Muslim Culture
The term ‘Muslim culture’ is used generally to represent many diverse Muslim cultural groups, There are more than a billion Muslims all over the world, each with their own variation on customs and traditions but they still share a common Muslim culture. (Anon, 2015)
This culture is rooted in the mutual belief that there is no other God than Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger. Most customs and traditions might be motivated more by culture than by religion. These diverse expressions of similar faith can become a problem in terms of “protocol”. However, some facets of their religion or culture are accepted by all Muslims. Some of their shared aims share include giving to charity, the hope to sustain a balance between their responsibility …show more content…
to the Creator and to their fellow man, and they focus predominantly on the care and love for the elderly. (LIVESTRONG, 2013)
Muslims have faith in the Unity of God, the Holy Scriptures, and all Prophets from Adam to Muhammad without discrimination, the Day of Judgment.
Their culture embodies the union of all the cultures influenced by common beliefs and practices. The regulatory religious phenomena and cultural aspects is what overall binds people. The religious practices and beliefs of Muslims are centered on the religion of Islam. (Anon, 2015) (Majid katme, 2015)
Originally Muslim literature is in Arabic, the language of the Prophet. Most of their literature is religious. It embraces messages and records of their belief system from the Quran, Sira and Hadith. Muslim literature was established in the Umayyad Empire, It was taken by the Arabs to distant lands and turn into part of this popular culture. In time, Persian developed into one of the main languages of the civilization. In the sub-continent, syncretistic poetry from the Sufis spread the bases of Muslim culture. (Anon, 2015) (Sheikh, Dhami, …show more content…
2000)
Muslims are obligated to pray five times a day, Men are encouraged to pray at mosques instead of home, while women are granted a special concession if they wish to pray at home due to their family responsibilities.
Depending on daily life and working schedules, many Muslims pray in the workplace, at home, or during travel in the car, the train or an airplane when it’s time for one of the five daily prayers. It is normal for Muslims to keep a prayer mat in their cars and to stop wherever they are at time of prayer to pray. Their prayer toward the direction of Ka’aba, the core and beginning of Islam, in Mecca. (LIVESTRONG,
2013)
This culture is rooted in the mutual belief that there is no other God than Allah and that Muhammad is His messenger. Most customs and traditions might be motivated more by culture than by religion. These diverse expressions of similar faith can become a problem in terms of “protocol”. However, some facets of their religion or culture are accepted by all Muslims. Some of their shared aims share include giving to charity, the hope to sustain a balance between their responsibility …show more content…
to the Creator and to their fellow man, and they focus predominantly on the care and love for the elderly. (LIVESTRONG, 2013)
Muslims have faith in the Unity of God, the Holy Scriptures, and all Prophets from Adam to Muhammad without discrimination, the Day of Judgment.
Their culture embodies the union of all the cultures influenced by common beliefs and practices. The regulatory religious phenomena and cultural aspects is what overall binds people. The religious practices and beliefs of Muslims are centered on the religion of Islam. (Anon, 2015) (Majid katme, 2015)
Originally Muslim literature is in Arabic, the language of the Prophet. Most of their literature is religious. It embraces messages and records of their belief system from the Quran, Sira and Hadith. Muslim literature was established in the Umayyad Empire, It was taken by the Arabs to distant lands and turn into part of this popular culture. In time, Persian developed into one of the main languages of the civilization. In the sub-continent, syncretistic poetry from the Sufis spread the bases of Muslim culture. (Anon, 2015) (Sheikh, Dhami, …show more content…
2000)
Muslims are obligated to pray five times a day, Men are encouraged to pray at mosques instead of home, while women are granted a special concession if they wish to pray at home due to their family responsibilities.
Depending on daily life and working schedules, many Muslims pray in the workplace, at home, or during travel in the car, the train or an airplane when it’s time for one of the five daily prayers. It is normal for Muslims to keep a prayer mat in their cars and to stop wherever they are at time of prayer to pray. Their prayer toward the direction of Ka’aba, the core and beginning of Islam, in Mecca. (LIVESTRONG,
2013)