Blacks from Mali, Nigeria and Senegal are mostly Sunnite Muslims, but do not make up more than 1-2 % of the population.

There are six traditional articles of faith among Muslims, consisting of belief in:

Not all Muslims are in agreement on the use of art in religious observance, the proper place of art in society, or the relation between secular art and the demands placed on the secular world to conform to religious precepts.

* 1990 – More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.

They are largely Sunni Muslims, in contrast to the Hazara, who are mostly Shias.

There are separate laws governing Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and followers of other religions.

There are also some Protestants, Bahá ' ís and Muslims.

Due to the large Muslim population in western China, many Chinese restaurants cater to, or are run by, Muslims.

Most Chinese regard Hui Halal food as cleaner than food made by non Muslims so their restaurants are popular in China.

Jews, Muslims, and members of other faiths, then, are expected to convert to Christianity in the afterlife.

* 2009 – 43 people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

Some Muslims, however, are known as Jebertis, although they are not recognized as a separate ethnicity.

In conformity with the two parts of his book, his personality and his preaching are alike twofold, and the title Zul-Kifl means " the one of double " Aside from the possible identification of Zul-Kifl with Ezekiel, Muslims have viewed Ezekiel as a prophet, regardless of his identification with Zul-Kifl.

Zakat or alms-giving is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so.

Muslims must abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk during this month, and are to be especially mindful of other sins.

During Ramadan, Muslims are also expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Islam by refraining from violence, anger, envy, greed, lust, profane language, gossip and to try to get along with fellow Muslims better.

In the Qur ' an, it is stated that ( 2: 62 ): " Surely, those who believe, those who are Muslims, Jewish, the Christians, and the Sabians ; anyone who ( 1 ) believes in GOD, and ( 2 ) believes in the Last Day, and ( 3 ) leads a righteous life, will receive their recompense from their Lord.

The four schools ( or Madh ' hab ) of Sunni Muslims are each named by students of the classical jurist who taught them.

Fatwās generally contain the details of the scholar's reasoning, typically in response to a particular case, and are considered binding precedent by those Muslims who have bound themselves to that scholar, including future muftis ; mere rulings can be compared to memorandum opinions.

They are issued in response to questions by ordinary Muslims, and go unnoticed by those not concerned, while the much smaller number of fatwā issued on controversial subjects, such as war, jihad, and dhimmis ( particularly by extremist preachers ), sometimes get wide coverage in the media because of their political content ( see examples below ).

50 % are Muslims — this makes Guinea-Bissau the only Portuguese-speaking nation with a Muslim majority and most Muslims are Sunnis ; 40 % are pagans, principally Fula and Mandinka.

Typical among them was the fiercely anti-Semitic Curt Prufer, who joined the Foreign Office in 1907, served as the German Ambassador to Brazil in 1938 – 1942, and then worked closely with the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husayni in recruiting Balkan Muslims to kill Jews in 1943.

Mecca also attracted a year-round population of scholars, pious Muslims who wished to live close to the Kaaba, and local inhabitants who served the pilgrims.

Following that, Muslims adjourn for the Maghrib prayer, the fourth of the five daily prayers, after which the main meal is served.

This movement towards traditional religious values served to help Muslims cope with the effects of European colonization.

There is a large Muslim community served by the Lewisham Islamic Centre, which also serves the needs of Muslims from all over Lewisham.

Eid ul-Fitar lasts for only one day among Burmese Muslims, who call the day Eid Nei ’ ( Nei ’= day ) or Eid Ka Lay ( Ka Lay = small ) or Shai Mai Eid ( Shai Mai = a meal of sweet vermicelli served with fried cashews, coconut shreds, raisins, and milk that is traditionally eaten by Burmese Muslims during Eid ).

Like other Muslims in China, the Dongxiang served extensively in the Chinese military.

Like other Muslims in China, the Salars served extensively in the Chinese military.

During his time in Ceylon, Orabi served to improve the quality of education amongst the Muslims in the country.

These Muslims served as Military Generals in the National Revolutionary Army and were members of the ruling Kuomintang party of the Republic of China.

In areas of high concentration of Hui, Muslims served as soldiers in the Green Standard Army.

Younger Singaporeans tend to combine traditional wisdom with religious beliefs introduced when the British colonized Singapore ; for example, South Bridge Street, which was a major road through the old Chinatown, is home to the Sri Mariamman Temple ( a south Indian Hindu temple that was declared a national historical site in the 1980s ), as well as the Masjid Jamae Mosque that served Chulia Muslims from India's Coromandel Coast.

In Sri Lanka, Biryani is most popular amongst Muslims and is usually served with chicken, beef or mutton.

Although in 1989 Russian often served as a lingua franca among some educated Muslims, few were fluent in Russian.

Many Muslim Generals who served in the Rebellion, like Ma Anliang, and Dong Fuxiang were promoted by the Qing Emperor, and led Muslim armies to fight again in the Dungan Revolt ( 1895 ) against rebel Muslims, and in the Boxer Rebellion against Christian Western Armies.

In his capacity as president, he was also involved in the promotion and organisation of educational and philanthropic institutions which served to improve the lives of members of the greater community of Muslims in India.

One of the fiercest warriors of his time, he served Ali like no one else. extraordinarily He was appointed Governor of Egypt in 658 ( 38 A. H .) by ʻAlī ibn Abī-Tālib, the caliph of the Muslims, after the Battle of Siffin had ended.

The Muslims of Albania during the Ottoman invasion were divided into two main communities: those associated with Sunni Islam and those associated with the Bektashi Shiism, a mystic Dervish order that came to Albania through the Albanian Janissaries that served in the Ottoman army and who practiced Albanian pagan rites under a nominal Islamic cover.

* In 1990 12 soldiers were sent to Trinidad after a failed coup attempt by radical Black Muslims against the constitutionally elected government headed by Prime Minister A. N. R.

Aga Khan III was succeeded as Aga Khan by his grandson Karim Aga Khan, who is the present Imam of the Ismaili Muslims.

In 1428, he received a letter from Yeshaq I of Ethiopia, borne by two dignitaries, which proposed an alliance against the Muslims and would be sealed by a dual marriage that would require the Infante Peter to bring a group of artisans to Ethiopia where he would marry Yeshaq's daughter.

He was called Al-Siddiq ( The Truthful ) and was known by that title among later generations of Muslims.

He tried to collect money by using new instruments, such as introducing new taxes, undermining the currency and leasing his income to Jews and Muslims which increased his unpopularity.

A Shia sect of Muslims believe that it will be found by Mahdi near the end of times from Lake Tiberias.

In some cases, however, people that were conquered by the Muslims would rebel and revert to prior forms of worship.

A controversial figure, Thackeray has attracted significant attention by making statements expressing admiration for Hitler as an artist and demagogue, while condemning the Holocaust, inciting violence against Muslims, expressing support for the LTTE, and taking strong stances on the aspects of popular culture, including fervent opposition to the celebration of Valentine's Day.

Additionally, in a section in the book entitled, " Open Letter to My Lost France ", Bardot writes that " my country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims ".

The letter stated her objections to Muslims in France ritually slaughtering sheep by slitting their throats without anesthetizing them first but also said, in reference to Muslims, that she was " fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its habits ".

" In 1009, during the reign of the sixth Fatimid Caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the Church of the Nativity was ordered to be demolished, but was spared by local Muslims, because they had been permitted to worship in the structure's southern transept.

The treaty expired in 1239, and Bethlehem was recaptured by the Muslims in 1244.

In Kim Stanley Robinson's The Years of Rice and Salt ( 2002 ), Bayonne is the first city recolonized by the Muslims after the total depopulation of Europe by the Black Death.

It is used to date events in most of the Muslim countries ( concurrently with the Gregorian calendar ), and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals.

The second period was characterized by the Spanish attempts to reimpose arbitrary rule during the period known as the Reconquista of 1814 – 1817 (" Reconquest ": the term echoes the Reconquista in which the Christian kingdoms retook Iberia from the Muslims ).

Mehmed issued orders across his empire that Muslims, Christians, and Jews should resettle the city ; he demanded that five thousand households needed to be deported to Constantinople by September.

During the Yuan dynasty, Halal methods of slaughtering animals and preparing food was banned and forbidden by the Mongol Emperors, starting with Genghis Khan who banned Muslims and Jews from slaughtering their animals their own way, and making them follow the Mongol method.

Many Halal Chinese restaurants exist in New York City, owned by Hui Muslims.