イスラム教(きょう)

いすらむきょう
noun
Islam; the Islamic religion
religion
1. Islam; the Islamic religion
イスラム教(きょう)は世界三大宗教(せかいさんだいしゅうきょう)の一(ひと)つだ。
Islam is one of the world's three major religions.
In Islam, eating pork is forbidden.
Ramadan is a sacred month in which Muslim believers fast from sunrise to sunset.
日本(にほん)でもイスラム教(きょう)の礼拝所(れいはいじょ)であるモスクが増(ふ)えている。
Mosques, which are Islamic places of worship, are increasing in Japan as well.

The standard Japanese term for the religion of Islam. Composed of the katakana イスラム (Islam) + 教(きょう) (religion, teaching). イスラム alone can refer to Islamic civilization or culture more broadly.

Common collocations

Related words

  • イスラム: Islam (as a civilization/culture, without the religious suffix)
  • ムスリム: Muslim
  • コーラン: the Quran
  • モスク: mosque
  • ハラール: halal

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