Islam is Arabic for
peace & submission to
Allah. The word Islam is created from the 3 letter
Arabic root verb Seen Lam Meem, where all sorts of words can be made by manipulating accent marks, like salam (greetings which means peace), Muslim (singular), Musalim (singular), and Muslimeen (plural). Depending on which statistics you believe, Islam is a faith of 1.2 billion, 300 million of whom are
Arabs. It is also the fastest growing religion in the world.
Women leaders in Islamic countries:
When we put aside the dictators of the
Middle East, one will find that the world's largest 4 Muslim countries had women leader by elections.
1.
Indonesia. 210 million elected
Megawati Sukarnoputri. 2001
2.
Pakistan. 145 million elected
Benazir Bhutto. 1988
3.
Bangladish. 132 million elected
Khaleda Zia. 1991
4.
Turkey. 67 million elected
Tansu Ciller. 1993-1996
25 Messengers mentioned in the Qur'an in chronological order:
1. ادم
Adam
2.ادريس
Idris (
Enoch)
3.نوح
Nuh (
Noah)
4.هود
Hud
5.صالح
Salih
6.ابراهيم
Ibrahim (
Abraham)
7. اسماعيل
Isma'il (
Ishmael)
8.اسحاق
Ishaq (
Issac)
9.لوط
Lut (
Lot)
10.يعقوب
Ya'qub (
Jacob)
11.يوسف
Yusuf (
Joseph)
12.شعيب
Shu'aib
13.ايوب
Ayyub (
Job)
14.موسى
Musa (
Moses)
15.هارون
Harun (
Aaron)
16.ذلقفل
Dhu'l-kifl (
Ezekiel)
17.داود
Dawud (
David)
18.سليمان
Sulaiman (
Solomon)
19.الياس
Ilias (
Elias)
20.ال ياسا
Al-Yasa (
Elisha)
21.يونس
Yunus (
Jonah)
22.زكريا
Zakariyya (
Zechariah)
23.يحيى
Yahya (
John)
24.عيسى
Isa (
Jesus)
25.محمد
Muhammad