The Birth Of Islam And Islam

Muhammad’s father-in-law Abu Bakr took over leadership of the umma as the successor (caliph) of Muhammad. Abu Bakr faced two main tasks: standardization of the Islamic religion and consolidation of the Islamic state. Abu Bakr successfully re-established Muslim authority over the Arabs and oversaw the compilation and organization of the Quran in book form.

It is interesting to note that in the religion of Islam today, there is a general that women are considered to be oppressed and deprived from becoming successful and powerful women. There is a claim within the Muslim community that Islam helped to elevate the status of woman with the creation of the religion in 610 A.D. The Muslim woman in Islam, specifically the married Muslim woman is not protected in Islam through the Quran. They are not considered to be of equal status of their male counterparts.. Many people in Islam believe that women are supposed to be seen and not heard. A woman in their opinion has no “voice” within the religion and are not on equal footing as men. It is my belief that due to the strict teachings of the Quran and Hadith, the status of women within the religion has placed restrictions and limitations on them. Their position in society has not improved or elevated. Women in Islam have no more religious freedoms today than they had before.

Everyone has their perspective on how the universe came to be; their beliefs are all based on creation stories that have passed down through generations. The three creation stories that will be analysed are the modern Islamic creation story, the indigenous Maori creation myth and the emerging story of Thor.

Bangladesh is a moderate Islamic country with about 90.2 percent Muslims, 8.2 percent Hindus, and Christians and other minorities comprising the rest 2 percent.

Muslims were important to science as they salvaged and rewrote Greek philosophy. They used these and their own intellect to become prolific and intelligent scientists . Ibn al-Haytham ifor example conducted experiments that would inspire the process of the scientific method, he

Islam was established long ago as a Muslim faith in the city of Medina and spread to Arabia shortly thereafter. This faith was sought to be spread throughout universally starting during the sixth century by means of the dynamic trade routes that were “stretching across Southwest Asia and North Africa to spread its faith and political empire,” (Worlds Together Worlds Apart, 320). The rise of Islamic law called “Sharia” is the foundation of Islam and serves as a guide for the Muslim world (326), this foundation helped to later establish strong Islamic dynasties.

The Islamic Golden age provided the Abbasid Caliphate with an immense amount of political power and influence. The empire controlled lands from West Africa to parts of current day Iran and the new capital, Baghdad, quickly developed to into a large and advanced city . With control over previous Greek, Egyptian, and Persian lands, the locality of the empire set base for the academic, philosophical and medicinal advancement that define the Islamic Golden Age. Several schools of thought began setting up in Baghdad, such as Gundishapur which brought Greek medicine, science, and philosophy to the Islamic culture. Schools like these helped Islamic scholars to learn from these texts in order to build their own thoughts and treatises. The pursuit for academic advancement in fields of philosophy, technology, and medicine defines the Golden Age of Islam at it allowed a proliferation of scholars from different regions to study under one empire and one language. The size and stability of the Caliphate of the time proves their political and economic power, however the success of the society would not have amounted to its potential if it were not for the academic advances that flourished throughout this time period.

Islam, created by Muhammad, played a crucial role in uniting the Arabs together and abled the Muslims to the establish the Islam Empire. Many aspects of the religion helped the Islam to flourish during its age and the Muslims expanded their territory to vast amount of land in various regions.

Similar to the religion of Christianity, Islam is difficult to generalize. When one brings up the word in conversation, they could be speaking of the religion and its systematic belief system or they could simply be talking about the approximately one and a half billion people who have flourished and who currently live under the influence of said religion. Extending from Indonesia to Morocco and from Kazakhstan to Senegal, the ideals and mission of Islam were created in the seventh century under the influence of a man who would eventually be looked upon as the most worthy prophet, Mohammed. The rise of Islam came at a time in which the most powerful civilizations of the day, the Roman and Greek empires, were on the decline. With these civilizations bringing us the beginnings of commerce, industry, math and science, Islam was better known as bringing the ancient into the modern. Islam was very helpful in contributing to the continuation of the created fields of study (Lewis, 2003, Pgs. 3-13).

The Prophet Muhammad was born sometime around 570 AD. Both of his parents died before he reached the age of six. He was raised by his uncle and grandfather. He was born in the Quraish, the most powerful tribe in Mecca. The power of the Quraish come from the work of successful merchants. They controlled trade along the west coast of Arabia, north to Syria, and south to Yemen. The two polytheistic cults, who resided in Mecca, believed their success in trade was protected by their Pagan gods. Muhammad worked as a merchant for several years when he was hired to ensure safe passage on caravans to Syria, by a rich widow named Khadija who he would eventually marry. They had six children, two boys, and four girls. All of his children unfortunately died, except for his daughter, Fatima.

The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times, the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened, but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex, as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations, such as Egypt, Afghanistan, and Iran, concerning several subjects, including both civil and social rights. Thus, in general, the rights of Islamic women did not improve significantly over time, instead, conditions remained the same or became worse for women as Islam evolved and spread as a world religion.

The Disputations may sound as though they were peaceful dialogues. However whether they were Christian-Jewish or Islamic-Jewish, they always resulted in vicious anti-Semitism and marked a dark time for Jews in Christian and Muslim countries. The aftermath of these double indemnity disputations were anti-Semitic since they would conclude with persuading Jews to convert out of Judaism (Bard), the creation of unfair rules against Jewish debaters (Bard), and a dangerous outcome for the Jewish debater, or regular Jewish citizens (Telushkin 187-189).

Muslims Islamic beliefs were one of the reasons it spread quickly, most of these beliefs come from the Qur'an, which is a book with writings that came from god(Allah) through the prophet Muhammad. Allah became catalyst to Arabia and changed the beliefs of their many gods which gave order to Muslims making order. The Qur'an helped give order to the Muslims by giving them expectations from Allah like 33:35, which states if you are believe in god he will “bestow forgiveness rich recompense.” then making them keep peace to one another unless somebody started attacking you then “God has power to grant them victory.”(verse 22:39). These new orders were a big revolutionary change which is why it spread so fast it was different when it came to order.

Scholars believe the Quran's origin to be as early as the year 610. Muslims believe Allah, or God, gave the Quran directly to them to make correction of previous, incorrect holy texts, such as the Old and New Testaments. Muslims believe Allah exposed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad over the course of approximately 22 years. Numerous Muslims read the book daily to show them the way to live their lives. Muslims believe they can attain joy on Earth and harmony in the afterlife. The Quran instructs on how to evade the influences of the devil, or Shaytaan and escape hell. While followers also read the Hadith, only the Quran comes directly from Allah, so this book is sacred.

Islam is the second most practiced religion in the world with 1.5 billion followers worldwide. With six million people practicing Islam in America, it is one of the fastest growing religions in this country. However, since the September 11th terrorist attacks of 2001 the Islamic religion has been under much scrutiny publically in America. Many people who practice this religion have been subjected to discrimination as well as verbal and physical attacks by fellow Americans. However a high level of scrutiny is not a foreign concept to Muslims in America as they have struggled for acceptance in this country for centuries acquiring many highs as well as lows. In this paper I will analyze the image of Muslims in America’s history and how