# Muslims

Muslim

religious group| Subclass of | religious adherent, theist  |
| Part of | Ḥizb Allāh  |
| Get use | Five Pillars of Islam, good works in Islam  |
| Facet give | Abd, ubudiyya, worship in Islam  |
| Name in native language | مُسْلِمٌ، اَلْمُسْلِمُ  |
| Religion anaa worldview | Islam  |
| Dem name after | Islam  |
| Official language | Arabic  |
| Dey follow | conversion to Islam, Shahada, repentance in Islam  |
| Language of work or name | Arabic, multiple languages  |
| Commemorates | As-Salam, God in Islam  |
| Connects with | Sufism  |
| Described at URL |     |
| Work available at URL |    |
| Hashtag | muslim  |
| Item dem operate | dhikr, Dua  |
| Manifestation of | Islam  |
| Opposite of | kafir, Mushrik, atheist  |
| Has list | list of Muslims  |

**Muslims** (Arabic: المسلمون, romanized: *al-Muslimūn*, lit. 'submitters [to God]') be people wey dey adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion wey dey belong to de Abrahamic tradition. Dem consider de Quran, de foundational religious text of Islam, to be de verbatim word of de God of Abraham (anaa *Allah*) as e be revealed to Muhammad, de last Islamic prophet. Alongside de Quran, Muslims sanso dey believe insyd previous revelations, such as de Tawrat (Torah), de Zabur (Psalms), den de Injeel (Gospel). Dese earlier revelations be associated plus Judaism den Christianity, wich be regarded by Muslims as earlier versions of Islam. De majority of Muslims sanso dey follow de teachings den practices dem attribute to Muhammad (*sunnah*) as dem record insyd traditional accounts (hadith).

Plus an estimated population of 2 billion followers, Muslims dey comprise around 26% of de world ein total population. In descending order, de percentage of people wey dey identify as Muslims on each continental landmass dey stand at: 45% of Africa, 25% of Asia den Oceania collectively, 6% of Europe, den 1% of de Americas. Additionally, insyd subdivided geographical regions, de figure dey stand at: 91% of de Middle East–North Africa, 90% of Central Asia, 65% of de Caucasus, 42% of Southeast Asia, 32% of South Asia, den 42% of sub-Saharan Africa.

While der be several Islamic schools and branches, as well as non-denominational Muslims, de two largest denominations be Sunni Islam (87–90% of all Muslims) den Shia Islam (10–13% of all Muslims). By sheer numbers, South Asia dey account for de largest portion (31%) of de global Muslim population. By country, Indonesia be de largest insyd de Muslim world, wey dey hold around 12% of all Muslims worldwide; wey Pakistan get de second largest number of Muslims insyd de world after Indonesia. Outsyd de Muslim-majority countries, India den China be home to de largest (11%) den second-largest (2%) Muslim populations, respectively. Secof high Muslim population growth, Islam be de fastest-growing religion insyd de world. Muslims experience persecution of varying severity, especially insyd China, India, sam parts of Africa, den Southeast Asia.

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