Who are Muslims - a brief paragraph
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Muslims are people who follow or practice Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. Muslims consider the Quran, their holy book, to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad (sunnah) as recorded in traditional accounts (hadith).[32] "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "submitter" (to God).
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Muslims are people who follow or practice Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. Muslims consider the Quran, their holy book, to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad (sunnah) as recorded in traditional accounts (hadith).[32] "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "submitter" (to God).[33]
Muslims
Prayer in Cairo 1865.jpg
Muslims praying in 1865 Cairo by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Total population
c. 1.8 billion[1][2][3] worldwide (2015)
Founder
Muhammad[4]
Regions with significant populations
Indonesia
236,800,000[5]
Pakistan
198,800,000[6]
India
194,600,000[7]
Bangladesh
151,900,000[8]
Nigeria
99,100,000[9]
Egypt
95,000,000[10]
Iran
82,900,000[11]
Turkey
82,800,000[12]
Algeria
42,000,000[13]
Iraq
41,300,000[14]
Sudan
39,900,000[15]
Ethiopia
38,200,000[16]
Afghanistan
36,800,000[17]
Morocco
36,300,000[18]
Saudi Arabia
32,300,000[2]
Uzbekistan
30,800,000[19]
Yemen
29,600,000[20]
China
25,200,000[2]
Malaysia
20,600,000[21]
Syria
15,600,000[2]
Rest of the world
340,200,000[2]
Religions
80–90% Sunni Islam[22][23]
10–13% Shia Islam[24][25]
~1% Ahmadiyya[26]
~1% Other Muslim traditions, e.g. Ibadi Islam[27]
Scriptures
Quran[28]
Languages
Predominant spoken languages:[29][30][31]
Arabic (Sacred)UrduBengaliIndonesianPunjabiTurkishJavaneseHausaPersianMalayother vernacular languages of the Muslim world
The beliefs of Muslims include: that God (Arabic: الله Allāh) is eternal, transcendent and absolutely one (tawhid); that God is incomparable, self-sustaining and neither begets nor was begotten; that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that has been revealed before through many prophets including Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, and Jesus;[34] that these previous messages and revelations have been partially changed or corrupted over time (tahrif)[35] and that the Quran is the final unaltered revelation from God (Final Testament).[36]
As of 2019, 1.9 billion or about 24.4% of the world population are Muslims.[37] By the percentage of the total population in a region considering themselves Muslim, 91% in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA),[38] 81% in Central Asia,[39][40] 65% in the Caucasus,[41][42][43][44][45][46][47] 40% in Southeast Asia,[48][49] 31% in South Asia,[50][51] 30% in Sub-Saharan Africa,[52] 25% in Asia–Oceania,[53] around 6% in Europe,[54] and 1% in the Americas.[55][56][57][58]
Most Muslims are of one of two denominations; Sunni (75–90%)[59] and Shia.[24] About 13% of Muslims live in Indonesia, the largest Muslim-majority country;[60] 20% in the Middle East–North Africa,[61] where it is the dominant religion;[62] 31% of Muslims live in South Asia,[63] the largest population of Muslims in the world;[6