Islam has had an enormous impact on the culture of the Middle East since the time of the Prophet Muhammad. Islam has helped to shape the culture from the language, to customs, to business, to institution building, to the construction of political arrangements. Because Islam became the predominant religion of the region much of life has been built around Islam and the doctrine the religion professes. There are few aspects of life today in the Middle East that Islam has not had some direct or indirect influence on.
