Muhammad

"The world, the whole of it, is a commodity and the best of the commodities of the world is a virtuous wife." Although what Muhammad wanted to say was not to treat women as commodities, if someone misinterpreted this they may believe that even though women are the best commodity, they still are just property. It is this misinterpretation between the teachings of Muhammad that may have led to men thinking that it was right for them to mistreat women and oppress them. In the times before the writing

Islam is one of the largest religions in the world. The rise of Islam is intrinsically connected with the life of Prophet Muhammad. In 570 Muhammad was born in Mecca, a busy commerce city. At the age of six, both of his parents had passed away. His grandfather, Abdul Muthalib, then cared for him. After Abdul Muthalib passed away, his uncle, Abu Thalib, took care of him. When Muhammad was a young boy, he traveled as a camel driver with his uncle. In his travels he learned many aspects of religion through

between the giver and the recipient.” Therefore, based upon http://www.historynet.com , “Muhammad establishment of a unified military command gave Muhammad’s armies greater reliability in planning and in battle.” I realized that the spread of Islam strengthen their power by fighting against many empires to expand their land. They had to fight together as one to grow their empire through wars, so I believe Muhammad had to encourage them through payments, or stipends, to have their empire one of the

teachings would later influence christianity, judaism, and islam. These teachings would eventually reach muhammad an orphan in a nomadic tribe. He grew up poor and worked hard his whole life. Mohammed lived the ordinary life surrounded by the teachings of judaism and christianity. He was a prosperous merchant until in 610 he had a vision in which an angel told him that he was the prophet of allah. Muhammad spent

a devout Muslim, relying on the Islamic teachings of Allah and Muhammad to guide his decisions and beliefs. While he subsided in the state prison, Malcolm experienced a spiritual and intellectual revelation. His family were the ones who introduced him to the Nation of Islam and sparked his interest in Islamic studies and Elijah Muhammad. While accepting Islamic beliefs, Malcolm traveled with the Nation of Islam leader, Elijah Muhammad, to black communities to preach their beliefs on their racial oppression

the prophet Muhammad to begin this new religion of Islam. This night was called the Night of Power, marking the day when Muhammad became gods messenger. The Muslim Muhammad was not just any ordinary guy but was believed to be a prophet and was from the very prominent line of Abraham, and the son of Abraham: Ishmael. Muhammad's family line dated back centuries and had many complicated turns of events that today still dispute who exactly was the air to Abraham; but in the end Muhammad still had a

understanding why violence is so rich throughout the religion. “The religion of Islam was revealed to Muhammad ibn Abdullah, who became known as the Prophet Muhammad, in central Arabia between 610 and 632 C.E.” (Riggs). The religion began in the Middle East in Arabia now the country known as Saudi Arabia in early 600 C.E. Muhammad was considered the last of the prophets of god and the holy prophet. Muhammad spread the world of Islam until his death one June 8th 632 A.D. “At the head of the shrine 's pantheon

not that many people knew of the religion. Islam, began in Mecca, claimed to be the revelation of God Allah through the angel Gabriel to a man named Muhammad. The God, Prophets, and monuments were necessary contributions to the Islam culture. The profession of faith is called the shahadah, and that there is no god other than Allah and that Muhammad is his messenger. This declaration must be recited correctly and with understanding as a stipulation of conversion. Daily prayers can be performed in

special significance especially scriptures and holy books as they are often used to show hoe to live an honest and meaningful life. The Qur’an is the sacred text of Islam. It is believed to be the word of Allah who spoke to directly to the prophet Muhammad. The Holy Bible is the sacred book of Christians, and has two parts to it, the Old Testament and the New Testament. Combined they contain writing from the

Christian child. He even told me that the name Jesus was mention many times in the Qur’an and that he was prophet of God. The Muslims refer to God as Allah and I thought this is just one of the names that he is known by. However, as Anselm delved into Muhammad, which Muslim considers to be the final prophet, this is where my belief in Christianity stood strong. Now coming to this Comparative Religion class, I now know why Islam had appealed to me instead of other African religions I was exposed to and