Umm idk I guess Jerusalem was the closest because it wasn't that far away from Medina
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, am Kevin and the answer is Sahara and Crete o.k thank you for your attention.
Muslims are followers of Islam, a religion, whereas Arabs are an ethnic group predominantly found in the Middle East. While many Arabs are Muslim, not all Muslims are Arabs. Both groups have a strong influence on each other due to the historical and cultural connections between Arab nations and the spread of Islam.
Australia is the closest country to East Asia!
In 1486 II (King John II) assigned Dias, a member of the royal court, to command a voyage with both spiritual and material aspirations: Dias was to search for the lands of Prester John -- a legendary Christian priest and African king -- and challenge the Muslim dominance of trade with Asia.
The ethnic group for Asia is muslim
Japan is closest to the continent of Asia.
Everything other than Arabia, like the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, parts of South Asia, Central Asia, the area around Indonesia, North Africa, Anatolia, southern Spain (for a time), and the Balkans (for a time).
... the religion's name is not Muslim, it's Islam, and yes, it was founded in Medina/Mecca, which is in Asia Minor
The Philippine islands are closest to the continent of Asia.
Most of the citizens of Central Asia are Muslims, but there are some Christian and Buddhist minorities. However, in the former Soviet States, Islam remains strongly repressed by the state as a legacy of Soviet Communism.