{"id":3267,"date":"2024-10-17T15:03:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/?page_id=3267"},"modified":"2024-10-17T15:17:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:17:53","slug":"islam-and-muslims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/muslim-affairs-working-group\/islam-and-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam and Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Muslim Affairs Working Group Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/muslim-affairs-working-group\/about-the-working-group\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >About the Working Group<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/muslim-affairs-working-group\/islam-and-muslims\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Islam and Muslims<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/muslim-affairs-working-group\/understanding-islamophobia\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Understanding Islamophobia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/muslim-affairs-working-group\/recommended-resources\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Recommended Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-islam-and-muslims\">Islam and Muslims<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The following educational content was compiled by the Muslim Affairs Working Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2060\" height=\"1159\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Ramadan-pic_new-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Ramadan-pic_new-edited.jpg 2060w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Ramadan-pic_new-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Ramadan-pic_new-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Ramadan-pic_new-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Ramadan-pic_new-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/10\/08105107\/Ramadan-pic_new-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 960px) 75vw, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is Islam?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any simple definition will have limits, but below is a starting point.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Islam \u2013<\/strong> meaning &#8220;surrender&#8221; or &#8220;submission&#8221; in Arabic, Islam is a holistic, monotheistic Abrahamic religion with advice on legal and social structures, daily practices, and spiritual reformation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main sources for the religious teachings of Islam are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Quran &#8211; the name of the holy book sacred to Islam and Muslims. Muslims consider the Quran to be the final scripture from God.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The religious example of Prophet Muhammad \ufdfa, his companions, and other religious and spiritual leaders.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An excellent short video produced by Harvard Divinity School and used in their online course called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lglIENhbgJo?si=mqSR9FTXvfZh-OIO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Islam Through Its Scriptures<\/a>\u201d provides an overview of the Quran and an exploration of the diversity of Muslim societies.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who are the Muslims?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Muslim \u2013 <\/strong>the name given to an adherent of Islam, meaning someone who surrenders (to the Will of God).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslims make up about 25% of the global population (1.1% of the U.S. population) across all cultures and ethnicities.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A common misconception about Muslims is that they are predominantly Arab, when in fact the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/374661\/countries-with-the-largest-muslim-population\/#:~:text=Countries%20with%20the%20largest%20Muslim%20population%20in%202022&amp;text=In%202022%2C%20Indonesia%20has%20the,211.16%20million%20Muslims%20in%20India.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demographics<\/a> facts are true:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The country with the largest Muslim population is Indonesia&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Africans make up the second-largest group of Muslims globally with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2015\/04\/02\/muslims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the fastest growing Muslim population in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Arabs account for about 10% of the global Muslim community&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are more Muslims in China than in Syria&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>300+ million Muslims live in countries where Islam is a minority religion, roughly 200 million being in the single country of India&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"parent":3254,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3267","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Islam and Muslims - Diversity, Equity &amp; 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