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The word “Islam” means “submission to the will of God.” Followers of Islam are
called Muslims. Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who
in Arabic is known as Allah. Followers of Islam aim to live a life of complete
submission to Allah.
Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the
teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Adherents of Islam, called
Muslims, number approximately 1.9 billion globally and are the world's second-
largest religious population after Christians
CHRISTIAN RELIGION
Irreligion is the neglect or active rejection of religion and, depending on the definition, a
simple absence of religion.
Irreligion takes many forms, ranging from the casual and unaware to full-fledged philosophies
such as atheism and agnosticism, secular humanism and antitheism. Social scientists[who?] tend
to define irreligion as a purely naturalist worldview that excludes a belief in
anything supernatural. The broadest and loosest definition, serving as an upper limit, is the
lack of religious identification, though many non-identifiers express metaphysical and even
religious beliefs. The narrowest and strictest is subscribing to positive atheism