GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Earliest converts Ali ibn Abi Talib-First free male child in Muhammad’s family to convert. Zayd ibn Harithah-First freed slave male convert. Abu Bakr-First free adult male and nobleman to accept Islam and also the first outside the clan of Hashim among the Quraysh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Almost all Malays are Muslim, whereas ethnic minorities predominantly are not, and Islamist groups thus have melded their religious appeals with Malay nationalist messages.