Islam Islam fast facts and introduction

"Justice is one who believes in Allah and the end, the angels, the Bible and the prophets."

Five pillars: faith, prayer, charity, pilgrimage, fasting. Mosque service on Friday. Baptism before prayer. There is no alcohol or pork. Holidays related to Ramadan and fasting

Muslim is one of the world's largest religions with more than 1 billion believers. This is a monotheistic belief based on the revelation that the Prophet Muhammad received in Saudi Arabia in the 7th century. The word Arabic Muslim means "obedience" and reflects the core principles of faith that follows the will of God. Muslim believers are called Muslims

According to the Islamic tradition, the angel Gabriel appeared to the Prophet for twenty years and revealed a lot of messages from God to him. Muslims recognize the early Jews - including the Moses and Jesus - Christians' prophets as messengers of the same true God. But in Muslim, Muhammad is the last and greatest prophet, and their revelation itself is pure and innocent.

The prophet promises to devote the rest of his life to monotheism messages in the polytheistic world. In 622, he fled north toward the city of Medina and escaped the spread of persecution. This incident told the beginning of the Islamic calendar. After eight years Muhammad returned to Mecca in the army and conquered the city of Islam. Fifty years later, Muhammad died and the whole Arabian peninsula was dominated by Muslims.

The Muslim Biblical Quran is written in Arabic within 30 years after Muhammad's death. Muslims believe that it contains the literal meaning of God. Equally important is the tradition of sayings and behavior collected by Muhammad and his associates of Hadith.

Islamic practice concentrates on the five pillars of Islamic faith, prayer, fasting, pilgrimage to Mecca, and praying.

For centuries, Islam and the Jews - the western part of the Christians have always had a challenging relationship, and today's conflict in the Middle East has been condemned by religion. Therefore, efforts to focus on facts and mutual understanding are particularly important with regard to Islamic issues.

It was celebrated at the ninth month of Islamic calendar and fasting was seen every day from sunrise to sunset. Fasting during Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslim faith requires that Muslims fulfill five central missions to strengthen faith. Muslims have two major sects, Sunni and Shiite, but all Muslims want to achieve these five pillars in their lives.

Muslims believe in God, God, and his messenger is Muhammad. Islam explains the five pillars of Islam - faith, prayer, fasting, charity and pilgrimage - and the Qur'an (Islamic scripture), Islamic headquarters, prayer rituals, the importance of pilgrimage, Muslim festivals -Ul-Fitr, and the habit of birth, marriage, death around the baby. The chapter for contemporary Muslims has information on Muslim's polygamy system recognition, women's rights, divorce, jihad, medical interventions such as artificial insemination and organ transplantation.

The introduction of ancient Islamic civilization will explore the interrelationship between Islam and the development of Islamic culture. Students explore the evolution and institutionalization of Islam using archeology, political events, Islamic visual arts, and socio-economic changes, and study the changing political, cultural attitudes and social structure. Were the pyramids and Stonehenge made by aliens? The power of the curse of the mummy? These myths can not be true ... Or can you do that? Cult Archeology examines the dissemination and wonderful interpretation of archeological sites by media and mass media. In this course we will discover the logical flaws of pseudoscientific interpretation and prejudice behind it. Discover "truth" about archeology!

This course will introduce Muslim history and subjects in Africa. After a brief review of the core features of the Muslim faith, our chronology survey began in the seventh century when Muslims were introduced to North Africa. We will track Islamic epidemics to West Africa through traders, clerics and jihad. We will examine the influence of medieval Muslim kingdoms, Islamic scholarship development and reform tradition, Sophie brotherhood growth, and Islamic colonization and colonization. Our overview on the history of Islam in East Africa covers: Early Arab and Asian commercial solutions, the flowering of the classic Swahili court culture, Sultan of Oman and the current Swahili society and Sudan "Muslim" movement in other recent inland regions of East Africa