The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word ‘Islam” itself means. The Arabic word “Islam” means the submission or surrender of one’s will to the only true God, known in Arabic as “Allah”. One who submits his will to God is termed in Arabic a “Muslim”. The religion of Islam is not named after a person or a people, nor was it decided by a later generation of man, as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gautama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, Marxism after Karl Marx, Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus.

Islam is a monotheistic religion, civilization and way of life practiced by 1.6 billion people. Easily the world’s fastest growing religion. Islam is not confined to Arabs or Asians. People are accepting Islam in the West, in the Middle Eastern countries, in Africa, Far East and other parts of the world.