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In 622 AD, the Prophet Muhammad founded a new religion in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. That religion, which worships the one true God, Allah, is called Islam, and its followers are called Muslims. Almost 1,400 years later, 1.2 billion people in 57 countries around the world live under the name Muslim. A …

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The Arabic word “masjid” means “the place where one kneels before God”—in other words, a Muslim mosque. Muslims pray five times a day: before sunrise, at noon, in the afternoon, after sunset, and at night. When the azan, the call announcing prayer times, sounds, Muslims pray wherever they are—at …

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On the 10th day of the Islamic calendar month, Ashura, the major religious observance of Shiite Muslims, begins in Mashhad, the largest religious city in northeastern Iran, known as “the Land of Martyrdom.” People call the month-long observance of Ashura a “month of mourning” and even refrain from …

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The Quran is a call to Allah. That is why its verses have a unique melody that makes them easy to recite. For Muslims, who are raised from childhood to memorize the Quran and shape their lives around its words, it is more than a formal sacred text. The Quran is a guide to daily life, closely …

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Today, the world forms a vast economic community under capitalism. All social and cultural phenomena rise and fall with the flow of capital. In Islamic society, however, there are unique aspects that cannot be explained by the logic of capital. During Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic …

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Islam has taken deep root in many parts of the African continent. In the small town of Jenne, Mali, there is a mosque built entirely out of mud. Wooden beams are used here and there as decoration, but otherwise the mosque is made completely of mud. Maintaining a mud mosque is naturally a …

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The cradle of civilization, the Silk Road. Uzbekistan, a Central Asian country, was the center of a desert route that stretched through China to Iran and Istanbul. Samarkand, the capital of the Timurid Empire, where early Islamic and Persian cultures merged to promote trade, was a bridge between …

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Islamic society is often seen as one in which women's rights and freedoms are severely restricted. However, Arab traditional culture is sometimes confused with Islamic culture. All cultural phenomena arise from the social needs of a region, so it's unfair to judge them arbitrarily. What's …

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Islam once ruled the Mediterranean region, and at its heart was Fez, the capital of the Kingdom of Morocco. Around the year 800, Fez remarkably developed and preserved the essence of Islamic culture as a cradle of civilization. Here stands the University of al-Qarawiyyin Mosque, a center of the …

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Drinks we enjoy today, such as coffee, originated with Islamic religious leaders who stayed up all night praying. The discovery of spices, which played an important role in the development of European food culture, also came from Islam. Islam has influenced many other aspects of everyday life …

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How did Islam spread to different parts of the world in less than 100 years? The answer lies in the splendor of Islamic civilization. Islam, which took root in Spain, had a major influence on all aspects of medieval Europe, including society, economics, architecture, and culture. Columbus’s voyage …

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Those who pray toward Mecca five times a day and faithfully follow the Quran in their daily lives are no exception when it comes to eating as part of their deep religious practice. They eat only foods God permits, and must say "Bismillah (In the name of God)" before every meal and "Alhamdulillah …

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Muslims emphasize coexistence with the poor and with the world around them, forming the Islamic community. Experts clearly diagnose the prejudices against Islam, which is often associated with the oppression of women through honor killings and polygyny, and explain that Sufism and Shiism are …

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