Portal:Islam/Did you know

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• ... It is estimated that the world population of Muslims today ranges between 1.2 billion and 1.5 billion people, and that only 18% of them live in Arab countries?

• ... Indonesia is currently the most populous Islamic country with 213 million followers?

• ... there are more Muslims in Nigeria (50% of the population) than there are in Saudi Arabia (99.9% of the population)?

• ... the Islamic calendar is based on sightings of the crescent moon (hilāl), with a year being approximately 11 days shorter than the 365 days of solar calendars?

• ... Muslims believe Muhammad was the last prophet sent by God to mankind and Isa bin Maryam (Jesus Christ) will come as a Messiah and Prophet in the latter days

• ... that the Qur'an has been completely memorized by a percentage of Muslims (hafiz) all around the world for nearly 14 centuries

• ... that Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam.