The second largest religion in the world. Means the submission to the will of god. It originated with the teachings of Muhammad.
Hadj
The fifth pillar of Islam. Pilgrimage to Mecca.
6) Ethnic homeland
The homeland of the ethnic groups
i.e.) the homeland of the Amish: Switzerland, Alsace, south Germany
Confucianism
Ancient Chinese - ethical and philosophical. Its focus is human morality and good deeds. Is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical values. Not a religion or ancestor worship. Examples of where it influences China,Korea.
Shamanism
Refers to a range of traditional beliefs and practices concerned with communication with the spirit world.
Muslim population
-Distributed in Central Asia, Northern Africa and South East Asia
-1,449,765,439 - 1,513,955,647 followers
-Growing Population
Proselytic religion
-Referred to in use with Universalizing Religions
-To try to convert another person to ones religion
6) Exclave
describes a country or territory that belongs to another country but is surrounded by countries to which it has no belonging or affinity. It is usually at least partially separated from the main country, state, or political region. Ex. Alaska
6) Cultural shatterbelt
a politically unstable region where differing cultural elements come into contact and conflict. Cultural clashes. for example, Indonesia with a background of multicultural, ethnicities and religions.
6) Ethnic cleansing
a term when ethnics groups forcibly remove another less powerful ethnic group to create an ethnically homogeneous region. This concept differs from wars where it was simply to defeat an enemy, while ethnic cleansing is to rid an entire ethnic. eg. Rwanda
