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person 's religious life. The pillars are Shahada, Salat, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj. Both the Sunni and Shi’a agree on the essential principles of the pillars despite their other fundamental differences. These pillars are commanded by their god called Allah. Performing the pillars allows muslims to combine their religious and secular lives into a single unit of devotion. The fulfillment of the pillars is seen more as an obligation or duty rather than an optional practice. The goal is to complete all…

sound BIG and popular? Islam began in the year 610. The Religion of Islam was founded by Muhammad. Muhammad was born around the year 570 A.D in the city of Mecca. He was 40 years of age when he realized that he believed there was only one god named Allah. Muhammad loved to pray and in one occasion while he was praying he received a revelation from god by the angel Jibreel (Gabriel). Although it wasn’t just a miracle and big excitement when the angel appeared, he was frightened and terrified…

There are about 2.2 billion Muslims in the world. How does Islam affect their lives? How does Islam affect a non-muslim’s life on a daily basis? The impact is huge and causes controversy because stereotypes and ideology are growing bigger and tolerance is getting smaller. I’m going to explain and understand how Islam influences the lives of many people because it shows how a religion can influence people. I chose this topic because it is a global problem that the stereotype Islam causes…

When the term worship is herd we generally think about devotion to that of a higher power, our creator God. In Islam worship is an indispensable and inseparable part of religion. Ibaadah which is the Islamic word for worship incorporates all that Allah loves and is please with, both in declaration and action. The traditional meaning is "Worship is an all-inclusive term for all that God loves of external and internal sayings and actions of a person." (The Institute of Islamic Information and…

both demonstrate what can happen when terrorism gains a foothold among the Muslim population. They were able to “brainwash” enough people that even though these countries are allowing the move, that they should still attack upon the weakness for Allah and commit the terrorist acts. Which again, for the mass majority of the Islamic population, was not what they believed in, but human beings can be pretty easily…

A Nations political attitude cannot be used to refer to the attributes of a culture. From my personal expertise in society, Muslims’ subculture, which is recognized as the Islamic religion, had been discriminated against in society because of warfare and tourism. Muslims religion teaches about peace, love, togetherness, but the media have discuss the subculture for been dangerous. The United States have mix culture in each state. I grew up in a Christian family with the knowledge that the only…

There are a ton of religions around the world filled with cultures, musics, and architectures. Most people have their own religion to believe in God or Gods and some of them are Atheists that they don’t believe in any God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are monotheistic religion that they believe in one God. Three religions are the most popular religions that everyone got familiar with it. They all believe that universe is created by God, the highest leader of their religion. Each one have…

or female, provided that he/she is physically and financially able to do so. Prerequisites for performing the Hajj are to be a Muslim, to be an adult or mature enough, and to have the ability to afford the journey. The reward for the Hajj is that Allah will forgive all your sins since they day that you were born. Hajj is the best form of worship, as it involves the believer’s sacrifice. On this unique day, millions of Muslims from all over the globe meet one another in Hajj. Regardless of what…

On my first visits assignment, I attended a Muslim service. I called ahead of time to see about the dress code and normal clothing was fine as long as it was appropriate and respectful. So Me and Brady, from class, left right after to attended the afternoon service. I went with another member of our class, Brady. The place was not a church or anything it was more of just a building, like a warehouse or club house. The first thing I noticed is that when you first walk in they ask you to take off…

JIHAD IN THE CONTEXT OF HINDU-MUSLIM CONFLICTS In order to understand the concept of “Jihad”, let us first understand the culture it comes from, i.e., Islam. As the Quran states, “The word Islam means, “surrender” to the will of God (Allah in Arabic). Since there is only one God and mankind is one species, the religion that God has ordained for human beings is one.’’ Islam also preaches that God in His mercy had sent messengers to convey His message, to different people, in…