John Allen Muhammad

final prophet Muhammad. At this time the main religions where polytheistic and many God’s and idols were worshipped. Muslims, the adherents of Islam, believe that the prophet Abraham was the first Muslim because he was the first to believe in a single God. The word Islam means the submission to God and Muslims use the Five Pillars of Islam as a belief framework to live life submitting to Allah’s will, these include The declaration of faith ("There is no deity but God, and Muhammad is the…

I want to start out saying that I really didn’t know anything about Islam, Mecca or the Hajj. So this whole video was quite the learning experience. What I found the most interesting is the…hoops that they have to go through to be completely forgive. Having to go on this journey, if female asking for a males permission to go, and how much it costs. I found it silly that you could pay for a better tent to sleep in – considering that they all supposed to be one and the same. The whole concept of…

I remember at a very young age my cousin was turned back to my house from the airport. I did not know why, all I knew was that something happened. I did not find out what happened until I came to the United States in 2006. My cousin was supposed to come to the United States in 2001, but as I later learned he could not because of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Moreover, what I was not aware that New York had so much diversity and there was anger in many American’s against Muslims. At…

understood in modern times. Moustapha Akkad’s film The Message attempts to answer that question by showing the resilience and devotion in the community that formed itself around Muhammad and the revelation of the Qur’an. Despite all of the obstacles they ran into, nothing could sway them from their belief in the Qur’an and Muhammad. This belief allowed them to form a community that is admirable it its virtues, and formidable in its strengths. In the film, the audience is shown the unrelenting…

222). Its full connotation is the peace that comes when one’s life is surrendered to God. The rise of Islam began with the Prophet Muhammad, who was born in the city of Mecca in about 570. His early life was cradled in tragedy; his father died before he was born, and his mother when he was six. Thereafter he was adopted into his uncle’s home. According to Smith, Muhammad was pure hearted and beloved in his circle. His bereavements having made him sensitive to human suffering in every for, he was…

and ideals behind this faith. I have pulled different aspects of the Islamic culture such as from the scripture of the Quran, the words of the prophet Muhammad in the Hadith, the Five Pillars of Islam, and the Islamic law to form a more…

Christian and Muslim views of trade were similar in the range of years from 70 CE until about the sixteenth century. While they were similar, Christian views of trade and commerce were a bit more passionately negative while the Muslim views were more neutral. Both religions saw commerce as a negative practice because it questioned honesty and opposed their values. If tradesmen were honest, the ancient Christians and Muslims would have been more open to the idea of trade. There were many who…

for a Muslim is to reach eternal paradise through following Quran. Islam and Judaism have more things in common than different. This is because Judaism came first, when Muhammad, a messenger of Allah or God, was visited by Angel Gabriel was the beginning of the religion. The reason why they started a new religion was because Muhammad and his listeners didn’t agree in some idea, Muslims believe that Jews are in the wrong path to reach eternal…

Many misconceptions arose in the topic of Islam. The word “Jihad,” beheading Muslims who convert, beating wives, rejection of all other prophets, stoning those that commit adultery and superiority is for males with disregard of females are some of the many misconceptions taken upon Islam. Although one might not believe in a religion, one should educate himself or herself to better understand a religion instead of just believing whatever seems wrong about it, just because one does not believe in…

Judaism Judaism is regarded as the mother of the two Abrahamic traditions that are Christianity and Islam. The traditional belief is centered on an all-powerful God. God is described as neither having a beginning or ending and being eternal in nature. There is the belief that ultimately God foreordains all activities in the universe. However, humans have been given special privileges in decision making. In Judaism there is immense respect for nature, which is evident in the biblical passage from…