John Allen Muhammad

The word 'Islam' means 'peace.' The word 'Muslim' means 'one who surrenders to God.' But the press makes us seem like haters.” This quote by Muhammad Ali shows how people’s perception of Islam isn’t the ideal meaning of Islam and due to ignorance, anyone who is classified as Muslim or Islam is seen as an evil person. This made me wonder what Islam really is, how it is perceived in the Middle East, where most of the region is dominated with this specific religion, and how that view of Islam…

The historical events that determined how Islam came to be in America depict a very interesting take on the fast-growing religion. Being a Muslim myself, I never knew that Muslims’ from the Northern and Western parts of Africa brought Islam to America, along with their struggles and hard times of slavery. On the contrary I had thought they emigrated from the Middle East much later on just as many of our ancestors and European colonists did. I believe that it is very important for us to…

disciples. Muslims have pieces that depict the life of Muhammad, who was the main disciple of their god Allah. Jewish people have works that show the greatness of heaven and of God. The Good Shepherd and The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad on his Steed Buraq, Guided by Jibra’il and Escorted by Angel, are good illustrations of the tributes that people of different faiths pay to what they believe in. In The Ascent of the Prophet Muhammad…, Muhammad is at the center of the picture because he is…

The political, social, and monetary qualities of the early states in the Sudanic belt and Sub-Saharan belts of Africa, the Meso-America and Andean South America, and the Pacific incorporated a wide range of and comparative angles. To start, the Sudanic realms (Sudanic Belt and Sub-Saharan Belt) were an extremely directing gathering of states situated underneath the Sahara leave. Their economy comprised of cows, agribusiness, and angling, which is fundamentally the same as a week ago's…

Nationalism in Iraq Iraq was established on October 1,1919. In World War I the British occupied a lot of Mesopotamia and were given a demand over the area in 1920. The British renamed the area Iraq and defined it as a kingdom in 1922. In 1932 the monarchy gained full independence. The Iraqi population includes Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, Chaldeans, Assyrians, and Armenians. The religions are varied and consists of Shi'a and Sunni Muslims, Christians, Kurdish Yazidis, and a little number of Jews…

Along with other ethnic minority groups, Muslims, especially those of South Asian origin, experienced discrimination in housing, education, employment, social and welfare services, the media and public life. Some important issues were the availability of halal food; time off for religious festivals; refusal to allow time off for prayers; lack of or inadequate prayer facilities; and issues of dress and language in a range of settings. It is also well-knowledged the unfair treatment of Muslims in…

The United States is comprised of many ethnic groups also, the cultural beliefs and practices are likely to differ as it relates to the different ethnic groups. With regards to Islam and Hinduism there are differences in attitudes towards death. Muhammad is the founding prophet of Islam. Additionally, Islam is one of the world’s major religions. At the heart of Islam is a belief in an all-powerful, transcendent God who has created the universe and who controls it down to the smallest detail…

and was formed in the Arabian Peninsula.The religious leader Muhammad died in 632 AD but is still the main leader. Islams have two main sacred texts the most impotant text is the Quran, this book is conisdered the word of God and people believe that to only get the full experience is by reading the book in Arabic (even though translated copies are sold). The other main text is the Hadith, this text collects the great things that Muhammad did and his followers. Muslims worship in a place called a…

all-knowing, all loving, and all merciful. Just as the sun shines on the world, so the light of God is shed upon all Creation. Through the teachings of the Manifestations of God—among them Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, and, in more recent times, the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh—humanity’s spiritual, intellectual and moral capacities have been cultivated. They believe the conviction that we belong to one human family is at the heart of the Bahá’í Faith. The principle…

Muslim Achievements Since humans began to roam the world, they have made improvements. Muslims have immensely impacted our modern day society due to the useful inventions they have created. Current civilizations heavily depend on these achievements. For example, we still use medicine, art techniques, and ideas in science. Three important contributions in which Muslims have invented that still influence our world today are health care, art, and science. Have you ever wondered where our…