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Of the total Muslim population, 87–90% are Sunni and 10–13% are Shi'a. Most Shi'as (between 68% and 80%) live in mainly four countries: Iran, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, and Iraq. [30] Furthermore, there are concentrated Shi'a populations in Lebanon, Russia, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and 10 sub-Saharan African countries. [31]
Muhammad Quraish Shihab (Arabic: محمّد قريش شهاب; Muḥammad Qurayš Šihāb; born 16 February 1944) is an Indonesian Muslim scholar in the sciences of the Qur'an, an author, an Academic Scholar, and former Minister of Religious Affairs in the Seventh Development Cabinet (1998). He is the older brother of the former Coordinating ...
Siti Musdah Mulia in 2007. Siti Musdah Mulia (born 1958) is an Indonesian women's rights activist and professor of religion. [1] She was the first woman appointed as a research professor at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, and is currently a lecturer of Islamic political thought at the School of Graduate Studies at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University.
Islam[ a ] is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number approximately 1.9 billion worldwide and are the world's second-largest religious population after Christians. [ 9 ]
World Muslimah, [1] [2] also known as Miss World Muslimah (Arabic: ملكة جمال العالم مسلمه; Persian: دوشیزه جهان مسلمان), [3] is an international beauty pageant and awards event for young Muslim women who are judged to have shown dedication, reputation and concern for Islamic values and community development ...
The Quran, [ c ] also romanized Qur'an or Koran, [ d ] is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allāh). It is organized in 114 chapters (surah, pl. suwer) which consist of individual verses (āyah). Besides its religious significance, it is widely regarded as the finest work in Arabic ...
List of Muslim astronauts. Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, the first Arab and Muslim to fly in outer space. Anousheh Ansari, the first Muslimah and Iranian in space. First Muslim, first Saudi, first Arab, first member of royalty in space. First Syrian in space; second Arab in space. First North Caucasian in space.
Freedom of worship. Article 3 (1) of the Malaysian Constitution provides: "Islam is the religion of the Federation; but other religions can be practiced safely and peacefully in all parts of the Federation." Article 11 of the constitution provides: "Everyone has the right to profess and practice his religion and to propagate it."