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The Global Insight

What religion is most popular in Islam?

Author

Mia Phillips

Updated on March 29, 2026

Adherents in 2020

ReligionAdherentsPercentage
Christianity2.382 billion31.11%
Islam1.907 billion24.9%
Nonreligious1.193 billion15.58%
Hinduism1.161 billion15.16%

Why is Islam the last religion?

The Qur’an refers to Islam as the religion of Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. It is simply the last of the divine messages to reach humankind through Prophet Muhammad, who was chosen by the Creator as the bearer of his last and all-encompassing revelation.

Which religion came first in the world Muslim?

Contrary to Zahid Abbas’s ( Religion is never wrong, only believers ) claim, Islam is actually the youngest of the world’s large (more than 300 million members) religions – Christainity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.

What religions are Muslim?

Muslims (Arabic: مسلم‎, romanized: Muslim) are people who follow or practice Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. The derivation of “Muslim” is from an Arabic word meaning “submitter (to God)”.

How many Christians convert to Islam?

But while the share of American Muslim adults who are converts to Islam also is about one-quarter (23%), a much smaller share of current Christians (6%) are converts.

How do I convert to Islam?

Converting to Islam requires the shahada, the Muslim profession of faith (“I bear witness that there is no deity but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God.”). Islam teaches that everyone is Muslim at birth but the parents or society can cause them to deviate from the straight path.

How many types of Muslims are there?

Though the two main sects within Islam, Sunni and Shia, agree on most of the fundamental beliefs and practices of Islam, a bitter split between the two goes back some 14 centuries. The divide originated with a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad as leader of the Islamic faith he introduced.