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Receiver of Revelation Muhammad (pbuh) - (570 - 632CE)
Place of Origin Saudi Arabia
Sacred Texts The Qur'an, The Tawrah, The Zabur, The Injil
Sacred Building Mosque
Holy Places Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem
Major Festivals Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha
Main denominations Sunni, Shia
Significant Modern Muslims Mohammad Ali (boxer), Malcolm X (radical black American leader), Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens - musician), Omer 'Freddy' Kanoute, (footballer), Jermaine Jackson (musician), Chris Eubank (boxer), and Sheikh Hamza Yusuf (adviser to the Bush administration).
Numbers of Muslims in England and Wales 1,547,000 (3%) - 2001 Census

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