Factsheet: Islam - Religion Media Centre
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Islam is one of the world's largest faiths, with an estimated 1.6 billion adherents worldwide. It began in 7th century Arabia as an offshoot from two other Abrahamic faiths, Judaism and Christianity. Its followers today represent 23 per cent of the world's population
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Factsheets - Religion Media Centre
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Post-9/11 surveillance has left a generation of Muslim Americans in a shadow of distrust and fear
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South Korea mosque project met with anti-Muslim protests and pig heads : NPR
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Manufacturing Consent in Indian Media: A Conversation with Yusra Hasan - Department of English Language and Literatures
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Factsheet: Women and Islam - Religion Media Centre
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On the Intersection of Science and Religion
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Suhag A. Shukla on X: Based on the speaker list, doubt this conference @Columbia will be about devotion to Shri Rama or a factual, apolitical discussion about the history of #Ayodhya, so
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Factsheets - Religion Media Centre
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Religion in the News: Islam and Politics Dominate Religion Coverage in 2011
Islam - Wikipedia
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Factsheets - Religion Media Centre
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Majority-Muslim Turkey Becomes Less Religious, Poll Says : NPR
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Factsheet: Crimean Tatar Muslims in Ukraine - Religion Media Centre
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5 Pillars of Islam - What are the Five Pillars?