Running head: MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION ELEMENTS
Monotheistic Religion Elements Matrix?Islam
September 5, 2007
Countries
Top 16 countries that have the highest Islamic population, including Israel, Canada, and the United States.
1. Indonesia: 213,469,356
2. Pakistan: 156,491,617
3. India: 138,188,726
4. Bangladesh: 127,001,272
5. Egypt: 70,530,237
6. Turkey: 68,963,953
7. Iran: 67,337,681
8. Nigeria: 64,385,994
9. China: 39,189,414
10. Ethiopia: 34,700,310
11. Morocco: 32,300,410
12. Algeria: 32,206,534
13. Afghanistan: 29,629,697
14. Saudi Arabia: 26,417,599
15. Sudan: 26,121,865
16. Iraq: 25,292,658
41. United States: 4,140,277
72. Israel: 916,424
81. Canada: 656,100
(Central Intelligence Agency, 2007)
Historical Figures and Events
Muhammad
Unlike other great religious leaders, like the Buddha, Moses, and Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ), Muhammad was born relatively recently, in the late 6th century CE, about the year 570. Muhammad was born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia in 570. Many unusual events have bee ...