WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -More than half the countries in the Middle East-North Africa region have populations that are approximately 95% Muslim or greater.

Detailed explanation-2: -The religion that is most characteristic of North Africa and Southwest Asia today is Islam. Islam teaches in the existence of one God and emphasizes the belief in Muhammad as the last prophet. Followers of Islam are known as Muslims.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Middle East is perceived as predominantly “Islamic” due to the Muslim majority of the region’s population, but large numbers of non-Muslims reside there, and pre-Islamic influences remain significant.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are an estimated 1.57 billion Muslims – nearly a quarter of the world’s total population. While Muslims are found on all five inhabited continents, more than 60% of the global Muslim population is in Asia and about 20% in the Middle East and North Africa.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.