Muhammad Ali

How It's Like To Be Muslim Me Sitting in my seat observing my surroundings, I saw a couple, sitting a few seats ahead of me, strangely dressed. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach that something was horribly wrong. That these people were out to terrorize the passengers and me. I sat there praying to Allah, reciting the same prayers that those strangely dressed passenger may have recited. I am a Muslim. I believe in my faith. I believe in God. I believe that all people have been created…

“Modern-day Witch Hunts: Broadly targeting the Muslim Community is antithetical to America’s founding ideas” The general argument made by Jamie Dailey in “Modern-day Witch Hunts: Broadly targeting the Muslim Community is antithetical to America’s founding ideas” is that all Muslims are being besieged after the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. More specifically, Dailey reasons that the fears that Americans hold are irrational in that they cause a light to be shown on the…

in 639. After Tunisia was conquered it provided place for the conquest of Spain to be planned. Three centuries later India and Anatolla was meant with invasion from these armies. The conquest were led by men who were inspired by the teachings of Muhammad. Trade was also a major factor to the expansion of Islam. In the Classical Era the easy spread of technologies and diffusion of religions like was possible through the efforts of merchants and trade but more specifically the Silk Road. Similarly…

follows the religion of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Quran. Muslims consider the Quran to be the verbatim word of God as revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Like Christianity, Islam teaches that there is one God in the universe, giving Muslims a monotheistic worldview. And Muslims believe that Muhammad was a prophet and Christians don't. Both faiths also believe in an afterlife, although the makeup of those destinations are immensely different in nature from each…

Before Islam, the nomadic tribes inhabiting the Arabian peninsula worshiped statues (idols). Muhammad introduced a new religion into this chaotic Arab world. Islam affirmed only one God. It demanded that followers obey God's will and laws.Following Muhammad's death in A.D. 632, companions of Muhammad named the Caliphs ruled the Islamic state for almost 30 years. They continued to develop Islamic law with their own decisions. The first caliphs also…

Creations from Islam that Make our Lives Better Today Many of the things we have today that help us and make our lives better come from Islam. We still use many creations that come from Islam, but we have just improved them to make them more advanced and even better than the original creation. The three greatest advancements that Islam gave to civilization are hospitals, games such as Polo and Chess, and the very well known math skill, algebra. One of the biggest creations that the people…

The Qur’an, an Islamic holy text, often states that it is a religion of peace and charity, and, until recently, violence in the name of the faith was quite isolated. As an anonymous member of Reddit’s r/Islam community states, “though Islam is a peaceful religion, not all Muslims support peace.” One of those few was Osama bin Laden, commonly known as America’s prime adversary. He and his organization, Al Qaeda, took responsibility for atrocities committed against the American people, atrocities…

religion to today’s generation. In the Thousand and One Nights it displays the original culture, heritage, and teachings of Islam throughout the many tales inside the story. Islam is a religion of the belief of the one and only God, Allah while Muhammad is the prophet. The Thousand and one Nights displays the culture of Islam through a woman named Shahrazad, who explains different…

The Spread of Islam: From Muhammad to Empire The Islamic culture grew in many different ways, two completely opposite ways of convincing converts to join the Islamic faith came into play, peace and destruction. Conversely, possible converts and others found the culture interesting, as their peaceful nature attracted many from afar and people were swayed by the culture. The very intricate trade routes made by the Islamic empire helped possible converts to see the aspects of the…

Around 600 AD, a new monotheistic religion began called Islam. Islam was founded by the prophet Muhammad in the Arabian city of Mecca. Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570 AD into a poor clan; he was orphaned at a young age and was raised by his grandparents. His followers, called Muslims, spread Islam throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. By 750 AD, Muslim leaders had built an empire. Muslim scholars focused on learning and developed numerous cultural achievements that are still…