![]() ![]() Other obsolete terms include Muslimite and Muslimist. Although such terms were not necessarily intended to be pejorative, Muslims argue that the terms are offensive because they allegedly imply that Muslims worship Muhammad rather than God. Until at least the mid-1960s, many English-language writers used the term Mohammedans or Mahometans. In English it was sometimes spelled Mussulman and has become archaic in usage. The word Mosalman ( Persian: مسلمان, alternatively Mussalman) is a common equivalent for Muslim used in Central and South Asia. In the 20th century the preferred spelling in English was "Moslem", but this has now fallen into disuse. The ordinary word in English is "Muslim". The plural form in Arabic is muslimūn ( مسلمون) or muslimīn ( مسلمين), and its feminine equivalent is muslimāt ( مسلمات). A female adherent is a muslima ( Arabic: مسلمة) (also transliterated as "Muslimah" ). The word muslim ( Arabic: مسلم, IPA: English: / ˈ m ʌ z l ɪ m/, / ˈ m ʊ z l ɪ m/, / ˈ m ʊ s l ɪ m/ or moslem / ˈ m ɒ z l ə m/, / ˈ m ɒ s l ə m/ ) is the active participle of the same verb of which islām is a verbal noun, based on the triliteral S-L-M "to be whole, intact". Due to high Muslim population growth, Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world. ![]() ![]() By country, Indonesia is the largest in the Muslim world, holding around 12% of all Muslims worldwide outside of the Muslim-majority countries, India and China are home to the largest (11%) and second-largest (2%) Muslim populations, respectively. By sheer numbers, South Asia accounts for the largest portion (31%) of the global Muslim population, primarily across three countries: Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. While there are several Islamic schools and branches, the two largest denominations are Sunni Islam (75–90% of all Muslims) and Shia Islam (10–20% of all Muslims). Additionally, in subdivided geographical regions, the figure stands at: 91% of the Middle East–North Africa, 90% of Central Asia, 65% of the Caucasus, 42% of Southeast Asia, 32% of South Asia, and 42% of sub-Saharan Africa. In descending order, the percentage of people who identify as Muslims on each continental landmass stands at: 45% of Africa, 25% of Asia and Oceania (collectively), 6% of Europe, and 1% of the Americas. With an estimated population of almost 2 billion followers as of 1 January 2023 year estimation, Muslims comprise more than 25% of the world's total population. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices of Muhammad ( sunnah) as recorded in traditional accounts ( hadith). They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraham (or Allah) as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main Islamic prophet. "Submitters ") are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. Muslims ( Arabic: المسلمون, al-Muslimūn, transl. Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian/ Malay, Bengali, South Asian languages, Turkic languages, Iranian languages, and others ~1% Other Islamic traditions ( Ibadi Islam, Quranism, etc.) ![]()
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