WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -The start of Islam is marked in the year 610, following the first revelation to the prophet Muhammad at the age of 40. Muhammad and his followers spread the teachings of Islam throughout the Arabian peninsula.

Detailed explanation-2: -Islam started in Mecca, in modern-day Saudi Arabia, during the time of the prophet Muhammad’s life.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many historians claim that the earliest Muslims came from the Senegambian region of Africa in the early 14th century. It is believed they were Moors, expelled from Spain, who made their way to the Caribbean and possibly to the Gulf of Mexico.