Muslims believe these depictions lead to sculptural pieces, which then leads to worship of that sculpture or " idol ".

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

Sunni Muslims believe and confirm that Muhammad's father-in-law Abu Bakr was chosen by the community and that this was the proper procedure.

Shi ' a Muslims believe that Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad, should have replaced Muhammad as Caliph and that Caliphs were to assume authority through appointment by God rather than being chosen by the people.

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 Qur ' an gives clear instruction on many issues, such as how to perform the ritual purification before the obligatory daily prayers, but on other issues, some Muslims believe the Qur ' an alone is not enough to make things clear.

For example the Qur ' an states one needs to engage in daily prayers and fast during the month of Ramadan but some Muslims believe they need further instructions on how to perform these duties.

antichrist ), according to Islamic tradition contained within the sahih ( correct ) hadith ( records of traditions ), which Muslims believe to be authentic and reliable narratives of the sayings and practices of Muhammad.

Islamists have asked the question, " If Islam is a way of life, how can we say that those who want to live by its principles in legal, social, political, economic, and political spheres of life are not Muslims, but Islamists and believe in Islamism, not Islam?

Many Muslims believe as Saudi Prince Saud al Faisal did that the hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth obtained from the Persian Gulf's huge oil deposits were nothing less than a gift from God to the Islamic faithful.

" Despite Afghanistan's great poverty, they had little interest in social, economic and technological development – at one time explaining that " we Muslims believe God the Almighty will feed everybody one way or another.

Elsewhere in the Qur ' an, Isaac is mentioned in lists: Joseph follows the religion of his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ( XII: 38 ) and speaks of God's favor to them ( XII: 6 ); Jacob's sons all testify their faith and promise to worship the God that their forefathers, " Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac ", worshiped ( II: 127 ); and the Qur ' an commands Muslims to believe in the revelations that were given to " Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Patriarchs " ( II: 136 ; III: 84 ).

A 2007 survey of British Muslims showed that 61 % believe homosexuality should be illegal, with up to 71 % young British Muslims holding this belief.

Muslims believe that Allah ( God ) will hold every human, Muslim and non-Muslim, accountable for his or her deeds at a preordained time unknown to man.

Muslims also believe in " the punishment of the grave ," which supposedly takes place between death and the resurrection.

Muslims believe that he preached the same monotheistic faith as his forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael.

The Qur ' an makes it clear that Jacob was blessed by God as a prophet and, therefore, Muslims believe that his father, being a prophet as well, also knew of his son's greatness.

Muslims also believe Joshua to be the " attendant " of Moses mentioned in the Qur ’ ān, before Moses meets Khidr.

Muslims believe that God is eternal, transcendent, absolutely one ( the doctrine of tawhid, or strict or simple monotheism ), and incomparable ; that he is self-sustaining, who begets not nor was begotten.

Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed at many times and places before, including through the prophets Abraham, Moses and Jesus.

Thus, in Surah 3: 52 of the Qur ' an, Jesus ’ disciples tell Jesus, " We believe in God ; and you be our witness that we are Muslims ( wa-shahad be anna muslimūn ).

The Qur ' an states Jesus the Son of Mary ( Arabic: Isa ibn Maryum ) is the Messiah or " Prophet " sent to the Jews, and Muslims believe Jesus is alive in Heaven and will return to Earth to defeat the Antichrist ( Arabic: Dajjal ).

Mainstream Muslims believe that at that time Isa will dispel Christian and Jewish claims about him.

However, i ' thar is also still an Islamic ideal to which all Muslims should strive to adhere at all times.

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

It is a popular Buddhist and Hindu name, but popular also among Muslims in Indonesia.

According to estimates of the Word Religion Database 2005 the share of Muslims is 1. 2 %.

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 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.

However, there is also a minority view within some Muslims that capital punishment is not justified in the light of Qur ' an.

Chinese Islamic cuisine ( or ) is the cuisine of the Hui ( ethnic Chinese Muslims ) and other Muslims living in China.

It is a product of the Chinese Islamic cuisine of the Uyghur ( 维吾尔 ) people and other Chinese Muslims.

Umm-ul-Momineen ( Mother of Muslims ) Maria Qibtia is reported to be another concubine gifted to Muhammad by the King Maqooqas in response to his letter inviting him towards Islam.

Muslims declare the shahada, or testimony: " I bear witness that there is no god but ( the One ) God ( Allah ), and I bear witness that Muhammad is God's messenger.

Regarding the salvation of Jews, Muslims, and other non-Christians, the Orthodox have traditionally taught that there is no salvation outside the church.

An early Muslim tradition is that the Negus Ashama ibn Abjar offered asylum to a group of Muslims fleeing persecution during Muhammad's life ( 615 ), but Stuart Munro-Hay believes that Axum had been abandoned as the capital by then – although Kobishchanov states that Ethiopian raiders plagued the Red Sea, preying on Arabian ports at least as late as 702.

Muslims must wash themselves before prayer, this washing is called wudū ' (" purification ").

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.

It is considered to be a personal responsibility for Muslims to ease economic hardship for others and eliminate inequality.

The fast is meant to allow Muslims to seek nearness to Allah, to express their gratitude to and dependence on him, atone for their past sins, and to remind them of the needy.