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Sabbir_1
01-06-2007, 10:35 PM
Interesting Islamic Facts



The Majority of muslims do not live in the middle East. The most populous muslim country is Indonesia, the 4th largest country in the world with 184 million muslims


There are more muslims in India than the combined population of Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and the whole of the Arabian Peninsula.


The following English words are borrowed from Arabic: Algebra, Zero, Cotton, Sofa, Rice, Candy, Safron, Balcony. And even 'alchohol' derives from Arabic : al-kuhl meaning powder. These are just a few mentioned here.


The first treatise on smallpox and measles was written by Abu Bakr alrazi (c.864-925,known to Europe as Rhazes). (Due to this) Inoculation agianst smallpox became a common practise in muslim lands. Despite this , Scientific text book credit the invention of a smallpox vaccine to Edward Jenner.(1749-1823).


Early Oxbridge students studied books written by muslims on mathematics, medicine, chemistry, optics and astronomy.


Adelard of Bath (a city in the UK) was a leading scholar of the middle ages. what made him famous was translating the word of muslim scientists from Arabic to latin!


The 1860 city records of Cardiff (UK) show a masjid in operation in a converted building at 2 Glynrhondda St. Yemani sea men on their trips between Aden (in Yemen) and Cardiff founded this masjid.


The first purpose built masjid is claimed to be in Woking (South of England) with money provided by the ruler of Bhopal, in India (the Shah Jehan masjid was built in 1889).


The Islamic calender is based on the phases of the moon, with it being approximately 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the year in the Julien calender. Hence, the dates of our festivals move through the year.


The grand doors of our prophets (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) masjid in Medina weigh 2 and half tonnes each! Enormous quantities of "sag wood" was gathered from all over the world and shipped to the united kingdom to be dryed in computerised furnaces (the traditional drying process would have taken many years!). Even then , it took 5 months to dry the wood! the wood was then shipped to Barcelona (Spain), Where the main body of the doors where made. And finally the French even paid their little part, as the brass ornamentation was carried out in the city of Roi (France). Next time you visit the holy masjid, keep this entire in mind!



The Zam Zam well came into existance at the time of prophets Ibrahim and Ismail (alayhum Salam alaikum). It then "dissapeared" for nearly 26 centuries (2600 years) due to the certain events and was rediscovered and dug by the grandfather of our beloved prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam). The location of the well was revealed to him in a dream.


It was only in 1932 the Kiswah (cloth of the Ka'bah) was wholly made by Saudis (citizens of Saudi Arabia).

The roof top of our prophet's (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) masjid in Madina is disigned to be strong enough to carry addtional floors in the future.


The black stone (as it is known), Cannot really be described in full, because the parts we touch with our hands and "Kiss" , are eight small pieces, the biggest of which is the size of a date.


Adam (alayhis Salam alaikum) was 30 Ziraa tall. Ziraa is a measurement and one Ziraa is approximately half a metre.
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'Abd al-Baari
01-07-2007, 12:38 PM
interesting facts bro
jazakallah
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ZAYD
01-07-2007, 12:41 PM
yeah, interesting
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north_malaysian
01-08-2007, 04:54 AM
wow... shukran for the facts....
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-Shakirah-
01-08-2007, 01:44 PM
The Islamic calender is based on the phases of the moon, with it being approximately 11 days shorter than the 365 days of the year in the Julien calender. Hence, the dates of our festivals move through the year.


It's good to enjoy Eid in different seasons.....
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Naheezah
01-08-2007, 02:08 PM
format_quote Originally Posted by khalil27
Interesting Islamic Facts
Adam (alayhis Salam alaikum) was 30 Ziraa tall. Ziraa is a measurement and one Ziraa is approximately half a metre.
wow subhanallah!! interesting facts indeed!!:thumbs_upjazaaks 4 sharing akhi!:statisfie
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north_malaysian
01-09-2007, 06:04 AM
TOP TEN IN THE MUSLIM WORLD



TOP 10 MUSLIM COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST IMMIGRANTS
1- Saudi Arabia (6,361,000)
2- Pakistan (3,254,000)
3- United Arab Emirates (3,212,000)
4- Kazakhstan (2,502,000)
5- Jordan (2,225,000)
6- Iran (1,959,000)
7- Palestine (1,680,000)
8- Kuwait (1,669,000)
9- Malaysia (1,639,000)
10- Turkey (1,328,000)

TOP 10 MUSLIM COUNTRIES WITH THE LEAST IMMIGRANTS
1- Maldives (3,000)
2- Iraq (28,000)
3- Tunisia (38,000)
4- Bosnia and Herzegovina (41,000)
5- Afghanistan (43,000)
6- Mauritania (66,000)
7- Comoros (67,000)
8- Albania (83,000)
9- Niger (124,000)
10- Brunei (124,000)

TOP 10 MUSLIM COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST SUICIDE RATES (PER 100,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR)
1- Kazakhstan (28.8)
2- Bosnia and Herzegovina (11.8)
3- Kyrgyzstan (9.6)
4- Turkmenistan (8.6)
5- Uzbekistan (6.2)
6- Albania (4.0)
7- Bahrain (3.1)
8- Tajikistan (2.6)
9- Kuwait (2.0)
10- Azerbaijan (1.1)

TOP 10 MUSLIM COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
1- Turkmenistan (60.00%)
2- Gaza Strip (50.00%)
2- Djibouti (50.00%)
4- Senegal (48.00%)
5- Bosnia and Herzegovina (44.00%)
6- Tajikistan (40.00%)
6- Bangladesh (40.00%)
8- Mayotte (38.00%)
9- Yemen (35.00%)
10- Libya (30.00%)

TOP 10 MUSLIM COUNTRIES WITH THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
1- Uzbekistan (0.60%)
2- Azerbaijan (1.20%)
3- Kuwait (2.20%)
4. United Arab Emirates (2.40%)
5. Qatar (2.70%)
6. Malaysia (3.00%)
7. Brunei (3.20%)
8. Mali (5.30%)
9. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (5.60%)
10. Kazakhstan (8.00%)

Source: Wikipedia
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abhisham
01-09-2007, 09:09 AM
JazaakAllahu khairan, but would be much better and reliable if you provided sources
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Naira
01-09-2007, 12:03 PM
JazakAllah hu khair
interesting fatcs
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