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title: "Things You Didn't Know About Islam"  
description: "It’s an oft-spoken about topic, but how much do you actually know about this religion of 1.6 billion followers? Well, if you’re Muslim, probably a fair amount."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-11  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1292/things-you-didn-t-know-about-islam  
category: "religion"  
tags: ["Islam", "islamic religion", "religion", "religious"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Things You Didn't Know About Islam

![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/a045811a-ef99-413d-9a85-61d9b3deb8cd.jpeg) ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/7d1365f3-0d34-40fc-a610-b0152acb87de.jpeg) There are five main pillars of Islam ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/92f1d7cc-e7cc-4727-b2dd-c5f9e663603a.jpeg) Ramadan isn’t just about fasting ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/ccc845df-87ad-4681-b3cb-9f363ee44594.jpeg) Charity is a big deal, for real ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/5efa137f-e395-4e4f-9aea-3896e18ab1d1.jpeg) Allah is God, and has no gender ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/825165b3-7285-40ee-8823-9a4197cb9d56.jpeg) In Islam, God has at least 99 names denoting different attributes ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/3f312018-7ebc-4aba-addc-c33778ca76d7.jpeg) Muslims have an established way of greeting each other ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/2d355d62-5cb7-48c9-b15e-887d1c60f0e9.jpeg) All Muslims need to know some Arabic ![Things You Didn t Know About Islam](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9c4b781c-29a6-48fa-96ed-f23a02d5f70f/images/a045811a-ef99-413d-9a85-61d9b3deb8cd.jpeg) Muslims use complimentary phrases when mentioning prophets

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