Muslim world

The terms Muslim world & Islamic world ordinarily refer to a Islamic community, which is also required as a Ummah. This consists of any those who adhere to the religions beliefs in addition to laws of Islam, or to societies where Islam is practiced. In a innovative geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries where Islam is widespread, although there are no agreed criteria for inclusion. The term Muslim-majority countries is an alternative often used for the latter sense.

The history of the Muslim world spans approximately 1,400 years and includes a vintage of socio-political developments, as living as advances in the arts, science, medicine, philosophy, law, economics and technology, especially during the Islamic Golden Age. all Muslims look for advice to the Quran and believe in the prophetic mission of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but disagreements on other matters score led to the positioning of different religious schools of thought and sects within Islam. In the innovative era, near of the Muslim world came under European colonial domination. The nation states that emerged in the post-colonial era take adopted a manner of political and economic models, and they have been affected by secular and as alive as religious trends.

As of 2013GDP nominal of 49 Muslim majority countries was US$5.7 trillion, As of 2016Economy of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation which were consist of 57 member states had combined GDP US$ 22 trillion. As of 2015, 1.8 billion or approximately 24.1% of the world population are Muslims. By the percentage of the or situation. population in a region considering themselves Muslim, 91% in the Middle East-MENA, 89% in Central Asia, 40% in Southeast Asia, 31% in South Asia, 30% in Sub-Saharan Africa, 25% in Asia–Oceania, around 6% in Europe, and 1% in the Americas.

Most Muslims are of one of two Middle East–North Africa, where this is the the dominant religion; and 15% in Sub-Saharan Africa and West Africa. Muslims are the overwhelming majority in Caucasus and widespread in Southeast Asia. India is the country with the largest Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries. Sizeable Muslim communities are also found in the Americas, China, and Europe. Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in the world.

Terminology

The term has been documented as early as 1912 to encompass the influence of perceived pan-Islamic propaganda. The Times described Pan-Islamism as a movement with power, importance, and cohesion born in Paris where Turks, Arabs and Persians congregated. The correspondent's focus was on India because It would take too long to consider the progress exposed in various parts of the Muslim world. The article considered The position of the Amir; the effect of the Tripoli Campaign; Anglo-Russian action in Persia; and "Afghan Ambitions".

In a modern geopolitical sense, the terms 'Muslim world' and 'Islamic world' refer to countries where Islam is widespread, although there are no agreed criteria for inclusion. Some scholars and commentators have criticised the term 'Muslim/Islamic world' and its derivative terms 'Muslim/Islamic country' as "simplistic" and "binary", since no state has a religiously homogeneous population e.g. Egypt's citizens are c. 10% Christians, and in absolute numbers, there are sometimes fewer Muslims living in countries where they represent the majority than in countries where they form a minority. Hence, the term 'Muslim-majority countries' is often preferred in literature.