Muslim culture
Traditions of Islam
Muslim culture encompasses the traditions, practices, arts, and social customs shared by communities that follow Islam.
The term is imprecise—there is no single Muslim culture but rather diverse cultures across regions from Indonesia to Morocco, united by certain religious observances like Ramadan fasting, mosque architecture, and dietary laws.
The exhibit explored Muslim culture through calligraphy and geometric design.
The phrase sometimes appears in political discourse as shorthand for perceived differences between Islamic and Western societies, often oversimplifying vast diversity.
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- Arabic scriptSemitic consonantal alphabet
- RamadanNinth Islamic month
- hijabMuslim woman's headscarf
minaret · call to prayer · halal · prayer · prayer rug · prayer beads · five pillars · Mecca · calligraphy · imam · crescent · crescent moon · arabesques · souks · henna · dates · Turkish coffee · muezzin
- Western ChinaXinjiang, Tibet, Uyghurs, Tibetans, Lhasa
- ComorosComoros, archipelago, volcanic islands, Indian Ocean, ylang-ylang
- FulaniFulani, Fulani braids, Fouta Djallon, Sokoto Caliphate
- Ningxia
- Sulu Archipelago
- Swahili CoastZanzibar, Mombasa, dhow, dhows, sultanate
Muslim cultureWestern culture
European-originating civilization heritage
Western civilization · European culture · Christendom · Latin American culture · Chinese civilization
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