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Islam initially arrived on the coast of Sumatra, and spread down and around the coast to the Malacca strait and jumped across the strait to the Malay Peninsula. [9] In 1511, the Portuguese took over Malacca, but various other Muslim states began to grow in size and economic and political prominence.
Akhila, Wittiza's son, had fled to Morocco after losing the succession struggle, and Muslim tradition states that he asked the Muslims to invade Spain. [96] Starting in the summer of 710, the Muslim forces in Morocco had launched several successful raids into Spain, which demonstrated the weakness of the Visigothic state. [97]
On December 7, 2015, presidential candidate Donald Trump called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on." [1] [2] The Muslim immigration ban has been seen as a result of the influence of the counter-jihad movement. [3] [4]
The 1952 Myanmar Muslim Dissolution of Marriage Act states that a Muslim woman has the right to divorce her husband with appropriate cause. [147] Matters relating to Sharia family law are decided by civil courts.
The following lists of princely states of (British) India have been compiled: List of princely states of British India (alphabetical) List of princely states of British India (by region)
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious movement originating in 1889 in northern India around the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who claimed to have been divinely appointed as both the promised Mahdi and Messiah expected by Muslims to appear towards the end times.
This is a chronological list of the first women to be heads of state and heads of government in Muslim-majority countries, excluding those who held the role in a temporary capacity. List [ edit ]
This is a list of 57 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation sorted by their estimated population. 10 countries ( Benin , Cameroon , Gabon , Guinea-Bissau , Guyana , Ivory Coast , Mozambique , Suriname , Togo and Uganda ) are not Muslim-majority, but they are members of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation .