Islam
Islam is a religion with more than 1.2 billion people worldwide (Nasr.Religon.xi). In Arabic the word Islam means “submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god worthy of worship (Allah).”. Islam is not just a religion it is a way of life. Muslims must practice the five pillars of the religion: the declaration of faith in the oneness of Allah and the prophet hood of Muhammad, prayer, fasting the month of Ramadan, alms-tax, and the pilgrimage to Makkah; and believe in the six articles of faith: belief in God, the Holy Books, the prophets, the angels, the Day of Judgment and God's decree, whether for good or evil. (Shafi) According to Islam, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Muhammad was a man born in Makkah in 570 C.E. He was known for his truthfulness, generosity and sincerity, so much that he was sought after for his ability to arbitrate in disputes throughout Makkah. Muhammad would go to meditate near the summit of Jabal al-Nur. During one of these meditation sessions received his first revelation form the Angel Gabriel. The revelation that he received is called th
Islam is the one of the world’s oldest and most enduring religions and way of life. Even after years of wars against Muslims. In the medieval times Christians went on a Holy war against Muslims trying to convert them, but Islam prevailed. Today now more than ever Islam is drawing a large number of people to it. And yet people still have a negative view of it because of a few people who misunderstood the teaching of Islam. Muslims are doing nothing more than Christians have been doing for centuries. The rest of the Muslim population (13%) are Shi’tes. Shi’tes mostly reside in the heartland of Islam (the area between Egypt and India). Shi’te comes from an Arabic term which means partisan to Ali (Muhammad’s son-in-law). The Shia movement dates from the period when a group of Muslims wanted Ali ibn abu Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, to become the khalifa instead of Abu Bakr, who had been elected the first khalifa following the death of Muhammad in 632. They advanced his candidacy on the basis of heredity It was only after Ali’s murder that Shi’ism became an o
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