HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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Native American
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European
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Middle Eastern
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Indian
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Middle East and the Islamic World are not the same. While Islam first developed in the Arabian Peninsula and Arabic is its liturgical language, the majority of the world’s Muslims are not Arab and live outside the Middle East. Indeed, today the country with the largest Muslim population is Indonesia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main regions of the world with a predominantly Islamic population are located in Central Asia, the entire Middle East and Western Asia (except Armenia and Israel), all of North Africa, and many countries in West Africa, South Asia, and Maritime Southeast Asia.
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: -Around 600 CE, the Middle Eastern religion Islam began in Mecca, which is located in western Saudi Arabia.