The root slm in Arabic means "to be in peace, to be an integral whole." From this root comes islām, meaning "to surrender to God's law and thus to be an integral whole," and muslim, a person who so surrenders....

“Unnoticed by most Westerners, war has been unilaterally declared on Europe and the United States. Fundamentalists are responding to what they see as a centuries-long conspiracy by the West to destroy Islam.” —Daniel Pipes, director...

Islam FOUNDED: 622 C.E.RELIGION AS A PERCENTAGE OF WORLD POPULATION: 20 percent Overview The religion of Islam was revealed to Muhammad ibn Abdullah, who became known as the Prophet Muhammad, in central Arabia between 610 and 632 C.E. Muhammad did not...

major world religion belonging to the Semitic family; it was promulgated by the Prophet Mu&hsubdot;ammad in Arabia in the 7th century &AD;. The Arabic term islām, literally “surrender,” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of...

Islam is an Arabic word meaning submission, in this context to the will of God (Allah), and denotes the name of the religion that was initiated with Adam and finally revived with the last revelation to the Last Prophet, Muhammad (c.570–632 CE),...

This entry should perhaps be titled ‘Islams’ (elZein 1977) since anthropologists have for long stressed the plurality of social forms and conceptions within the religion of some 15 to 20 per cent of humankind. This emphasis on internal...

Islam is the religion of the followers of the Prophet Muhammad (c. 570–632), who are usually called Muslims, but it also has a geographical application. The Islamic world is very large and expanding: a 2001 estimate put it at perhaps 1,200...

Major world religion founded by Muhammad in Arabia in the early 7th century &AD;. The Arabic word islam means “submission”—specifically, submission to the will of the one God, called Allah in Arabic. Islam is a strictly monotheistic...

For people named "Islam", see Islam (name). Muslims performing salah (prayer) rect 0 0 14 14 This is a featured article. Click here for more information. desc...