It was internally divided by conflicting loyalties to Islam, the British, and India, and by distrust of Hindus. |
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Omanis were among the first people to come in contact with and accept Islam. |
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Vozgrin the Goths interbred with the Crimean Tatars and converted to Islam. |
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The people of the Maghreb and the Sahara regions speak Berber languages and several varieties of Arabic and almost exclusively follow Islam. |
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Trade routes between Europe and North Africa remained intact until the coming of Islam. |
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In Sunni Islam, the first four elected caliphs were remembered as the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs. |
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In Islam, a religious leader is often known formally or informally as an imam, mufti, mullah or ayatollah. |
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When someone accepts Islam, they are considered to revert to the original condition. |
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The majority clerical opinion holds that circumcision is not a condition for entering Islam. |
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Taktike Theoria examined Greek military tactics, and was most influential in the Byzantine world and during the Golden Age of Islam. |
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Several centuries ago, many Hindus left Java for Bali rather than convert to Islam. |
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From this period dates the conversion to Islam, by Muslims of Central Asia, of growing numbers of Chinese in the northwest and southwest. |
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However, unlike the western khanates, the Yuan dynasty never converted to Islam. |
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Morocco's predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber. |
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The indigenous Berber tribes adopted Islam, but retained their customary laws. |
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Pork consumption is forbidden in accordance with Sharia, religious laws of Islam. |
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As a Chief Qadi, his skills were highly desirable in the formerly Buddhist nation that had recently converted to Islam. |
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Many in Ghana converted to Islam, and it is likely that the Empire's trade was privileged as a result. |
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The first Arabian military expeditions into the Maghreb, between 642 and 669, resulted in the spread of Islam. |
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It extended its rule across the strait with the conquest of the Himyarite Kingdom shortly before the rise of Islam. |
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The Portuguese were expelled from the islands in 1602 by Abbas I of the Safavid dynasty of Persia, which gave impetus to Shia Islam. |
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At the time of Legazpi's arrival, the natives of the archipelago practiced Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Animism. |
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Evangelicalism, a major part of popular Protestantism, is among the most dynamic religious movements in the contemporary world, alongside Islam. |
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Its importance for Muslims is indicated by its status as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. |
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In Islam, contraceptives are allowed if they do not threaten health, although their use is discouraged by some. |
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Sharia, the religious law in Islam, requires capital punishment for certain crimes. |
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This suggests that commentators such as Mahmood would do well to understand that quasiracism does not underlie all attacks on Islam. |
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At the same time it must be noted that overwhelming majority of Muslims in India are Indian natives converted to Islam. |
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This was the case when Hinduism became Abrahamized as it was re-represented in India and elsewhere as an alternative' to Islam. |
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He was married to Khawlah bint Hakim, both being two of the earliest converts to Islam. |
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Among Muslims, such a change was considered apostasy from Islam, which was the dominant religion in Algeria. |
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In the east, partially due to the weakening effect of the Plague of Justinian, the Byzantines were threatened by the rise of Islam. |
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During this period, Sufi missionaries played a pivotal role in converting a majority of the regional Buddhist and Hindu population to Islam. |
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In 1606, he was tortured and killed by the Mughal emperor Jahangir, for refusing to make changes to the Granth and for not converting to Islam. |
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Banda Singh was executed by the emperor Farrukh Siyar after refusing the offer of a pardon if he converted to Islam. |
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The region's chief cultural influences have been from some combination of Islam, India, and China. |
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But knowingly to marry someone who is a milk sibling is, as Sidi told me gravely, to go against Islam. |
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The Barbary corsairs were nominally under Ottoman suzerainty, but had considerable independence to prey on the enemies of Islam. |
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Osman's early followers consisted both of Turkish tribal groups and Byzantine renegades, many but not all converts to Islam. |
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The highest position in Islam, caliphate, was claimed by the sultans starting since Murad I, which was established as Ottoman Caliphate. |
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Munzir obliged his request, and accordingly, most of the Arab tribes in the region converted to Islam. |
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Qatar's culture is similar to other countries in Eastern Arabia, being significantly influenced by Islam. |
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The cities of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem are home to the three holiest sites in Islam. |
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In Islam, God is beyond all comprehension and Muslims are not expected to visualize God. |
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The Quran mentions the names of numerous figures considered prophets in Islam, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus, among others. |
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The prayers are done with the chest in direction of the kaaba though in the early days of Islam, they were done in direction of Jerusalem. |
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It is derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith. |
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Usury, which allows the rich to get richer without sharing in the risk, is forbidden in Islam. |
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Polyandry, a practice wherein a woman takes on two or more husbands is prohibited in Islam. |
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Similarly, duties to parents, neighbors, relatives, sick people, the old, and the minority have been defined in Islam. |
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In Islam, justice is not only a moral virtue but also an obligation to be fulfilled under all circumstances. |
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Although some converted to Islam, the leading Meccan authorities persecuted Muhammad and his followers. |
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After the signing of the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah many more people converted to Islam. |
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Women's issues receive significant weight in the modern discourse on Islam. |
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Other denominations, such as the minority Shia Islam, are systematically suppressed. |
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Its Hejaz region and its cities Mecca and Medina are the cradle of Islam, the destination of the hajj pilgrimage, the two holiest sites of Islam. |
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Other Indonesian areas gradually adopted Islam, and it was the dominant religion in Java and Sumatra by the end of the 16th century. |
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As a historian he devoted several chapters to Islam, Voltaire highlighted the Arabian, Turkish courts, and conducts. |
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Prior to the conversion to Islam, the Kyrgyz people believed that they were descended from boars, and thus did not eat pork. |
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The process of turning churches into mosques was especially intensive in the villages where most of the inhabitants converted to Islam. |
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On that night, between sunset and sunrise, mosques employ speakers to educate congregants in attendance about Islam. |
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Muslims performing itikaf are required to stay within the mosque for ten consecutive days, often in worship or learning about Islam. |
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The Ottomans who justified their presence in Yemen as a triumph for Islam, accused the Zaydis of being infidels. |
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The majority of Greek Cypriots identify as Greek Orthodox, whereas most Turkish Cypriots are adherents of Sunni Islam. |
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Minority faiths include Islam, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, and Buddhism. |
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Their masters would on occasion allow them to secure freedom by professing Islam. |
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In Islam, it is recommended not to eat raw garlic prior to going to the mosque. |
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It is 1999 and I am told that, as an employee of the nation of Islam, one of my duties is to supervise the female students of the college while they participate in Dhuhr. |
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In this city also are the tombs of the first four Caliphs of Islam, each of whom led an exemplary life combining fervorent faith and piety with skillful political leadership. |
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From 1960 to 2000, the global growth of the number of reported Evangelical Protestants grew three times the world's population rate, and twice that of Islam. |
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They were ancient Serer festivals rooted in Serer religion, not Islam. |
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Believing in angels is one of the six Articles of Faith in Islam. |
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There are also some followers of Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. |
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However, there is evidence that the vast majority was, in fact, spent on propagating and extending the influence of Wahhabism at the expense of other forms of Islam. |
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Arab Muslims conquered the empire in the seventh century AD, ultimately leading to the displacement of the indigenous faiths of Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism with Islam. |
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This culture has been heavily influenced by the austerely puritanical Wahhabi form of Islam, which arose in the eighteenth century and now predominates in the country. |
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Being the site of the Imam Reza Shrine, it is a holy city in Shia Islam. |
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This genre has formed into a larger social movement that includes clothing, youth culture, the resurgence of Islam, and the capitalist entertainment industry. |
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A large part of the curriculum at all levels is devoted to Islam, and, at the secondary level, students are able to follow either a religious or a technical track. |
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There are now adherents to Islam, Buddhism and Judaism in the province. |
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In 1975, Warith Deen Mohammed, the son of Elijah Muhammad took control of the Nation after his father's death and guided the majority of its members to orthodox Islam. |
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The Oman government does not keep statistics on religious affiliation, but virtually all Omanis are Muslims, most of whom follow the Ibadi School of Islam, Shafii. |
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Turkic peoples practiced a variety of shamanism before adopting Islam. |
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In Islam, circumcision is a Sunnah custom not mentioned in the Qur'an. |
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It is also a gateway to Medina, the second holiest place in Islam. |
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There, and in other North African cities, Berber traders had increased contact with Islam, encouraging conversions, and by the 8th century, Muslims were traveling to Ghana. |
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The Banu Hamdan confederation was among the first to accept Islam. |
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No other Arab woman had this honor since the advent of Islam. |
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This approach often resulted in the building of mosques and local kulliyes for future generations to benefit from, as well as spreading the teachings of Islam. |
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These cultures and their pottery were eventually shaped by new cultural influences and technology with the invasions of Ancient Rome and later by Islam. |
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From 1960 to 2000, the global growth of the number of reported Evangelicals grew three times the world's population rate, and twice that of Islam. |
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Today, mostly due to immigration to the island, there are also several religious minorities, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Islam, Judaism, and Sikhism. |
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Arab merchants began to arrive in the 14th century, bringing Islam. |
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From a different perspective, since the 7th century, the evolution and constant reshaping of the Byzantine state were directly related to the respective progress of Islam. |
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