* Muslims comprise nearly 20 % of India's population and have at times been discussed as a potential " fifth column ".

Hindus comprise about 82 % and Muslims about 16 %.

The Ahmadiyya comprise a minority of Germany's Muslims, numbering some 60, 000 members in more than 200 communities as of 2004.

" There are more than 5000 Sindhi Muslims living in the 6 villages of mhow tehsil they came here late before400 years ago most of them are farmers and jagirdars this community is one of the oldest community living in the area they are living long before the Mhow was originated they came from sindh ( mohenjodaro ) late before 400 years they were warriors who saved jodpur kingdom from attackers and were gifted with thousands acres land in mhow area which comprise almost 30 % of mhow tehsil. they live in chopati, banjari, karondia, richabardi, kesarbardi ,& dada. the people have even participated in 1857 war against Britishers in mhow.

The rise of Islam began around the time the Muslims took flight in the Hijra, moving to Medina.

Ibn Taymiyya argued against the shirking of Sharia law, and against practices such as the celebration of Muhammad's birthday or the construction of mosques around the tombs of Sufi sheikhs, believing that these were unacceptable borrowings from Christianity: Many Muslims ' do not even know of the Christian origins of these practices.

The conflict, pitting indigenous impoverished Muslims ( mujahideen ) against an anti-religious superpower, galvanized thousands of Muslims around the world to send aid and sometimes to go themselves to fight jihad.

Being a surprisingly tolerant and pluralistic society, even its army incorporated Jews, Christians, Muslims and Pagans at a time when religious warfare was the order of the day around the Mediterranean and in Western Europe.

The independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw the settlement of the what is now the largest ethnic community in the city, the Muhajirs who migrated from India in search of a Muslim homeland and settled in Pakistan, that's why the culture of Karachi is very similar to any Indian Muslim dominant city and the city's first language is Urdu because of these Muhajir unlike other parts of the country Most properties vacated by Hindus were granted to Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants who had migrated from India, Known as Muhajirs, their descendants now form the majority of Karachi's residents, these Mohajirs of Urdu, Gujrati, Marathi, Konkani Muslims from India and Bengali origin are around 13 million.

However, the Christian majority of the past, constituting around 65 % of the population at one point, has been shrinking, while the number of Muslims has steadily increased to its present 45 % of the population due to immigration from Muslim countries.

Little archaeological excavation has been done around the area known as the Temple Mount, in what is thought to be the foundation of Solomon's Temple, because attempts to do so are met with protest by Muslims.

* March 23 – The Pakistan Resolution is rallied around by the All-India Muslim League ; Muslims from every corner of India meet up around Iqbal Park, Lahore ( now in modern-day Pakistan ).

Islam arrived mostly through Indian Muslims and later dominated much of the archipelago around the 13th century while Christianity came along when European colonization started around the 16th century.

In Qinghai, the Salar Muslims voluntarily came under Ming rule, their clan leaders capitulating around 1370.

Following a period of fighting lasting around a hundred years before 620 AD which mainly involved Arab and Jewish inhabitants of Medina ( then known as Yathrib ), religious freedom for Muslims, Jews and pagans was declared by Muhammad in the Constitution of Medina.

Muslims around the world protested the book's publishing, and Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa sentencing Rushdie to death, saying that the book blasphemed Muhammad and his wives.

Muslims claim that it is the tomb of a Shi ' ite Muslim, Sheikh Abbad, considered a founder of the Shi ' ite movement in Lebanon who lived around 500 years ago.

One option was to erect a barricade around the tomb to prevent Muslims and Jews from visiting the site.

This is a day where Muslims around the world try to show a common goal of unity.

Their website states that " The American Jewish Committee has demonstrated a profound commitment to enhancing relations between Jews and Muslims, a vital part of its fundamental dedication to the promotion of interreligious understanding in the United States and around the world.

" Another American observer, Robert Pelletreau, Jr., assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, believes it the other way around, Islamism being the subset of Muslims " with political goals ... within " the " broader fundamentalist revival ".

In public baths, non-Muslims wore medallions suspended from cords around their necks, so no one would mistake them for Muslims.

Greece also has a significant minority of Muslims in Eastern Thrace ( numbering around 100-150, 000 ), with their places of worship guaranteed since the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne.

While there are around three million Muslims, mostly of Turkish origin, now in the country, many of them are not members of large religious bodies with whom the states could arrange such matters.

As-Salamu Alaykum () is an Arabic greeting often used by Muslims around the world.

One week later, thousands of Muslims stood as human shields outside churches as Coptic Christians attended Christmas Masses on January 6 & 7, 2011.

Syria's population is 71 % Sunni Muslim ( includes most Arabs and Kurds, and 16 % other Muslim groups ( including 11. 0 % Alawi, Shi ' a Muslims ( 1. 1 % Imami / Twelvers and 1. 0 % Ismailis / Seveners ), 3. 2 % Druze, 1. 3 % Nusairism, 0. 7 Alevism ( all Turkomans ), Yezidism 0. 2 %) and 10 % Christian, with a Syrian Jewish community of a few dozen.

1500, the numbers had grown to 7, 986 Greeks, 8, 575 Muslims, and 3, 770 Jews.

While it is prohibited in France for the government census to collect data on religious beliefs, estimates and polls place the percentage of Muslims at between 4 % and 7 %.

Osijek's population includes 96, 600 ( 84. 28 %) Roman Catholics, 78 ( 0. 07 %) Eastern-rite Catholics, 8, 619 ( 7. 52 %) Orthodox Christians, and 966 ( 0. 84 %) Muslims and others.

In the 2001 census, the population by religion was 41, 204 Roman Catholics ( 78. 88 %), 3, 801 Orthodox Christians ( 7. 28 %), 2, 537 Muslims ( 4. 86 %), and others.

In the Gospel of John ( 14: 16, 15: 26, and 16: 7 ) the word often translated into English as " Comforter " is the Greek word Paracletos, a word with several shades of meaning, including both " advocate " and " comforter " Muslims believe that the Greek word Paraclete refers to Muhammad.

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.

In his email cancellation message issued in Arabic he described the Jewish dedication ceremony on March 7, which included dancing and serving wine, as " provocation to the feelings of hundreds of millions of Muslims in Egypt and around the world ".

Based on 1951 Census of displaced persons, 7, 226, 000 Muslims went to Pakistan from India while 7, 250, 000 Sikhs and Hindus moved to India from Pakistan immediately after partition.

About 14. 5 million people crossed the borders, including 8, 226, 000 Muslims came to Pakistan from India while 7, 249, 000 Hindus and Sikhs moved to India from Pakistan.

In 1945, the surrounding " Beisan district " consisted of 16, 660 Muslims ( 67 %), 7, 590 Jews ( 30 %), and 680 Christians ( 3 %); and Arabs owned 44 % of land, Jews owned 34 %, and 22 % constituted public lands.

In 2011, 7, 000 Christian, Druze and Muslims held a solidarity march in support of Christians in Iraq and Egypt who are suffering from religious persecution.

A Pew Forum study, published in January 2011, estimated 4. 7 million Muslims in France in 2010 ( and forecasted 6. 9 million in 2030 ).

According to, there were 7 million Muslims in France in 2007.

After the annexation of the Muslim-ruled state of Hyderabad by India in 1948, about 7, 000 Muslims were due to emigrate to Pakistan at their own will from India.

Christians and Muslims revere Lot as a righteous man of God .< ref > 2Peter 2: 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: < sup > 8 </ sup > ( For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds ;)</ ref > Jesus is a descendent of Lot through David's great-grandmother Ruth, who is descended from Lot's son Moab.

al-Nisā 4: 29 > And the prophet salAllahu ' aleihi wa selim said: < Whoever kills himself by any means, he will be punished by it on the Day of Resurrection .” Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 71, Number 670 > The person should rather strive and seek to guide them and if fighting is legalized and legislated, then he fights alongside the Muslims.

* Muslims by nationality 7, 029 ( 42. 27 %)

Seven years later ( 629 AD / 7 AH ), the mosque was doubled in size to accommodate the increasing number of Muslims.

In 1187 Arsuf was captured by the Muslims, but fell again to the Crusaders on September 7, 1191 after a battle between Richard I of England and Saladin.

On May 7, 1856 Consul Finn inspected the site after receiving complaints from Muslims who suspected the opening of windows towards a mosque.

* In Montenegro census of 2003, 24, 625 ( 3. 97 %) of the population have declared as Muslims by nationality, 48, 184 ( 7. 77 %) have declared as Bosniaks, while 57, 100 ( 9. 51 %) have declared as Montenegrins.