In severe cases, paralysis may result. When a person becomes infected with poliovirus, the virus begins to multiply within the cells that line the back of the throat, nose, and intestines. Symptoms of polio usually appear 7 to 14 days after a person becomes infected with the poliovirus.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis). The original name for the group in Arabic was Al-Dawla Al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. The first three words translate to the Islamic State of Iraq while âal-Shamâ refers to Syria and the wider surrounding area.he Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil). The undefined region around Syria is historically referred to as the Levant (an archaic French phrase for the âlands of the rising sunâ), including modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan.
Islam, one of the three major world religions, along with Judaism and Christianity, that profess monotheism, or the belief in a single God. In the Arabic language, the word Islam means surrender or submissionsubmission to the will of God. A follower of Islam is called a Muslim, which in Arabic means one who surrenders to God. The Arabic name for God, Allah, refers to the same God worshiped by Jews and Christians. Islam's central teaching is that there is only one all-powerful, all-knowing God, and this God created the universe.