The word “Islam” means “submission to the will of God.” Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as Allah. Followers of Islam aim to live a life of complete submission to Allah.
Muslims (Arabic: مسلم, romanized: Muslim, lit. 'Submitter [to God]' or 'Peacemaker') are people who follow or practice Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion. Muslims consider the Quran, their holy book, to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet and messenger Muhammad.
The colonies were founded by the United Kingdom. Most of the colonists had a positive attitude because of this. Many of their families lived in Britain at the time as well, but they also had come from Britain.
