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Mandaeans claim that their religion predates Judaism, Christianity and Islam, [36] and believe that they are the direct descendants of Shem, Noah's son. [37]: 186 They also believe that they are the direct descendants of John the Baptist's original Nasoraean Mandaean disciples in Jerusalem. [32]: vi, ix
The majority of Baptist churches are part of national denominations (or 'associations' or 'cooperative groups'), as well as the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), formed in 1905 by 24 Baptist denominations from various countries.
It is founded on the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and those who follow it are called Christians. [2] Islam developed in the 7th century CE. It is founded on the teachings of Muhammad, as an expression of surrendering to the will of God. Those who follow it are called Muslims (meaning "submitters to God"). [3] [4]
The first person who professed Islam was his wife, Khadija bint Khuwaylid. The identity of the second male Muslim, after Muhammad himself, is nevertheless disputed largely along sectarian lines, as Shia and some Sunni sources identify him as the first Shia imam Ali ibn Abi Talib , a child at the time, who grew up in the household of his cousin ...
Journal of the American Academy of Religion (2005) 73#3 pp. 659–84. Davis, Cyprian. The History of Black Catholics in the United States (1990). Fallin Jr., Wilson. Uplifting the People: Three Centuries of Black Baptists in Alabama (2007) Fitts, Leroy. A history of black Baptists (Broadman Press, 1985) Frey, Sylvia R. and Betty Wood.
Sunnī Islam, also known as Ahl as-Sunnah waʾl Jamāʾah or simply Ahl as-Sunnah, is by far the largest denomination of Islam, comprising around 85% of the Muslim population in the world. The term Sunnī comes from the word sunnah , which means the teachings, actions, and examples of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions ( ṣaḥāba ).
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.