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from Ancient Greek and therefore is not necessarily associated with Islam. In the “Hajj video”, it is described how the pilgrimage of the Hajj takes place and what traditions are in order for a Muslim to complete the Hajj, such as walking around the Kaaba counter clockwise seven times. Another example is the Jamarat, where the Muslims have to throw twenty-one stones at the devil. These are both examples of how Islam has its traditions, yet it does not include mysticism, only the religion of…

Michala Wood Islam:Empire of faith This movie Islam:Empire of faith was broke up into several parts. First Islam/Koran then Muslims, Muhammad, buildings. The things they did for us and made up in the past like math,engineering, astronomy, medicine, paper & publishing. Saladin, Mehmet, Suleyman where very important in this movie. What was good about the film was it went into great detail and explained everything out well. Also it had beautiful pictures. We learned that the religious faith…

Whilst on the pilgrimage, Muslims participate in a series of meaningful rituals that ultimately relate to the prophets and Allah. Rituals that are implemented are the anti-clockwise circling of the Kaaba seven times, reflecting on the plains of Arafat, drinking from the well of Zamzam and travelling to the village of Mina where pilgrims participate in the stoning of the devil which consists of throwing pebbles at three stone pillars. (Penney, 2000)…

Muhammad was a very important person in the Arabian peninsula. He did many great things, but the two greatest were that he started the religion of Islam and he made an empire. His father died before muhammad was born. When he was five or six years old his mother also died so he was an orphan. He went to go live with his uncle where he learned to be a trader he later worked for Khadijah who he later married. He told his followers that he went into a cave where he met an angel named Gabriel where…

The Muslim religion consists of many practices and obligations for their people to live a responsible life while living for Allah. One of the major practices of Muslims is following The Five Pillars of Islam. Many Muslims believe that if you don’t put these practices into action, then life is practically pointless. The Five Pillars shows if Muslims put their faith or real life as their main priority. The Five Pillars of Islam plays a huge role in the religion and is essential to live a life…

Muhammad adopted the practice of praying alone for several weeks every year in a cave on Mount Hira near Mecc. Islamic tradition holds that during one of his visits to Mount Hira, the angel Gabriel appeared to him in the year 610 and commanded Muhammad to recite verses which would later be included in the Quran. There is a consensus that the first words of the Quran to be revealed were the beginning of Surah 96:1. Upon receiving his first revelations, he was deeply distressed. After returning…

What is a hypostyle mosque? A hypostyle mosque is a mosque that contains unique features like lots of columns, decoration in mihrab and in front of most mosques, and they also include minarets that can vary greatly in design. These type of mosques were favored in Arabia, North Africa, and Spain. When looking at a floor pan of a mosque you can easily identify the hypostyle because of the numerous columns. In the text and lecture you can see the “forest of columns” in the Great Mosque at Cordoba…

had various practices that were believed to appease these gods. Before Islam, the Kaaba and Mecca were covered in symbols which represented demons, jinn, demigods or tribal gods and other deities. All these represented the polytheistic culture of the pre-Islamic Arabia. During this time, Allah was used to represent a creator god among the Meccans, who had three daughters (Hishām Ibn al-Kalbī, 1951). Near the Kaaba, it is believed that there are up to 360 idols which the pre-Islam Arabs used to…

Nona Nguyen- World Religion Assignment 7 Discuss in detail the Five Pillars of Islam and the role of women in the Five Pillars. You must make use of all of the sources mentioned above. The Five Pillars are each described in some part of the Qur’an and were already practiced during the Muhammad’s lifetime. The Five Pillars of Islam are the Profession of Faith, The Five Daily Prayers, Almsgiving, Fasting and Pilgrimage to Mecca. Some of these practices had precedents in Jewish, Christian, and…

Islam is one of the largest religions in the world. It has over one billion followers around the world (Islam). Though there are many followers of Islam, many people do not know what those followers truly believe. Many people do not know about Islam because they base their knowledge of this religion on the media’s portrayal of Muslims and other second hand misinformation. Many people have a false interpretation of what the Islamic faith actually believes, especially when it comes to what Muslims…