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	Comoros: The Comoro Islands' Home Page
		Located in a strategic position at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, the archipelago of the Comoro Islands arose from the seabed of the western Indian Ocean as the result of volcanic activity.
		It is the Livingstone's flying fox, a fruit bat unique to the Comoros with a wing span that exceeds four feet.
		This led to the breakup of the Republic and a reformation of the government of the Comoro Islands as a Union in 2002 with each of the three islands given considerable autonomy.
	www.ksu.edu /sasw/comoros/comoros.html (975 words)

	Legacy > Africa: It's Our Continent
		Muslims of Botswana and Muslims in Botswana <> Islam in Burkina Faso Muslims or Burkinan Muslims
		Muslims of Comoros and Muslims in Comoros <> Islam in Congolese (DRC Kinshasa) Muslims or Congolese (DRC Kinshasa) Muslims
		Muslims of Nigeria and Muslims in Nigeria <> Islam in Rwanda Muslims or Rwandan Muslims or Rwandese Muslims
	www.esinislam.com /Legacy/Legacy.htm (970 words)

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		It appears that Islam was widespread in the Indian Ocean area by the 14th century.
		Islam was spread mainly through trade activities along the East African coast, not through conquest and territorial expansion as was partly the case in West Africa, but remained an urban littoral phenomenon for a long time.
		An outline of the history of Islam in the coastal areas is to be found in some of the chapters of Lena Eile's thesis Jando.
	www.islamfortoday.com /tanzania.htm (5260 words)

	Comoros, the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Comoros have a tropical climate with the year almost evenly divided between dry and rainy seasons; cyclones (hurricanes) are quite frequent.
		Islam is the state religion (with Sunni predominating), and there is a sizable Roman Catholic minority.
		Forces favoring reuniting with the Comoros seized power in Nzwani in 2001, and in December Comoran voters approved giving the three islands additional autonomy (and their own presidents) within a Comoran federation.
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/Comoros.html (775 words)

	Comoros at AllExperts
		The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros (French Union des Comores, Arabic Ø§ØªØØ§Ø¯ Ø§ÙÙÙØ±, until 2002 the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros), is a country in the Indian Ocean, situated at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique.
		Comoros is formed by three of the four main islands in the Comoros Archipelago; the fourth is the French territory of Mayotte.
		Comoros also is a member of the Organization of African Unity, the Arab League, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/co/comoros.htm (1634 words)

	Denominations and Sects of Islam - ReligionFacts
		Shia Islam includes most of the Muslims that are not counted among the Sunni.
		The primary division within Islam, between Sunni and Shi'a, dates to the death of the Prophet Muhammad when his followers were faced with the decision of who would be his successor as the leader of Islam.
		Ahmad claimed to be the appearance of the promised Messiah (or, according to some sources, the manifestation of the Prophet Muhammad as well as an incarnation of Jesus and the Hindu god Krishna).
	www.religionfacts.com /islam/sects.htm (958 words)

	Religion: Islam, Extensive study on Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Muslims hold that Islam is essentially the same belief as that of all the messengers sent by God to mankind since Adam, with the Qur'ān (the one definitive text of the Muslim faith) codifying the final revelation of God.
		Islam has three primary branches of belief, based largely on a historical disagreement over the succession of authority after Muhammad's death; these are known as Sunni, Shi'ite and Kharijite.
		Sunni Islam's most fundamental tenets are referred to as the Five Pillars of Islam2, while Shia Islam has a slightly different terminology, encompassing five core beliefs (the "roots of religion") and ten core practices (the "branches of religion").
	israelsmessiah.com /religions/islam/beliefs.htm (5309 words)

	AllRefer.com - Syria - Islam \| Syrian Information Resource
		In the early days of Islam, a Muslims obligation to give alms was fulfilled through the tax on personal property proportionate to one's wealth imposed by the authorities; this tax was distributed to the mosques and to the needy.
		The major faction of Islam, the Sunni, adhered to the position of election of the caliph; over the centuries the Sunnis have represented themselves as and have come to be identified as the more orthodox of the two branches.
		In Islam, the Quran is the principal source of religious law, supplemented by the Sunna, which sets forth the perfect example of the Prophet as represented by his deeds, his teachings and decisions, and his unspoken approval as reported by witnesses.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/syria/syria42.html (1959 words)

	Comoros
		On December 23, the draft Constitution, which calls for the reincorporation of Anjouan, Grand Comoros, and Moheli into a new federation that would grant the islands greater autonomy, was approved overwhelmingly in a referendum described by international observers as free and fair.
		Islam is the official religion; however, there were no reports of official discrimination or other abuse against non-Muslims during the year.
		However, the Comoros Human Rights Association, established in 1990, was inactive during the year due to a lack of funds.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8316.htm (5809 words)

	Comoros (03/07)
		Islam is the dominant religion, and Koranic schools for children reinforce its influence.
		Comoros has its own currency, the Comorian Franc, which is currently valued at 557 CF = U.S. The military resources of the Comoros consist of a small standing army and a 500-member police force, as well as a 500-member defense force.
		Comoros also is a member of the African Union, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5236.htm (1597 words)

	Islamic flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Islam has not symbolized itself with any particular object or symbol, but due to political reasons a flag was required to give a standard for Muslims, especially during the wars.
		According to the magisterial Encyclopaedia of Islam, the first recorded appearance of the crescent and star in an Islamic context is on coins of A.D. The Turks were using these devices as tribal totems before they ever left Central Asia.
		A commonly used symbol of Islam, the crescent and star, may represent a "conjunction of the moon and Venus [that] took place in the dawn sky of July 23, 610" according to Gerald S. Hawkins, author of Stonehenge Decoded (Ahmad 1992).
	www.fotw.net /flags/islam.html (2737 words)

	Top20Comoros.com - Your Top20 Guide to Comoros!
		The Comoros continued to be used as a way station for merchants to the Far East and India until the construction of the Suez Canal greatly reduced traffic passing through the Mozambique Channel.
		Comoros has repeatedly pressed its claim to Mayotte before the United Nations General Assembly, which has adopted a series of resolutions under the caption "Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte", opining that Mayotte belongs to Comoros under the principle that the territorial integrity of colonial territories should be preserved upon independence.
		Comoros also is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.
	www.top20comoros.com (3615 words)

	Comoros phone cards - Comoros calling cards to Comoros, a lot of minutes clean Comoros phone card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		Ngazidja is the largest of the Comoros Archipelago, or Comoro Islands, and is approximately equal in area to the rest of the islands combined.
		Comoros has repeatedly pressed its claim to Mayotte before the United Nations General Assembly, which has adopted a series of resolutions under the caption "Question of the Comorian Island of Mayotte", opining that Mayotte belongs to Comoros under the principle that the territorial integrity of colonial territories should be preserved upon independence.
		Comoros also is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the European Development Fund, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Indian Ocean Commission, and the African Development Bank.
	www.aloarabs.com /Comoros.asp (3597 words)

	Worldandischool.com: Islamic
		Most Westerners have been--and remain--ignorant of the basic tenets of Islam, despite the fact that it is the second-largest religion in the world and despite the high profile of Islamic extremism in the news.
		Islam began with the proclamations of the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century.
		The arts have flourished worldwide in all periods of human history, and Islam, no less than any other culture, has produced (and is producing) its own breathtaking aesthetic creations...
	www.worldandischool.com /islamic (382 words)

	Comoros \| Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
		The Comoros was settled at least a thousand years ago, first by migrants from Madagascar and later by Islamic settlers from the Persian Gulf and the East African coast.
		According to widely held belief, Islam was brought to the islands earlier—in the seventh century C.E., during the lifetime of the prophet Muhammad—by two Comorian nobles who traveled to Arabia.
		Islam in the Comoros has adapted itself to the widespread practice of matrilocality, by which a married couple resides with the wife's family.
	www.bookrags.com /research/comoros-werp (1960 words)

	Travel in Moroni Comoros History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
		The present culture of the Comoros is very similar to that of the Swahili people on the African coast from Somalia to Mozambique.
		Because of rival sultanates on the islands, in the nineteenth century France was able to exploit the situation and establish a presence.
		Intense diplomatic efforts were set in motion and the OAU re-accepted Comoros' membership in the organisation in February 1979.
	www.africatravelling.net /comoros/moroni/moroni_history.htm (812 words)

	Comoros
		The Union of Comoros (until 2002 the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros) is principally a three-island country in southern Africa, situated at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique.
		The political situation in Comoros has been extremely fluid since the country's independence in 1975, subject to the volatility of coups and political insurrection.
		General elections were held in 2004, in which federal president Azali suffered a major setback by only winning 6 of the 18 seats in the National assembly, the other going to the supporters of the presidents of the semi-autonomous islands.
	creekin.net /n43-comoros.html (827 words)

	'Comoros will defend Islam': Africa: News: News24
		Moroni - The newly elected president of the Comoros Islands has vowed to fight terrorism and defend the traditions of Islam in an inauguration marking the islands' first peaceful handover of power in three decades of independence.
		Sambi is from the second largest island of Comoros, Anjouan.
		It is the island's turn to take the presidency in a rotating system intended to restore stability to the fractious archipelago.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1940697,00.html (367 words)

	Comoros flag in 1996-2001
		The green colour and the crescent are symbols of Islam.
		The four stars represent the 4 islands of the Comoros group, even though one of these, Mayotte, is a French territory.
		According to the presidential decree concerning the Comoros flag (1996), both inscriptions should include the accents ("shaddas"), and the flag ratio is 2:3.
	flagspot.net /flags/km_1996.html (1048 words)

	Comoros
		Comoros has been a self-governing state since 1975 when three of the four islands of the Comoros archipelago broke away from French rule.
		Comoros claims sovereignty over the fourth island, Mayotte (also known as Mahore), but Mayotte is still a dependency of France with the status of a territorial collectivity.
		Islam is the state religion of Comoros; the country is officially called the Republique Federale Islamique des Comores (Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros).
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/co/?id=100083 (160 words)

	Islam
		Therefore, the crescent moon has become an important symbol of Islam and is on many flags.
		The prophet Mohammed lived and worked as a merchant and taught his new monotheistic (belief in one-god) religion to the people in the ancient area of the Middle East.
		The new religion became called Islam meaning obedience.This religion abolished the ancient pagan beliefs of the Arab world of the time and redefined the shrines and sculptures in the Mecca.
	www.tqnyc.org /NYC040799/islam.htm (271 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Islam in Comoros
		Islam and its institutions help to integrate Comoros society and provide an identification with a world beyond the islands' shores.
		During the period of colonization, the French did not attempt to supplant Islamic customs and practices and were careful to respect the precedents of Islamic law as interpreted by the Shafi'i school (one of the four major legal schools in Sunni Islam, named after Muhammad ibn Idris ash Shafii, it stresses reasoning by analogy).
		Practically all children attend Qur'anic school for two or three years, starting around age five; there they learn the rudiments of the Islamic faith and some classical Arabic.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Islam_in_Comoros (302 words)

	Worldandijournal.com: Shedding Light on Islam
		This may be due to their vague awareness of Muslim invasions of Europe in past centuries and to their vivid awareness of Islamic extremists and their suicide bombings and beheadings in recent years.
		It may also be due to the poor public relations job that Muslims have pursued, and to their ineffective communication of the positive points of Islam to the general public.
		Shedding Light on Islam is an eye-opener … and an invaluable tool for those seeking to become a truly cosmopolitan and compassionate citizen of the world.
	www.worldandijournal.com /islamic/default.asp?intro=y (332 words)

	Islamization of the world
		Islam religion and hence Muslim population began around 640 AD and now there are 1,300,000,000 Muslims in this world.
		Or it may be due to the fact that in their hearts (of moderates) they too believe in one nation under Allah and they either acquiesce fundamentalist activities and/or covertly support them.
		Or is it internal reform of Islam, i.e.
	www.faithfreedom.org /Articles/Desai/islamization_of_the_world.htm (1747 words)

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		This site is created by ex-Muslims to warn that Islam is a danger to world peace.
		To say we should adopt a moderate stance vis-à-vis Islam is a logical fallacy.
		I vehemently reject any recognition of Islam as a legitimate religion and call for its total denunciation.
	www.faithfreedom.org /book.htm (399 words)

	Apostates from Islam
		The regime is currently engaged in a systematic campaign to track down and reconvert or kill those who have changed their religion from Islam.
		Iran also regards Baha'is as heretics from Islam and denies them any legal rights, including the right to life: There is no penalty for killing a Baha'i.
		While there has been no systematic study of the matter, and many punishments are not publicized, it appears that actual state-ordered executions are rarer than killings by vigilantes, mobs, and family members, sometimes with state acquiescence.
	www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/059fpgrn.asp (582 words)

	Sharif Aroone's
		Abraham was not a Jew nor a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah's (Islam)..
		Similitude of Jesus before Allah is as of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him: Be..
		He refuses to teach music to the students, and he is asking about his salary Passing by the miqaat without entering ihram when intending to do ‘Umrah or Hajj Should he obey his father and shave people’s beards in his shop?
	www.benadir-islam.com (350 words)

	comoros flag and description
		The somewhat new Comoros flag was officially adopted in 1993.
		The crescent, stars and the color green are traditional symbols of Islam.
		Note that Mayotte is a territory of France, but claimed by Comoros.
	www.graphicmaps.com /webimage/flags/countrys/africa/comoros.htm (195 words)

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