When Nourin Mohamed Siddig recited the Koran, people around the world described his tone as sad, soulful and bluesy. His unique sound made him one of the Muslim world's most popular reciters.

1. Monotheistic religion: Christianity and Islam both believe in the reality of only one supreme God. There is only one god who is the creator and the sustainer of the universe. Believe that God ...

Jacques Jomier attributes this phenomenon to the way Islam moves through the world: Islam is like a clear stream, with well defined characteristic, which is the same everywhere. But the soil over ...

This essay looks at the spread of Islam into Southeast Asia and how religious belief and expression fit with extant and modern polictical and economic infrastructures. It is difficult to determine ...

The word 'Islam' in Arabic means submission to the will of God. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God). Muslims believe that ...

According to most Muslims, Islam teaches that family should be part of Islamic society, providing security for all its members. Many Muslims see marriage as an essential part of life but divorce ...

A Swedish court handed a four-month prison term to the Danish far-right politician who started a series of Koran burnings that complicated the Nordic country’s accession to NATO. According to ...

Before the message of the Prophet Muhammad spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula, local medical attitudes were based on the words of the founder of Islam: “Make use of medical treatment ...

With enslaved African Muslims brought to the U.S. in the 1600s? In the 1930s, when the Nation of Islam was established by Wallace Fard Muhammad in Detroit? Is it defined by the growth of American ...

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