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“Fight in the name of God and in the ‘path of god’. Combat those who disbelieve in God.” The quote above is an excerpt from Matthew Gordon’s book, “The Rise of Islam”. Throughout the course of history, many religions have had a profound effect on western civilization. During the early 5th century a religion arose that had an extremely important impact on western civilization. The Arabic prophet Muhammad founded the religion known today as Islam. Violence, diplomacy, Arabic tradition, and public law played a vital role in the rise and conquest of Islam. These four key elements that fostered the rise of Islam helped establish one of the largest religions in western civilization.

satisfied requirements put before us by Allah and His Messenger that qualify you to enter amongst us. Your persistence in doing so has awarded

When studying Islam, it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith, how they are practiced, and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam, Sunni Islam, and Sufism.

The civilization and nation of Islam grew as an excessive empire and the religion grew as fast as the empire. Also some of their methods and practices were getting people to believe in their god which helped establish their empire.

On October 27-28th is the Annual Costa Backcountry Fly Championship Series in Islamorada, FL. The entry fee is $500 and includes a t-shirt and fisherman activities checks and registration form should be mailed into BFC. The fish species is Snook or Redfish only, each angler can us one rod & reel at a time. According to the rules, the fish must be caught, photographed, measured and released alive into the water. The competition is a based on a score basis system so, depending on how many inches your fish is determines your score if the fish measures 8” you get 8 points etc. There is no chumming, and all fish must be caught with a fly only no bait or scents may be applied. The tournament begins at 7am and ends at 3pm, awards will be handed

Prior to reading an excerpt on Islamic theology and Islamic philosophy in the book Introduction to Islam by Carole Hillenbrand, I did not realized the tremendous effect and contributions Muslims had on the fields of theology and philosophy. According to Hillenbrand, “the term normally used for “theology” in Islam is kalam, which literally means “speech”” (Hillenbrand, 170). Similar to all religions, those following the Islamic faith would eventually be faced with opposition and questions about the teachings of Islam. Hillenbrand explained that Muhammad was not looked to as a theological figure because he merely gained his revelations from the all-knowing God, Allah; therefore, Islamic theologians would begin to emerge overtime. These Islamic theologians would engage in debates on core issues and topics that oppositioners had with the islamic faith, such as

According to a Britannica article by Annemarie Schimmel, Muhammad is the last of a series of prophets, according to the Islam religion. He is considered the messenger of Allah who was given the words to write the Qur'an from Allah through the angel Gabriel (Schimmel, 2016).

Today, word of “Islam” connected with more terrorism and violence. Here, article “Islam” by Vincent J O’Malley explains about what is Islam in real sense. According to O’Malley, connection between world second largest religion Islam and terrorism makes very different and negative scenario towards Islam religion in the world population. He explained Islam through different question related religion and philosophy in the article. He started with Muhammad’s life and his background with first question. According to O’Malley, Muhammad was born in 570 in the area of Arabian Peninsula at Mecca. Muhammad was raised by grandfather in the begging and, after he was taken by his paternal uncle. He also describe about Muhammad personal life that he was married with Khadija while he was 25 years old. After first question about Muhammad’s personal life, he moved to the next question of Muhammad’s religious insight. In the begging Muhammad was believed in polytheism but latter on changed with monotheism. According to O’Malley, monotheism means “there is no god but God”. He also explain, Muhammad was borrowed some stuff from the Christianity and Judaism to develop his own religion. Muhammad included some old and New Testament from the Christianity regarding Jesus, Mary and John. After discussing about Muhammad’s religion, Writer O’Malley moved to next question about begin of Muslims calendar. So, the whole idea about beginning of Muslim calendar has explain about beginning of Islam religion.

On the other hand, even though Alhomedi did a good job organizing his bibliography by explaining, summary, and commentary paragraph his research articles, what Alhomedi need to work on and improve his

This week’s reading were very eye opening for me because it brought up subjects that I do not think about often, but there was three themes in particular that stand out in helping me understand Arab Muslims better. One theme is doing research about the Muslim religion. As Rheam suggested, researching about the Muslim culture would could give you some background knowledge about a client’s culture and possibly information about where a client is coming from (Rheam & Dr. Garzon, personal communication, n.d.). For instance, some Arab and Muslim communities are tribal in nature where the small communities function as a family to some extent. Therefore, a counselor approaches a Muslim Client as needing independence might go against his or her beliefs.

Like many other religions, the Muslim faith has experienced many changes and branches. Like Christianity, the original faith is still practiced by some, but others have started new branches with their own unique interpretation being Muslim. Despite these differences within the Muslim religion, one set of rules for moral guidance is central to all. These rules are the Five Pillars of Islam. The Five Pillars act as a moral compass for Muslims and are universally accepted as they are mentioned specifically in the Qur’an, the sacred Muslim book of God’s words as they were recited to Muhammad (Molloy, 425).

Islam is defined as, “the monotheistic religion based on the doctrine of submission to God and of Muhammad as the last chief and prophet of God”(Dictionary 720). There are multiple practices included in the religion of Islam, similar to any other religion. Compared to Christianity or Judaism, when one follows Islam, one must follow The Five Pillars of Islam and the rules and circumstances of the worshipping practices. In addition, depending on the branch one is apart of, they may have to follow laws enforced by different prophets as well. One’s lifestyle will change because when following Islamic faith, their religious life is their main priority. Meaning, a Muslim makes the commitment to the practices one-hundred

As Sufism had become more and more public to the masses, many Sufis themselves became nervous of the degradation of their spiritual discipline and its embodiment by charlatans posing as Sufis. In the introduction of his Epistle on Sufism, al-Qushayri presents these developments as the reason why preservation of previous Sufi figures and a codification of the states and stations became necessary. He wrote, “Know...that the majority of those true Sufis have become extinct and, in our age, nothing is left of them but their traces...This [Sufi] path has been overcome by weakness, nay the path has in fact completely disappeared” (al-Qushayri 2). Furthermore, one of the groups that appeared to be appropriating and corrupting Sufism was the antinomians and libertines. In his critique, The Idiocy of Antinomians, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) blasted the “false Sufis,” who claim to be Sufis but completely disregarded Islamic law, for “they freely

Jihad – a dispute or war between followers of Islam faith and those who do not follow the Islam faith; a struggle within a Muslim between good and evil (Dictionary)

The essay shall explore the concept of the jahiliyyah and demonstrate the importance and impact it has to understand the origins and development of Islam. The Jahiliyyah is a core and critical part of the foundations of Islam, that certain elements of the jahiliyyah were borrowed, adopted and developed; whilst other elements were discarded as Islam evolved. It is important as aspects of the jahiliyyah period continues to have an influence after the advent of Islam. Elements of the jahiliyyah such as the geographical location; the political, social and religious life; pre-islamic literature, rituals of the Ka 'ba and the role of Women have shaped the understanding of Islam.