WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Only about a fifth of the world’s Muslims live in the Middle East and North Africa, but it is the only region where a majority of the population is Muslim.

Detailed explanation-2: -Islam. Islam is the most widely followed religion in the Middle East.

Detailed explanation-3: -The North Africa/Southwest Asia realm is the source of three world religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Islam, the last of the major religions to arise in this realm, transformed, unified, and energized a vast domain extending from Europe to Southeast Asia and from Russia to East Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -The area of northern Africa that came under Muslim rule is called the Maghreb. The Maghreb stretches from the border of Egypt and Libya all the way to the Atlantic Ocean and the country of Mauritania. It includes the modern day countries of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Mauritania.