Islam FactSheet

Founder:

Muhammad

Born in Mecca in 570 AD

Founded:

Approximately 610 AD

Founding Occasion:

Muhammad claimed to receive revelations from the angel Gabriel.

Headquarters:

Mecca is the center of the Islamic world

Membership:

1,780,000,000

Splinters:

Sunni

Shiite

Ahmadiyya

Druze

Ahmdiyan

Ishmailites

Zaidites

Sufi

Nation of Islam

Moorish Science Temple

Five Percenters

Sacred Texts:

The Quran (also spelled Koran or Qur’an)

Sunnah

Nahjul Balagha

Official Website:

None

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