Ramadan Essay

Culture is the attitudes and customs that characterize one group from another. It is very important to take time to read about and experience cultures that are different than your own. It can help you appreciate that there are more than one way to do things. In the book A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini there were many instances of a culture differences, which shocked me. In the book, Mariam and Laila are two women from Afghanistan that are married to same man, Rasheed. They are bound…

This weeks class was on worldviews, cosmologies, and religion and how it relates to healthcare. It was interesting to see how various types of cultures have different views and how sometimes it can be source of conflicts when deciding on health care interventions. I redid the Astro chart and I had to look at my birth certificate to see what time I was born at. I usually don’t believe in these astrological signs or palm reading but it doesn't hurt to look. My rising sun, or the first impression…

immediate need, to slaves in the process of buying their freedom, to debtors unable to meet their obligations, to strangers and wayfarers, and to those who collect and distribute the alms (Smith 247). The fourth pillar of Islam is the observance of Ramadan. Ramadan is a month in the Islamic calendar-Islam’s holy month because during it Muhammad received his initial revelation and made his historic Hijrah (migration) from Mecca to Medina. Islam’s fifth pillar is pilgrimage. According to this…

Quaid-e-Azam – 25 December and 11 September respectively. • Labor Day – 1 May. While some frequent religious festivals, celebrated according to the Islamic lunar calendar every year are as follows: • Ramadan – 9th month of Islamic calendar. • Eidul-Fitr celebrations followed by daytime fasting during the month of Ramadan. • Eidul-Adha, an animal sacrificing…

words to write the Qur'an through the angel Gabriel (Schimmel, 2016). 2. How is the Qur’an structured? When is Ramadan observed? The Qur’an has 114 chapters describing different aspects of life, including God, Satan, Heaven, Hell, social justice, humanity, and so forth etc. In a Britannica Encyclopedia article Islam Religion, Annemarie Schimmel writes that the holiest Islamic month, Ramadan, is celebrated during the Muslim 9th lunar month (Schimmel , 2016). 3. Discuss the 5 pillars of Islam.…

act. The last two pillars of Islam are fasting and Hajj. These two actually have a lot to do with each other. Fasting is from dawn to sunset for the whole month of Ramadan. Just like Zakat there are exceptions for people who are sick, traveling, or are children for example. It’s considered the holiest time of the year. After Ramadan comes the pilgrimage Hajj. Hajj is required to be made once in a Muslims lifetime. Everyone dresses in white robes to signify we are all equal in the sight of…

Religions and Rituals Religion is a set of beliefs regarding the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, and a specific essential set of beliefs and practices commonly agreed upon by a number of persons or sects. (Religion, 2001) Beliefs are when you believe in something and with that, you have a strong opinion or belief in it. You have confidence in its truth or existence although it may not be immediately susceptible to arduous evidence. A cultural system is the communication of diverse…

express conviction, and grow in devotion. Some of the rituals are practices daily, such as prayer, whereas some are practices annually, such as Islamic holidays like the Eid Al-Fitr and the Eid Al-Adha. The Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting, and on the occasion, Muslims usually give zakat (charity). (Maris, J, 2014) While the number of practices and rituals in the Islamic religion are small, the importance of them is large. The five pillars regarded by all sects…

According to The Quran, Islam means to submit to The Will of The One and Only God (Allah). This submission should come from within, from sound belief in and conviction to Allah, with any doubt. It should also come from love and trust. Allah according to the Quran is not a special God but the God of Adam, Noah, Moses, and Jesus. Muslims believe in “Tawheed” the oneness of God in which many Muslims believe that Allah does not share this divinity or his rule. Muslims also believe that Allah (God)…

Islam 1. What is the point of origin In the 7th century C.E., the followers of a new religion, Islam which literally means submission the self-surrender of the believer to the will of the one, true God, Allah. 2. How did religion/philosophy spread? Islam spread from the Arabian Peninsula and began a sequence of conquest and conversion that would forge the first truly global civilization. In succeeding centuries Islamic civilization was spread by merchants, wandering mystics, and warriors…