharing Your Faith with a Muslim. Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers. N.B. Presents the genuine doctrines and concepts of Islam and of the Holy Qur'an, and this religion's affinities with Christianity and its Sacred Scriptures, in order to "dialogue" on the basis of what both faiths really teach.ISBN 0-87123-553-6
- Cragg, Kenneth (1975). The House of Islam, in The Religious Life of Man Series. Second ed. Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1975. xiii, 145 p. ISBN 0-8221-0139-4
- Hourani, Albert (1991). Islam in European Thought. First pbk. ed. Cambridge, Eng.: Cambridge University Press, 1992, cop. 1991. xi, 199 p. ISBN 0-521-42120-9; alternative ISBN on back cover, 0-521-42120-0
- A. Khanbaghi (2006). The Fire, the Star and the Cross: Minority Religions in Medieval and Early Modern Iran. I. B. Tauris.
- Khavari, Farid A. (1990). Oil and Islam: the Ticking Bomb. First ed. Malibu, Calif.: Roundtable Publications. viii, 277 p., ill. with maps and charts. ISBN 0-915677-55-5
External links Edit
|Find more about
Islam at Wikipedia's sister projects
|Definitions from Wiktionary
|Media from Commons
|News from Wikinews
|Quotations from Wikiquote
|Texts from Wikisource
|Textbooks from Wikibooks
|Travel guide from Wikivoyage
|Learning resources from Wikiversity
|Data from Wikidata
- Academic resources
- Patheos Library – Islam
- University of Southern California Compendium of Muslim Texts
- Divisions in Islam
- Online resources
- Islam, article at Encyclopædia Britannica
- Islam at DMOZ
- Directories
- Islam (Bookshelf) at Project Gutenberg
- Islam from UCB Libraries GovPubs
Islam topics
|Authority control
- Islam
- Monotheistic religions
- Abrahamic religions
- 610 establishments
- 7th-century establishments
- Not logged in
- Talk
- Contributions
- Create account
- Log in
- Article
- Talk
- Read
- View source
- View history
- Main page
- Contents
- Featured content
- Current events
- Random article
- Donate to Wikipedia
- Wikipedia store
Interaction Edit
- Help
- About Wikipedia
- Community portal
- Recent changes
- Contact page
Tools Edit
- What links here
- Related changes
- Upload file
- Special pages
- Permanent link
- Page information
- Wikidata item
- Cite this page
Print/export Edit
- Create a book
- Download as PDF
- Printable version
In other projects Edit
- Wikimedia Commons
- Wikibooks
- Wikiquote
- Wikivoyage
Languages Edit
- Acèh
- Afrikaans
- Alemannisch
- አማርኛ
- Ænglisc
- العربية
- Aragonés
- ܐܪܡܝܐ
- Arpetan
- অসমীয়া
- Asturianu
- Avañe'ẽ
- Авар
- Azərbaycanca
- تۆرکجه
- Bamanankan
- বাংলা
- Bahasa Banjar
- Bân-lâm-gú
- Basa Banyumasan
- Башҡортса
- Беларуская
- Беларуская (тарашкевіца)
- Bikol Central
- Bislama
- Български
- Boarisch
- བོད་ཡིག
- Bosanski
- Brezhoneg
- Буряад
- Català
- Чӑвашла
- Cebuano
- Čeština
- ChiShona
- Corsu
- Cymraeg
- Dansk
- Deitsch
- Deutsch
- ދިވެހިބަސް
- Dolnoserbski
- Eesti
- Ελληνικά
- Español
- Esperanto
- Estremeñu
- Euskara
- فارسی
- Fiji Hindi
- Føroyskt
- Français
- Frysk
- Furlan
- Gaeilge
- Gaelg
- Gagauz
- Gàidhlig
- Galego
- ગુજરાતી
- 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺
- 客家語/Hak-kâ-ngî
- Хальмг
- 한국어
- Hausa
- Hawaiʻi
- Հայերեն
- हिन्दी
- Hornjoserbsce
- Hrvatski
- Ido
- Igbo
- Ilokano
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Interlingua
- Interlingue
- Ирон
- Íslenska
- Italiano
- עברית
- Basa Jawa
- Kalaallisut
- ಕನ್ನಡ
- Къарачай-малкъар
- ქართული
- कॉशुर / کٲشُر
- Қазақша
- Kernowek
- Kiswahili
- Kongo
- Kreyòl ayisyen
- Kurdî
- Кыргызча
- Ladino
- Лакку
- Лезги
- ລາວ
- لۊری شومالی
- Latina
- Latviešu
- Lëtzebuergesch
- Lietuvių
- Ligure
- Limburgs
- Lingála
- La .lojban.
- Lumbaart
- Magyar
- Македонски
- Malagasy
- മലയാളം
- Malti
- मराठी
- მარგალური
- مصرى
- مازِرونی
- Bahasa Melayu
- Baso Minangkabau
- Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄
- Mirandés
- Молдовеняскэ
- Монгол
- မြန်မာဘာသာ
- Nāhuatl
- Nederlands
- Nedersaksies
- नेपाली
- नेपाल भाषा
- 日本語
- Napulitano
- Нохчийн
- Nordfriisk
- Norfuk / Pitkern
- Norsk bokmål
- Norsk nynorsk
- Nouormand
- Novial
- Occitan
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ
- Oromoo
- Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
- پنجابی
- Papiamentu
- پښتو
- Patois
- ភាសាខ្មែរ
- Piemontèis
- Tok Pisin
- Plattdüütsch
- Polski
- Português
- Qaraqalpaqsha
- Qırımtatarca
- Română
- Rumantsch
- Runa Simi
- Русиньскый
- Русский
- Саха тыла
- Sámegiella
- संस्कृतम्
- Sardu
- Scots
- Shqip
- Sicilianu
- සිංහල
- Simple English
- سنڌي
- Slovenčina
- Slovenščina
- Ślůnski
- Soomaaliga
- کوردیی ناوەندی
- Српски / srpski
- Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски
- Basa Sunda
- Suomi
- Svenska
- Tagalog
- தமிழ்
- Taqbaylit
- Татарча/tatarça
- తెలుగు
- ไทย
- Тоҷикӣ
- Türkçe
- Türkmençe
- ᨅᨔ ᨕᨘᨁᨗ
- Українська
- اردو
- ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche
- Vahcuengh
- Vèneto
- Vepsän kel'
- Tiếng Việt
- Võro
- Walon
- 文言
- West-Vlams
- Winaray
- Wolof
- 吴语
- ייִדיש
- Yorùbá
- 粵語
- Zazaki
- Zeêuws
- Žemaitėška
- 中文
- ತುಳು
Edit links
- This page was last modified on 20 August 2016, at 17:02.
- Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
- Privacy policy
- About Wikipedia
- Disclaimers
- Contact Wikipedia
- Developers
- Cookie statement
- Mobile view


text:
Welcome to White Rabbit Japan!
This is a revised version of the popular workbook Kanzen Master JLPT Level 1: Listening. The book is aimed at those planning to take the N2 level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), though it can also be used by any learner to improve their listening skills. It provides specific practice for the listening comprehension questions and gives the language student the confidence and knowledge required to perform their best on test day.


text:
APC® Back-UPS® RS Series; 1500VA, 10-Outlet Power-Saving UPS
Item #: 901-BR1500G
Model #: BR1500G
Brand: APC
$249.99 Each
Product Highlights
- Brand: APC
APC Back-UPS® RS 1500VA 10-outlet power-saving UPS offers protection against power outages Protect your computer from power surges and ensure you don't lose your current work with this APC Back-UPS power-saving UPS. With three minutes at full load,13 minutes at half load and an 865-watt load capacity, this power-saving UPS provides plenty of time to save important files or power down your computer during a power outage. The easy-to-read LCD status display on this UPS makes it easy to check the status of the device, and the UPS offers coax, Ethernet and data line protection to prevent electrical spikes from traveling through network devices and damaging your server or computer.
- 1500VA/865W capacity
- 10 outlets: 5 battery/surge, 5 surge only
- 120V input voltage; 355 joules
- Typical run time: 11.8 minutes (half load); 3.1 min. (full load); 8-hour battery recharge time
- Intelligent battery management maximizes battery performance, life and reliability through intelligent precision charging
- Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) gives higher application availability by correcting low and high voltage conditions without using the battery
- Control panel includes multifunction LCD status and control console
- Patent-pending Green mode bypasses unused electrical components in good power conditions to achieve very high operating efficiency without sacrificing any protection
- Low-battery and overload alarms
- 6' cord; manufacturer's 3-year warranty with $150,000 lifetime equipment protection policy
- Got a question? Give us a call and we'll help! Call 1-800-789-1331.
|Brand : APC
|Weight : 29.00 lbs. per Each
Customers also viewed
Customers also bought


text: Updated from 4:25 p.m. EDTFTD Group ( FTD) was among the NYSE's winners Thursday, jumping 8.6% after the provider of floral products posted fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street's forecast. The company reported a profit of $10.7 million, or 36 cents a share, on revenue of $169.8 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected earnings of 28 cents a share on revenue of $173.5 million. During the year-earlier period, the company earned $8.8 million, or 30 cents a share, on revenue of $141.5 million. Looking ahead, FTD sees fiscal 2008 earnings of $1.18 a share on revenue of about $645 million. Analysts project earnings of $1.04 a share on revenue of $653.9 million. Shares were up $1.30 to $16.15. Estee Lauder ( EL) slid 6.6% after the cosmetics maker posted disappointing fourth-quarter earnings and warned that first-quarter earnings would be well below expectations. The company earned $88.6 million, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $1.76 billion. Analysts expected earnings of 50 cents a share on revenue of $1.72 billion. During the year-earlier quarter, the company earned $44.5 million, or 21 cents a share, on revenue of $1.6 billion. Last year's fourth-quarter results included charges totaling 28 cents a share. Looking ahead, Estee Lauder sees first-quarter earnings from continuing operations of 5 cents to 11 cents a share on revenue growth of 5% to 7%, implying revenue of $1.67 billion to $1.7 billion. Analysts project earnings of 33 cents a share on revenue of $1.7 billion. Shares were down $2.85 to $40.30.


text:
With First Tutors: Music you can search for a Colyton music theory tutor. Music Theory tuition are an excellent method to start a stimulating new hobby, acquire a new talent and gain confidence in music theory. Use our service to search for Colyton music theory teachers and determine which best suits your needs so you can begin your music theory lessons in Colyton immediately!
This is the best way to discover Colyton music theory tutors in the UK, helping you discover Colyton music theory tuition close to you and Colyton tutors to assist with any instrument, for example, piano, violin or guitar. We can help you find Colyton music theory lessons or a one-to-one Colyton music theory tutor to prepare for music theory exams and improve your music theory skills! Our search will order Colyton music theory tutors near you by their hourly charges and distance from you.
If you are a music theory tutor wishing to offer your music theory tuition services in Colyton or anywhere else across the UK, please register with First Tutors: Music or learn about us here. Becoming a Colyton music theory tutor is a brilliant way to improve your own skills through giving music theory tuition while assisting others, all in Colyton!


text:
Your Internet was down had to cancel my reservations with hotels.com and book through the hotel cost you more money. The lady at the desk did a wonderful job. Hotel little overpriced just because it has a kitchen in it and we only stayed one...More
Getting you more information on this room
Getting you more information on this room
"We did get lucky in that we did have a good view of the Plaza lights from our room."
"Not the safest place. If you don't need to keep a pet there are better hotels in the area for close to..."