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The Muslim World League(MWL; Arabic: رابطة العالم الاسلامي, romanized: Rabitat al-Alam al-Islami[ra:bitˤatalʕa:lamialisla:mij]) is an international Islamic[1]NGObased in Mecca, Saudi Arabiathat promotes what it calls the true message of Islam by advancing moderate valuesthat promote peace, tolerance and love. [2][3][4]
Turkey remained neutral during most of World War II, but was involved in the Korean War. Coups in 1960 and 1980 interrupted the transition to a multi-party system. Turkey is an upper-middle-income and emerging country; its economy is the world's 18th-largest by nominal and 11th-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP. It is a unitary presidential republic.
In his reign, a currency for the Muslim world was minted. This led to war with the Byzantine Empire under Justinian II (Battle of Sebastopolis) in 692 in Asia Minor. The Byzantines were decisively defeated by the Caliph after the defection of a large contingent of Slavs. The Islamic currency was then made the exclusive currency in the Muslim world.
t. e. Sunni Islam is the state religion of Saudi Arabia. The kingdom is called the "home of Islam"; it was the birthplace of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who united and ruled the Arabian Peninsula. [1] It is the location of the cities of Mecca and Medina, where Prophet Muhammad lived and died, and are now the two holiest cities of Islam.
Muslim population growth. Appearance. World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center, 2014) Between 2015 and 2060, Muslim population is projected to increase by 70%. [1] This compares with the 32% growth of world population during the same period. [2] According to a study published in 2011 by Pew Research, whilst there is a lack of ...
According to the Pew Research Center in 2017, the largest Muslim population in a country is in Indonesia, a country home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.1%), India (10.9%) and Bangladesh (9.2%). About 20% of Muslims live in the Arab world.
The Muslim jurists required adult, free, sane males among the dhimmi community to pay the jizya, while exempting non-Muslim women, children, elders, handicapped, the ill, the insane, monks, hermits, slaves and musta'mins—non-Muslim foreigners who only temporarily reside in Muslim lands. Dhimmis who chose to join military service were also ...
The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam [1] or to societies in which Islam is practiced. [2] [3] In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries in which Islam is ...