Muslim world - Curiyo.com. Muslim world. The term Muslim world (also known as the Ummah[2] or Islamosphere[3][4]) has several meanings. In a religious sense, the Islamic Ummah refers to those who adhere to the teachings of Islam, referred to as Muslims. In a cultural sense, the Muslim Ummah refers to Islamic civilization, exclusive of non-Muslims living in that civilization. In a modern geopolitical sense, the term Islamic Nation usually refers collectively to Muslim-majority countries, states, districts, or towns. Although Islamic lifestyles emphasise unity and defence of fellow Muslims, schools and branches (see Shi'a–Sunni relations, for example) exist. In the past both Pan-Islamism and nationalist currents have influenced the status of the Muslim world. As of 2010, over 1.6 billion or about 23.4% of the world population are Muslims.[5] Of these, around 62% live in Asia-Pacific,[6] 20% in the Middle East-North Africa,[7] 15% in Sub-Saharan Africa,[8] around 3% in Europe,[9] and 0.3% in the Americas.[10][11][12][13]
Demonizing Muslims: America’s Worldwide Witch Hunt. The U.S. has launched a witch hunt “reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition” to “demonize” Muslims. “While President Obama may uphold freedom of religion, the U.S. inquisitorial social order has institutionalized patterns of discrimination, prejudice and xenophobia directed against Muslims,” writes Professor Michel Chossudovsky of the Centre for Research on Globalization, Montreal.
“Ethnic profiling applies to travel, the job market, access to education and societal services and more generally to social status and mobility,” he writes in his latest book, “Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War” (Global Research). “What is now unfolding is a generalized process of demonization of an entire population group. Muslims are… considered a potential threat to national security. The threat is said to be ‘much closer to home’, ‘within your neighborhood’. Next Target: Iran “Realities are twisted and turned upside down and Iran is being accused of wanting to start World War III. Muslim. A Muslim, sometimes spelled Moslem,[1] is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Quran.
Muslims consider the Quran to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. They also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad as recorded in traditional accounts called hadith.[2] "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "one who submits to God". A female Muslim is sometimes called a "Muslimah". Muslims believe that God (Arabic: الله Allāh) is eternal, transcendent and absolutely one (monotheism).
They hold that God is incomparable, self-sustaining and neither begets nor was begotten. Most Muslims accept as a Muslim anyone who has publicly pronounced the Shahadah (declaration of faith) which states: I testify that there is no god except for the God, and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God. Etymology Other words for Muslim The ordinary word in English is "Muslim". Meaning In defining Muslim, the Sufi spiritual leader Ibn Arabi said: Demographics. Muslim. Tento článek pojednává o vyznavačích islámu. Možná hledáte: Bosňáci - etnická skupina zvaná Bosňáci nebo Muslimové (s velkým "m"). Muslim, zastarale mohamedán či machometán, (arabsky: مسلم) je vyznavač islámu. Femininum pro muslimku zní v arabštině „muslima“. Význam arabského slova „muslim“ je oddaný (Bohu).
Perská verze, používaná v Íránu, Afghánistánu, Pákistánu, Indii i jinde je musalmán (مسلمان), z toho pochází české zastaralé musulman, musulmanka. Slovem Muslim, Muslimové (s velkým písmenem) se označuje etnická skupina Bosňáci (odlišuj od Bosňanů, obyvatel Bosny).[1] Reference[editovat | editovat zdroj] Skočit nahoru ↑ Výraz Bosna v Internetové jazykové příručce Související články[editovat | editovat zdroj] Externí odkazy[editovat | editovat zdroj] Demonizing Muslims: America’s Worldwide Witch Hunt.