Islamic calendar

United States indicated following or practicing Islamic beliefs (Ali, Liu, & Humedian, 2004). Followers of the Islamic belief have been growing in tremendous numbers since then. However, regardless of the number of followers of Islam, individuals who follow its beliefs are seen as suspicious or dangerous after the World Trade Center attack in 2001. Acts of racism, discrimination, hatred, and violence have been forwarded to followers of the Islamic belief since then. Individuals who follow or…

al-Khattab or known merely as Umar was the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate of Islam. Umar was one of the most influential Islamic figures at the time and a close companion of Prophet Muhammad himself. During his reign, Umar upheld many of the values that the community had held dearly, and the regulation of the Islamic Calendar would enforce this ideology. The calendar would begin in 622, the year that Muslim’s traveled from Mecca to Medina, as to be counted as so many lunar years after…

every group of people has their own structure and belief systems, the reason behind why they are there are because of the trial and error of past generations. People do not understand just how much Greek, Roman, China, India, Early Americas and the Islamic Empires history plays a part the ideas, institutions and art of the present day and how they…

and upright character. Another thing about Muhammad is that he is a prophet, which to Islamic followers is believed to be the last prophet of Allah (Islamic word for God). The story of how Muhammad became a leader of a new religion that the angel Gabriel came to him and inspired him to do. Gabriel did this by reciting the first revelations of the Quran and informs him that he is God's prophet. Now, the Islamic faith does believe that Jesus and some other Catholic and Jewish religious figures…

Mecca is sometimes referred to as the “Mother of Cities”. It is the holiest place in the Islamic world. Mecca was the place where Muhammad was born. ( 570 CE to 632 CE). Muhammad was a prophet, a messenger of God. He was the founder of Muslim faith.According to the Islamic faith, Muslims must pray at least five time a day, bowing down in the direction of Mecca. Mecca is physically located 45 miles east of Red Sea port of Jeddah, a city surrounded by the Sirat Mountains. Mecca is an Arabian…

The Islam culture and religion has been around, dating all the way back to 622 A.D. It is the fastest growing and second largest religions. Even with such a large following, most people are still unaware of the practices and traditions of the Islamic culture. Muslims live a very structured life, with important events that take place each and every year. One of the topics that truly grabbed my attention was the Five Pillars of Islam. Each pillar containing a very important meaning that the Muslim…

idea of an Islamic constitution. The Shah was not happy with Ayatollah’s actions so he imprisoned him. Because the nation supported Ayatollah, Iranians were starting riots throughout Iran. On November 4th, 1964, Ayatollah was exiled from Iran. Ayatollah fled to Iraq, in a city named An Najaf, close to Iran. From here he was able to continue to share his idea with the Iranian nation. He did this by sending tape recordings of himself. In the 1970’s, because the Shah was angered by the Islamic…

What is the Hajj? A: Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. And Mecca being The most holiest city for muslims. Performing Hajj is one of the five pillars of islam, which includes Shahadah( Islamic creed belief that there's only one God), Salat( performing prayers) , Zakat(is form of Helping to the poor), and Sawm(fasting). Why is it important in Islam ? A: its designed to promote a gathering to form a bondage of brotherhood and sisterhood in Islam. And it indicates that…

destiny have a similar connotation, fate represents the preordained course of your life that will occur in spite of your actions, and destiny represents predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping. Christianity and Islamic religion represent different opinions on fate and personal destiny based on belief in different gods, and the location from which each religion originated. The religion of Christianity began with God coming to earth through a human form know…

For many in todays world it is believe that the Islamic faith has only been around for a few hundred years. In fact, the Islamic religion is perhaps one of the oldest religions on earth. Throughout history the Islamic faith has been tested time and again, and even in todays world is still split between two main groups. However, as time has advanced so has the Islamic culture. The practice of Islam involved many things, however early on it mainly consisted of “Arabs who were polytheistic,…