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Islam There are six key beliefs in Islam that are a representation of the whole religion and are a foundation of the practices of the everyday lives of Muslims. They are known as the ‘Six Articles of Faith’, or Arkanul Iman. They are, belief in: Allah (God); the sacred texts; the Angles; the Prophets; the Day of Resurrection and the Divine Decree. Acceptance of these articles is an essential part of the Islamic Faith and the basis of the lives of all Muslims. However, there is more to these key

Apologies strategies used among American and Arabic speakers. literature review Apologies are generally explained as ways to remove misunderstanding and show respect between speakers in order to avoid embarrassing situations, or make reparations in daily communication. However, scholars have found that “apology” is defined differently dependent upon the cultures of the speaker and hearer. Finnegan (2012) and Holmes (1990) believe that apologies function as meaningful social acts that not only

born from a virgin, thought to be the Messiah and the other as a messenger from Allah. Christians believe Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice; their savior and redeemer. Although there were many conflicts in the development of the Christian faith, Christianity is the world’s largest religion. Islam was founded by Muhammad, a caravan trader from the ruling clan in Mecca. To Muslims, he is the human prophet of the god Allah. Although Christianity and Islam are portrayed as two distinctive religions, they

a true Muslim. They have now shown their respect towards Allah and all other Muslims and can pass on their own knowledge. The declaration of faith is recited constantly throughout a Muslim’s life. Significant times are at the birth of a baby, before death, waking and going to sleep. The first part of the declaration, “There is no God but Allah” shows the importance of tawhid as it is the belief in the existence, oneness and unity of Allah. Without believing in tawhid, Shahadah cannot be practiced

the western monotheisms, Islam. Most of the people who follow Islam are located in Indonesia. The meaning of Islam stands for submission, in Islam people are too submit themselves to God. Islam is monotheistic because they believe in one God, which Allah is believed to be “the God” while a man named Muhammad is Gods prophet. Muhammad was known to spread the message of monotheism while many people were still polytheistic. He fled to to a city called Medina to escape persecution. This was a huge event

in miracles, and they are theists. However, the fall only affected Adam and Eve, everyone else is born sinless. Ethically, Muslims view Muhammad’s acts as approved by Allah and his actions define morality. It is acceptable to follow the actions of Muhammed. He was the highest prophet of Allah, so his actions were condoned by Allah. However, the Quran teaches that Allah's character cannot be known. This means that Muslims cannot know their god and his actions because his character is hidden to mankind

understand how Islamic art reflects the Muslim faith, it is first necessary to understand the five main beliefs of islam, which are the core structures that hold the religion together. The first doctrine is the belief in absolute monotheism, or that Allah is the one true God (Horn). The second doctrine, which aligns with the first, is the belief in angels and the inherent goodness of all except Iblis who is comparable to the Christian Satan (Horn). The third doctrine is the belief in prophets, of which

amongst it believers, they have vastly different approaches to achieve this result Muslims and Hindus have differing views on god. Muslims are monotheistic, they believe that one god, who they refer to as Allah, created the universe and all things within it. Furthermore Muslims believe that Allah is the only being worthy of worship and that he created mankind for the sole purpose of worshiping him (www.whyislam.org, 2015) Muslims also distain any representation of their gods and prophets. This is

beliefs of Islam are complete loyalty and surrender to Allah, and only Allah. This is easily seen in the first Islamic Pillar stating that Muslims should have no god but Allah and that Muhammad is his prophet. This requires Muslims to have absolute devotion to only Allah, and leaves no room for the worship of any other. The second Pillar asks for the Muslims surrender of their time to Allah. This surrendering of time also insures that Allah is a recurring part of the believer’s daily life and that

Sufism Sufism, or tasawwuf as it's called in Arabic, can be describe as a Islamic belief and practice in which followers try to have direct and personal experiences with Allah. It is not fully known where Sufism originated from, but there is two ways people perceive the religion began. The traditional view states that it began in the beginnings of the first centuries following the life of the Prophet Mohammad. However, the other view claims that Sufism existed from the very start of human creation