Muslim Religion Paper

As of 2012, there were over 1.6 billion muslims around the world. The religion started from a prophet named Muhammad. An angel came to him and squeezed him so hard that words came out of his mouth saying, “Allah the one God.” Allah is the one God that Muslims believe in. The religion called Islam spread around the middle east quickly. It started in Mecca in 610 and took 120 years to completely spread. “Why did Islam spread so quickly?” Islam is a religion greatly influenced by trade, war, and rules.

The spread of Islam throughout the world was among the most significant worldwide movements in history. Beginning as the faith of a small community of believers in Arabia in the seventh century, Islam rapidly became one of the major world religions. The core beliefs and culture of this faith is the belief that Muhammad (570-632), a respected businessman in Mecca, a commercial and religious center in western Arabia, received revelations from God that have been preserved in the Qur'an. The core of Islam remains the same today after 1396 years. Islam still translates to “submission” and Muslims still live by the Qur’an and follow the 5 Pillars of Islam. However, throughout the Pre-Islamic, Umayyad, and Abbasid

Islam, a religion of people submitting to one God, seeking peace and a way of life without sin, is always misunderstood throughout the world. What some consider act of bigotry, others believe it to be the lack of education and wrong portrayal of events in media; however, one cannot not justify the so little knowledge that America and Americans have about Islam and Muslims. Historically there are have been myths, many attacks on Islam and much confusion between Islam as a religion and Middle Easter culture that is always associated with it. This paper is meant to dispel, or rather educate about the big issues that plague people’s minds with false ideas and this will only be touching the surface.

Me: I know you stated you have no family in the area, but are you actively involved in a temple, a church, a mosque, or any other faith community and know someone from any of these that you consider a close friend?(Elaboration) (Murphy & Dillon, 2010).

The religions discussed in this article where Catholicism, Judaism, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, however the main religion focused on in this article is Islam. This article lacked the ability to effectively portray its information to readers that did not have an understanding of the Islamic faith. For example in the story of Sana Khan, and Yusuf Siddiquee, the author mentions the Koran which some readers may not know about. The author also fails to give any insight on why the teachings of the Islamic faith like arranged

Paper 4 Islam changed in many ways over time, and these alterations led to one of the most evolved, developed, and influential religions to this day. Islam materialized in 610 B.C by the prophet Muhammad, a boy raised by an uncle in Mecca since his parents passed early in his childhood. He matured and married at the age of twenty-five and bore six children. As he grew older he retreated into the Arid Mountains to meditate daily and find peace within himself.

The history of Islam began with the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad received his first revelation in Mecca in the year 610. The words of Allah were spoken to him in which later paved the creation of the Quran. During Muhammad’s early Mecca period, many

According to Islamic texts, in the 7th century, the Prophet Muhammad was spoken to by God and instructed on how to enlighten the world with this new religion called Islam. Over 14 centuries later and Islam is the second largest religion in the world, right after Christianity. In this essay, comparisons between Christianity and Islam will be used to help better understand the religion of Islam and it is place in being branded as an Abrahamic religion.

I, a born Muslim living in the U.S, have exclusively owned the title of “Muslim) through birth. I never grew up in a household devoting myself to the word of Allah as my family prioritized obligatory religious practices over practicing such as choosing when to pray when felt was right, or fasting on days we believed our schedules could compromise with. From a young age, Islam had not been instilled until I made it

In the Horn of Africa and Sudan, the trading connections led to the gradual adoption of Islam by one particular segment of society, the merchants, and in few cases by ruling African elites. Islam took hold relatively quickly in the later seventh and the eighth centuries among the North African and Berber merchants who operated the trans-Saharan links of the trade. As a result of their close ties with these carriers of trade, the merchants of the older West African indigenous interregional commerce began in time to adopt Islam as well. Islam long remained a class-bound religion in the Sudan belt of Africa. By the eleventh century, it had become increasingly characteristic for the members of the merchant class to be Muslim, but for the people of the countryside, the vast majority of the masses in all regions, to still hold strongly to either Niger-Congo or Sudanic religion, depending on the cultural heritage of their particular

After becoming friends with Muslims and seeing their families, I saw

A: I talk to many other Christians or Catholics, but normally I don’t because I don’t have those connections, I don’t really know people from other religions. If I am asked about my religion I respond that I am Christian , if they ask about my church I tell they I belong to Centi, if they ask what Centi means I explain to them where it comes from, what we practice, etc. Centi is not my religion, I don’t have a religion, it is my church or my congression, but in reality my religion is

My first impression upon arriving at the mosque was that it was very drab and plain inside, as compared to how it looked on the outside. The religion I grew up in had beautifully decorated churches; while I wanted to ask why the mosque was so drab inside, I felt it would sound rude and unkind. Furthermore, I was disappointed to see the only chairs available to sit upon in the mosque were for pregnant, disabled, and elderly people. The religion I grew up in had nice, plump, padded pews for its members to sit upon. Again, I did not question why there were no pews as I felt it would be unkind.

Shahid (not his real name) grew up memorizing the Quran and practicing Islam faithfully. However, his family and friends failed to give him a satisfactory answer to his queries about Islam when he was 14 years old. They just shut him off by telling him not to question his faith, according to Christian Today.

Looking back at this chapter in my life, I believe my experiences in Jordan have played a huge part in the reasoning for many of my major beliefs and actions. Visiting different parts of the Middle East has introduced me to the political and ethical views of its people. Being exposed, sometimes first hand, to incidents in the Middle East established an interest in me for current events and involving myself in charity and volunteer work for the region. Learning Arabic and about my religion has allowed me to volunteer at the Arabic and Islamic School of Roanoke, where I have been fortunate enough to pass on my knowledge to young Muslims in my community. Additionally, my time in Jordan has led me to become much more open-minded. I think that being exposed to differing ideas and beliefs overseas and in the US has made me more accepting and interested in other cultures and lifestyles.