Different Interpretations of Islam

The people of Islam have many of the same beliefs, but there are also differences between the Islamists and the moderate Muslims.They all have the same God who they call “Allah”. There were a few people during the early Islamic times that influenced the beliefs greatly. All Muslims are to follow “The Five Pillars.” One of the more extreme Muslims that had strong belief in the religion was Mohammad. The Qur'an which was God's messages being sent to humans was the revelation that started. He had a big influence on Muslims way of thinking and their way of Islamism interpretations.

Islam's religion is to completely accept the guidance and teachings of God. The Arabic word Islam means peace, purity, acceptance and commitment. In Islam, Muslims would pray to Allah and Shahadah. Allah is not only god, but “The God” and Shahadah means that “ultimately there is only one Absolute Reality; the underlying essence of life is eternal unity rather than the separateness of the things in the physical world.” There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God.

Muhammad was represented as an Islamist and was God's prophet. When he was at a young age, Muslims were told to not follow him as he was not God and faith only resides in God. Muhammad married a wealthy woman named Khadijah who was able to be his supporter to help his endeavors as being the God's prophet. As time passed, Muhammad and his followers travelled to many different places to looking for spiritual guidance and words of wisdom. He became Muslims treasure as he led them to great success with his words and teachings.

The Five Pillars are basic spiritual practices that a Muslim must do their best to fulfill the Five Pillars because they are considered as God's commandments. The first pillar is Belief and Witness, to believe and teach unity of God and Muhammad's messages. Second pillar is to do the daily prayers to God, 5 times a day reciting passages from the Qur'an. Zakat, the thrid pillar is to