Being pressured by his advisers to declare coffee the " bitter invention of Satan " because of its popularity among Muslims and it being a sort of antithesis or substitute for wine ( which was used in the Eucharist ), upon tasting it he instead declared that, " This devil's drink is so delicious ... we should cheat the devil by baptizing it.

Note: Most of those who in 1991 census declared themselves as Muslims by nationality, in the next census in 2002 declared themselves as Bosniaks, while the smaller number of them still declare themselves as Muslims by nationality.

Ostensibly Syariah Courts only have jurisdiction over persons who declare themselves to be Muslims.

Sayyid Ahmed Barelvi a Wahabi Islamic fanatic declare Jihad against Maharaja Ranjit Singh and recruited many Muslim from madarsaa however Pathan Muslims don't like Wahabi ideals supported Ranjit Singh and in the battle of Balakote in 1831 his head was severed by Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa.

Examples include regions such as Kashmir in which local Muslims declare their language Urdu ; Sikhs, Punjabi ; and Hindus, Hindi.

In 2002 / 2003 censuses, most of them declared themselves as Bosniaks, but there are also those who still declare themselves as Muslims by nationality.

19, 677 continue to use Muslims as a nationality, while 20, 755 declare Bosniaks their nationality.

In the end, the Islamists declare the entire populations of the countries as inherently contaminated by western values, and finally in Algeria turn on each other, each believing that other terrorist groups are not pure enough Muslims either.

Practitioners of ' Javanist ' mystical traditions thus felt compelled to declare themselves Muslims out of a growing concern for their safety.

... Spencer states that ' hen modern Muslims like Jaffar Umar Thalib and Usama Bin Ladin declare Jihad, Muslims take them seriously ...

Though the Young Turks had compelled the Sultan in his capacity as the Caliph to declare a global jihad urging all Muslims to resist Allied encroachment on their lands, the effort was largely unsuccessful.

Taking an oath for Muslims can be a grave act ; one study of courts in Morocco found that lying litigants would often " maintain their testimony ' right up to the moment of oath-taking and then to stop, refuse the oath, and surrender the case.

However, some key aspects of Dhimmi status were retained, including that the testimony of Christians against Muslims was not accepted in courts, which granted Muslims effective immunity for offenses conducted against Christians.

" The hearing included testimony from Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan, Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, who is one of two Muslims in the U. S. Congress, Representative Frank Wolf of Virginia, and Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca.

They had several social and legal disabilities such as prohibitions against bearing arms or giving testimony in courts in cases involving Muslims.

Aga Khan I (; or, less commonly but more correctly (; ), was the title accorded to Hasan Ali Shah (; ; 1804 in Kohak, Iran – 1881 in Bombay, India ), the governor of Kirman, 46th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims, and prominent Muslim leader in Iran and later in the Indian Subcontinent.

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.

Tabari, the most famous Muslim historian, in his Ta ' rikh quotes from Muhammad Bin Sa ' ad Bin Abi Waqqas, who said: " I asked my father whether Abu Bakr was the first of the Muslims.

Most Muslims accept as a Muslim anyone who has publicly pronounced the Shahadah ( declaration of faith ) which states, " I testify that there is no god except for the God, and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.

So furious were the Byzantine officials at this harsh rejection of the wishes of their emperor and patriarch that they threatened to roast Eugene, just as they had roasted Pope Martin I. Eugene was saved from the fate of his predecessor by the advance of the Muslims, who took Rhodes in 654 and defeated Constans himself in the naval battle of Phoenix ( 655 ).

Often, when I come in here, I find Muslims all over the floor, in the aisles, up and down.

* Spain: King James I of Aragon launches a major offensive against the Muslims in Majorca.

* Emperor Yohannes I decrees that Muslims must live separately from Christians throughout Ethiopia.

Needing allies in his campaign against the Muslims and the Byzantine Empire, Otto II reconciled with Amalfian Duke Manso I, granting Imperial recognition of his rule over Salerno.

The Seljuqs, who were orthodox Sunni Muslims, had formerly ruled the Great Seljuq Empire, but by the time of the First Crusade it had divided into several smaller states after the death of Malik-Shah I in 1092.

On 9 March 1161, Tancred joined his uncle Simon, Prince of Taranto, in invading the palace, detained the king and queen, William I and Margaret, and their two sons, and incited a massacre of Muslims.

The letter also said, in part, " I am pleased to send to Your Excellency in my name most solemn assurances of thanks and appreciation for the efforts you exert in the service of Islam, Muslims and all mankind through your initiative to teach Islam, spread the culture of Islam, and solve disputes, for which you are known internationally.

Abd ar-Rahman II dispatched both the Vikings and the rebels, and in 846 sent an army led by his son ( later Muhammad I of Córdoba ), forcing the Christians to evacuate León, which the Muslims burned.

A reformed serial rapist and racist, Cleaver wrote in Soul on Ice, " If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America.

When I saw that the Franks withdrew, pursued by the Muslims, I shouted for joy, " We have beaten them!

I guarantee to all Christians in Jerusalem the same rights as are enjoyed by Muslims.

By August 2005, al-Sadr had adopted a more conciliatory tone, along with a much lower profile, saying " I call upon all the believers to save the blood of the Muslims and to return to their homes " after an outbreak of violence between some of his followers and those of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.

I would rather live as a Muslim in the west than in most of the Muslim countries, because I think the way Muslims are allowed to live in the west is closer to the Muslim way.

I never realised that there existed a ‘ problem ’ common to the two communities, Hindus and Muslims .”

For example, they had to pay the jizya, a per capita tax imposed on free adult non-Muslim males, and they were also forbidden to bear arms or testify in court cases involving Muslims.

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 ).

They became known as the Martyrs of Córdoba and were celebrated throughout Christendom as witness to the savage tyrannies of the Muslims.

Dio è carita, p. 41 ) Like Christ, he gave his execution a redemptive significance, believing as he did that his death " was uniting his beloved God and His community of Muslims against himself and thereby bore witness in extremis to the tawhid ( the oneness ) of both.

Ali Khan returned to his homeland Britain in 1923, entering in national politics, determining to eradicate to what he witness the injustice and ill-treatment of Indian Muslims under the British Indian Government as well as the British Government.

' If they turn away, say, ' Bear witness that we are Muslims.

" But if they turn away, then say, " Bear witness that we are Muslims to Him.

The local Sunni Muslims, descendants of Mughal soldiers, traders and artisans, lived in Mullickpara, Mussalman Para and here a mosque still bears witness to their existence.

Sunnah, that Muslims will fulfill the obligation of Shahada ‘ Alan-Nas ( witness unto mankind ).

The author notes that the Muslims have been ordained to observe the fasting month, when they are witness to the month of Ramadan.