IT began BY accident. In 2018 Omar Suleiman, a soft-spoken(说话温和的) Texan imam(伊玛目（伊斯兰教长）), realised that a scammer was impersonating(冒充，假冒) him on Instagram to solicit(征求，募集) donations. He decided to create a genuine account. A community of followers began to grow, especially during the pandemic, when he started live-streaming(直播) on YouTube every night, talking about how Islam can help with things like uncertainty and grief.
这一切始于偶然。2018年，说话温和的得克萨斯州伊玛目奥马尔·苏莱曼发现，有人在Instagram上冒充他骗取捐款。他决定创建一个真实账号。一个追随者社群开始壮大，尤其是在疫情期间——那时他每晚在YouTube上直播，讲述伊斯兰教如何帮助人们应对不确定性和悲伤。
Mr Suleiman now has more than 3m followers on Instagram and a TikTok account with 22.2m likes. His followers hail from(来自) all over the world. Many watch him because their local imams do not really grapple with the issues they care about, he thinks.(他认为，许多人关注他是因为当地的伊玛目并不真正认真对待他们关心的问题。) Some followers tell him his teachings have changed their lives.
苏莱曼现在在Instagram上有超过300万粉丝，TikTok账号获得2220万个赞。他的追随者来自世界各地。他认为，许多人关注他是因为当地的伊玛目并不真正认真对待他们关心的问题。一些追随者告诉他，他的教导改变了他们的生活。
The world’s 2bn-odd Muslims are younger, on average, than people of other religions: in 2020 the Pew Research Centre(美国知名民调与智库机构), an American public-policy institute, found that the median(中位数) age for the faith was 24, versus(与……相对，对比) 33 for non-Muslims. They are also very much online. An upcoming survey from Arab Barometer(阿拉伯地区民意调查机构), a research firm, found that 60% of 18- to 29-year-old Muslims in the Middle East are both “heavy internet users” and “highly engaged(活跃的，参与的)” on social media. Around 30% of British Muslims use social media a “great deal” for religious information, according to a recent study by the Digital British Islam project.
全球约20亿穆斯林的平均年龄比其他宗教信徒更年轻：2020年，美国公共政策研究所皮尤研究中心发现，穆斯林信仰者的中位年龄为24岁，而非穆斯林为33岁。他们也非常活跃于网络。研究公司“阿拉伯晴雨表”即将发布的一项调查发现，中东18至29岁的穆斯林中，60%既是“重度互联网用户”，又在社交媒体上“高度活跃”。根据“数字英国伊斯兰”项目最近的一项研究，约30%的英国穆斯林“大量”使用社交媒体获取宗教信息。
