IBN SINA (ANGELIZED INTO

AVICENNA 980-1037 A.D) AS

A SOCIO-POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHER: IMPLICATIONS
FOR THE PHILIPPINE SOCIO-
POLITICAL MILIEU
 HISTORY
Dar-al-Islam the World of Islam
comprises the middle belt of the
world.Stratigically, it etches itself from
the beaches of Dakar on the
westernmost extension of the African
continent into the Atlantic to the Far-
eastern islands of Indonesia in the
Pacific, including the Philippines
southern part. Today, the Islamic World
comprises some 45 independent
Are located in the continent of Africa, 12 in the
Middle East, 8 in the South and Southeast and
one, the Republic of Turkey, in Southeastern
Europe. In addition to these predominality Muslim
countries, there are millions od Muslims who live
as minorities in the other part of the world.
Today, it is estimated that the total population
in the world is placed at 1,000 millions; 750
millions reside in Muslim majority areas and 250
millions in non-Muslim states. Roughly 90 millions
make their living in china, 70 millions in India, 30
millions in the USSR and 60 millions are found in
the different parts of the world.