Islam is one of the fastest growing religion in the entire world, with the population of two billion worldwide. Twenty five percent of the world‘s population follow Islam, this percentage is expected to upsurge by double. Thus, it is estimated that Islam soon or later will become the majority religion in the world not just in the Middle East. I personally believe that Islam is misunderstood religion in many Western Countries, including the Unites States. Islam is a religion belief just like Christianity. Unfortunately, the western media is the main cause for this problem by reporting misleading information about Muslims to the public. Many people believe what the media’s has to say about this region, thus, when the people especially the
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According to The World’s Wisdom Sacred Texts of The World’s religions by Philip Novak, “The first of Islam’s two central affirmation is, there is no God but God” (Novak 28). In Arabic we say it La ilaha illa’llah. In Islam we believed that there is no God but Allah, he is the creator of the perfect universe. As Muslim I believe that Allah has created the perfect universe for his creatures to live life on it. As Allah created human being, thus also he made every individuals to be accountable for their actions. In Islam there are a few things a person can and cannot do. For instance, every Muslims women are required to wear the hijab, hijab is a cloth that cover women face and hair. We believe that if women wear hijab, it shows us that she have self-respect, therefore, she protects her …show more content…
As it stated by Sheikh Amin Ali from ICCI Academy Chicago, “A Muslim person is not allowed to miss any prayer, even if she or he got sick, regardless of the diseases they have, they are required to pray by Islam law, even if he or she can’t stand, they have to pray while sitting”. Muslim pray five times a day as following. Salat Fajr before the sun rise, Salat Dhuhr at midday, Salat Asr at afternoon, Salat Maghrib at night, and Isha’a at night before bedtime. As it mentioned by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, “The best of prayers in the sight of Allah is Jummah prayer on Friday, in congregation.” (Reported by Abu Na’eem in al-Hilyah, 7/207). In Islam Friday is the most important day of the week. This is also mentioned in the holy book of Islam Qur’an, "O you who have believed, when people is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu 'ah, then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew." (Al-Quran
According to The World’s Wisdom Sacred Texts of The World’s religions by Philip Novak, “The first of Islam’s two central affirmation is, there is no God but God” (Novak 28). In Arabic we say it La ilaha illa’llah. In Islam we believed that there is no God but Allah, he is the creator of the perfect universe. As Muslim I believe that Allah has created the perfect universe for his creatures to live life on it. As Allah created human being, thus also he made every individuals to be accountable for their actions. In Islam there are a few things a person can and cannot do. For instance, every Muslims women are required to wear the hijab, hijab is a cloth that cover women face and hair. We believe that if women wear hijab, it shows us that she have self-respect, therefore, she protects her …show more content…
As it stated by Sheikh Amin Ali from ICCI Academy Chicago, “A Muslim person is not allowed to miss any prayer, even if she or he got sick, regardless of the diseases they have, they are required to pray by Islam law, even if he or she can’t stand, they have to pray while sitting”. Muslim pray five times a day as following. Salat Fajr before the sun rise, Salat Dhuhr at midday, Salat Asr at afternoon, Salat Maghrib at night, and Isha’a at night before bedtime. As it mentioned by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, “The best of prayers in the sight of Allah is Jummah prayer on Friday, in congregation.” (Reported by Abu Na’eem in al-Hilyah, 7/207). In Islam Friday is the most important day of the week. This is also mentioned in the holy book of Islam Qur’an, "O you who have believed, when people is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu 'ah, then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew." (Al-Quran