In large part, this was the result of the schismatic forces that had undermined the Umayyad regime, which relied on the assertion of the superiority of Arab culture as part of its claim to legitimacy, and the Abbasids ' welcoming of support from non-Arab Muslims.

The Christian accounts of the battle claim that the slaughter among the Muslims was horrific, while Umayyad accounts describe it as a mere skirmish.

William Montgomery Watt and Alfred Guillaume claim that stories of the event were true based upon the implausibility of Muslims fabricating a story so unflattering to their prophet: " Muhammad must have publicly recited the satanic verses as part of the Qur ' ān ; it is unthinkable that the story could have been invented by Muslims, or foisted upon them by non-Muslims.

Many Muslims still claim descent from Rechab.

It has intervened on behalf of many American Muslims who claim discrimination, profiling, or harassment.

Most recently, various Muslim groups claim that some actions in Western countries following the September 11 attacks affecting Arabs, Muslims, or those mistaken for them have comprised a moral panic.

Muslims claim to have introduced the idea of carrying capacity, and clearly sometimes did limit the number of families in any given town.

The Muslims claim that there is no historical record indicating any destruction, or even the existence of a Hindu Temple at the site when Mir Baqi erected the Masjid in 1528.

Muslims and other critics discount as politically motivated the archeological reports that are relied upon by Hindu groups like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ( RSS ), Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and Hindu Munnani to lay claim to the Babri Masjid site.

Islam teaches Muslims that Jesus was a messenger of God and that he did not claim to be God's son.

Muslims, Jews, Unitarians and other nontrinitarians claim that the orthodox trinitarian Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit constitutes Tritheism, since these distinct " persons " are unified only by an impersonal substance ousia which does not transcend, or exist apart from, the persons.

The Christian chroniclers claim the Muslims lost 32 emirs and 7, 000 men, but it is possible that the true number may have been less.

Each side ( the Muslims and the Congress / Sikhs ) presented its claim through counsel with no liberty to bargain.

The ICM claim to the tekke is based upon their contention to represent all Muslims in Macedonia ; and indeed, they are one of two Muslim organizations recognized by the government, both Sunni.

" Building the cultural center near Ground Zero, he says, means Muslims " will claim now that the World Trade Center property ... is Islamic land.

Their claim is that leftists in India are not truly secular since they appease minority communities ( such as Muslims or Christians in India ) at the expense of the interests of the Hindu community, and often at odds with modern ideas of secularism.

Some liberal Muslims claim that they are returning to the principles of the early Ummah and to the ethical and pluralistic intent of their scripture, the Qur ' an.

Some Muslim communities had the name " kamsia ," which, in Hokkien Chinese, means " thank you "; many Hui Muslims claim it is because that they played an important role in overthrowing the Mongols and it was named in thanks by the Han Chinese for assisting them.

Some claim that the fact that foreign Muslims were put into the second class Semu above Chinese was a fact that Mongols favored Muslims.

Guy intends to rule after Baldwin's death and seeks to provoke a war that will allow him to dispose of the Muslims and claim the Kingdom for the Christians.

Muslims claim that Islamic law aims to keep the world ecology balanced in a stable and healthy way.

The latter did not claim the caliphate so Kufi Muslims gave their allegiance ( bay ' ah ) to Hasan without dispute.

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.

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.