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The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Danish: Muhammed-krisen) [1] began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam. The newspaper announced that this was an attempt to contribute to the debate about criticism of Islam and ...
The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam 's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [2] [3] [4] It is considered by Muslims to be the Bayt Allah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit.
Ahmadiyyais an Islamic branch in the United States. The earliest contact between the American people and the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam was during the lifetime of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. In 1911, during the era of the First Caliphateof the Community, the Ahmadiyya movement in Indiabegan to prepare for its mission to the United States. However, it was not until 1920, during the era of the Second ...
The English term "Al-Aqsa Mosque" is the translation of both al-Masjid al-Aqṣā(ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلْأَقْصَىٰ) and Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā(جَامِع ٱلْأَقْصَىٰ), which have distinct meanings in Arabic. [12][13][14]The former (al-Masjid al-Aqṣā) refers to the Quran's Surah 17– "the furthest mosque" – and thus is ...
Mecca is generally considered "the fountainhead and cradle of Islam ". [7] [8] Mecca is revered in Islam as the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Hira cave atop the Jabal al-Nur ("Mountain of Light"), just outside the city, is where Muslims believe the Quran was first revealed to Muhammad. [9] Visiting Mecca for the Ḥajj is an obligation upon all able Muslims. The Great Mosque ...
Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; [7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized :al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit.'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
International reactions to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten 's publication of satirical cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on September 30, 2005, led to violence, arrests, inter-governmental tension, and debate about the scope of free speech and the place of Muslims in the West. Many Muslims stressed that the image of Muhammad is ...
Islam. Islam is the official religion of Tunisia. The majority of Tunisians consider themselves to be Muslim, [1] who according to the Pew Research Center [2] 58% identify themselves as Sunni Muslims, while 40% say they are only Muslims without affiliation to any sect. The government controls and subsidizes mosques and pays the salaries of ...