Christianity and Islamic are two of the most popular religions in the world. Christianity and Islam are both monotheistic religions meaning that they believe in one God‚ The Trinity and Allah. Christians celebrate many ceremonies/holidays and Muslims pray 5 times a day. Christianity and Muslims have many similarities but also many differences. Christianity Beliefs: Christianity is a monotheistic religion which means that they only believe in one god. Christians beliefs about God indicate through
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PRINCIPAL BELIEFS OF ISLAM Write the 6 Articles of Faith (Aqida) below: 1 Tawhid 2 Angels 3 Books of Allah 4 Rusul 5 Akhira 6 Fate/Predestination 1.Tahwid Islam is monotheistic ‘Witness’ or ‘Shahada’ – “There is no God but Allah and Mohammad is his prophet” Tahwid = belief in the oneness of God Allah is the eternal and all powerful creator Allah is absolute unity‚ all-seeing‚ all-hearing and all-knowing 2. Angels Are important to Islam – eg Angel Gabriel gave the Quran
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The Rise Of Islam: Reasons For it’s Success * The twenty first century recognizes Islam as the second largest religion in the world. The initial rise of Islam in the 7th century in the city of Mecca‚ modern day Saudi Arabia‚ was extensive and rapid. In its first few centuries Islam spread as far as the west near the Atlantic Ocean and Far East in Asia. To deduce why Islam’s initial expansion was so successful and rapid calls for an understanding of three major factors‚ the life the pioneer of
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of Islam". The Five Pillars of Islam are the framework and guidelines of the Muslim life. They are the testimony of faith‚ prayer‚ supporting the needy‚ fasting during the month of Ramadan‚ and the once in a lifetime trip to Makkah for those who are able to do so. These Five Pillars are the thing Muslim’s do to please God and to keep themselves well and happy in this lifetime and for the future ones to come. It was Prophet Muhammad‚ the founder of Islam‚ who was reported to have said‚ "Islam is based
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Sela Carrington A3 3/25/14 The Rise and Rapid Spread of Islam 1. How does each account portray the enemy? The Islam account portrays their enemies as the fugitive enemy and the “unbelievers.” They pursued the fugitive enemy and killed any man who got in their way. Their enemies were referred to as a fierce fighting force. The Christian account portrays their enemies as people who were going to come into their land‚ and conquer them and everyone else who lived on it. The enemies were fierce
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Islam: A religion of Peace and Community Brian J Cobb As I stepped into the home‚ I immediately began to feel welcomed. I entered the home of the parents of one of my wife’s students to learn about their culture. Having an interest in learning more about Islam and Muslims‚ I had arranged to meet and sit down for an evening in an open discussion about both our cultures and religions. I wanted know how they were the same‚ and how they differed. This was the start to a long‚ deep‚ and one of
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Islam is practiced by 1.57 billion people worldwide. According to the 2011 Australian census‚ 470‚000 Australians listed Islam as their main religion. This is the fourth largest religious belief in Australia behind Christianity‚ Irreligion and Buddhism respectively. Similar to Christianity‚ Islam has many denominations (sects)‚ however the large majority of Muslims identify as followers of Sunni Islam. Sunnis are estimated to comprise over 90% of Muslims worldwide. A large majority of the remainder
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the Muslim community. "And pilgrimage to the House is a duty unto God for mankind‚ for him who can find the way thither" (3:97) – The Hajj as commanded in the Quran The Hajj is the great‚ annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca‚ the sacred city of Islam‚ located in Saudi Arabia. It is considered to be the holiest place on earth for Muslims‚ since it is where the Prophet Abraham and his son Ismail built Islam’s most revered structure‚ the Ka’aba‚ the house of Allah. On the last month of the year‚ every
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Islam Assignment There were many different battles where Muslim people invaded different lands or territories. There were two outcomes that the Muslims could expect from the native people of the places they were attacking. The people could either welcome them‚ or rebel and fight against them. Many factors contribute to whether the native people welcome them or rebel. One factor that caused the people being attacked to join forces with the Muslim invaders was religion‚ and whether or not they
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REVIEW-No16 final 6/15/05 10:40 AM Page 51 A Brief History of Money in Islam and Estimating the Value of Dirham and DÏn¥r M. Zarra Nezhad Abstract: Before the appearance of Islam‚ dÏn¥r and dirham were the currencies in use in the Byzantine and Iran empires‚ respectively. Both currencies were in use in preIslamic Arabia and continued to be so in the Islamic state. In 74 AH the Islamic dÏn¥r and dirham were minted. Estimating their value is a matter of considerable importance to those
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