Ch 5: Misconception 5


All Muslims are Arabs:

The Muslim population of the world is around 1,2 billion. One out of five people in ‎the world is a Muslim.  They are a vast range of races, nationalities, and cultures from ‎around the globe--from the Philippines to Nigeria--they are united by their common ‎Islamic faith. Only about 18% live in the Arab world and the largest Muslim ‎community is in Indonesia. Most Muslims live east of Pakistan. Thirty percent of ‎Muslims live in the Indian subcontinent, 20% in Sub-Saharan Africa, 17% in ‎Southeast Asia, 18% in the Arab world, and 10% in the Soviet Union and China. ‎Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan make up 10% of the non-Arab Middle East. Although ‎there are Muslim minorities in almost every area, including Latin America and ‎Australia, they are most numerous in Russia and its newly independent states, India ‎and central Africa. There are about 6 million Muslims in the United States. 

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Islam In Brief A simplified Introduction to Islam    Prepared by:   Yasser Gabr & Houda Karkour. PREFACE This little book is a guiding book to Islam , where we are trying to vanish away the chaos that is hiding the reality of Islam. Therefore, we hope that you receive this book with open arms without a jot of prejudice to understand Islam as it is not as it has been depicted in the media. Then, let's pray God-Allah Almighty that this book would be a good introduction for the correct knowledge of Islam, the religion of all the messenger of Allah Almighty from Adam to Mohammad peace be upon them. yassergabr@gmail.com
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Ch 1: The Creator

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