What many people don’t know is that Jihad is not a declaration of war against other religions. The Quran specifically refers to Jews and Christians as "people of the book" who should be protected and respected. All three faiths worship the same God. Allah is just the Arabic word for God‚ and is used by Christian Arabs as well as Muslims. Jihad means struggle and that means any struggle‚ personal struggles‚ spiritual struggle‚ or more popular term for these days a political struggle. In Islam we have
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Because I was a visitor‚ they welcomed me‚ I filled out a visitor’s info card and I was lead to a seat. The choir is singing as I’m being lead to a seat‚ so I’m assuming this is the Praise & Worship part of the order of service. Again I say‚ “Coming from a Baptist background in an African American church‚ our Praise & Worship time is much different. After the song‚ the priest came out with the opening prayer with repeated verses. The priest would say the verse first and then instantly‚ the congregation
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youth of kerbala!!!! What do we see and hear A youth‚ whose father had already been killed‚ came out into the battlefield on the day of ashura. His mother told him‚ “O dear son! Step out and fight in the presence of the grandson of the Prophet of Allah (S).” When the youth stepped out‚ Imam saw him and said‚ “The father of this youth has been killed; perhaps his mother would not like him to come out into the battle.” The youth replied‚ “Rather my mother has ordered me to do so.” This shows that
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Backbiting (Ghibah) in Islam Meaning‚ Ruling‚ Causes‚Backbiting Non-Muslims‚ Cure‚ and Cases Where Backbiting is Permissible Abdulaziz Alsuhaim Professor: Mohammed Abderrazzaq ARAB 4800 - Spring 2014 3/18/2014 Backbiting‚ according to Oxford Dictionary is “Malicious talk about someone who is not present.” It originated from the improper attack from the back in the sport of bearbaiting(1). The word in Arabic is pronounced as “Ghibah.” Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) defined Gibah as “Your
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everything‚ and ruler of everything. The religion is based on the “trinity‚” or the belief of the father‚ the son‚ and the Holy Ghost. Islam: The Islamic religion calls their God‚ deity‚ or higher power “Allah‚” and to this religion‚ Allah is the highest power‚ and there is nothing that is before Allah. There are differences we can see with the above three that are listed. I believe a higher power is a higher power. All on your own you decide what yours is.. As you can see‚ each religion sees their
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I AM LOSING CONFIDENCE In this essay‚ I would like to discuss about the topic “I am losing confidence”. First of all‚ what is confidence? Confidence is a feeling that makes you think that you are capable of doing something with ease and calmness. It will make you feel optimistic and pleased with yourself. But on the other hand‚ losing confidence means that you are losing faith or belief in yourself. Each and every one of us was born with a confident sense of self‚ but how did we manage to lose it
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He prayed to Allah and cried to Him that he has become very old and weak‚ meanwhile‚ his care and worries towards the territories have spread wide and he is afraid of their deterioration”. He used to say: ’Oh Allah! I ask you for martyrdom in your cause and death in the path of Your Messenger.’" (Al-Bukhari‚ 3/ 30). Allah accepted his prayers and combined there two requests for him. It happened that Abu Lu’lua Al-Fayruz
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to the Supreme Being and compliance with His laws‚ which constitutes Nature. Islam lays special emphasis on the acquisition of knowledge. Concept of vicegerent of man: According to Quran‚ Allah has made man as a vicegerent due to knowledge (IIm-ul-Asma)‚ when angels argues about the vicegerent of man than Allah (SWT) taught Adam the names of some things and then Adam told them and hence proved his ability for vicegerent on earth. This shows the importance of acquiring knowledge from the Quranic point
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Muslims. Muslims worship as monotheists and pray to Allah‚ ‘Allah’ being the Arabic word for God. Islam is currently the second largest religion in the world‚ consisting of over 1 billion followers. The 2001 census recorded 1‚591‚000 Muslims in the United Kingdom‚ approximately 2.7% of the population. The Night of Power Lailat al Qadr‚ the Night of Power‚ marks the night in which the Qur’an was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by Allah. Prophet Muhammad is sat in a cave when he receives
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Islamic faith. But we best know Him as the messenger and prophet of God. Prophet Muhammad whose full name is Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn `Abd al-Mittalib ibn Hashim was born in the town of Mecca in the year 570. His name is derived from the Arabic word ‘Hamada’ which simply means ‘to glorify’ or ‘to praise.’ Being the first and only child to Abd Allah bin Al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb‚ he was raised by his mother who in adherence to the Meccan tradition entrusted him to a wet nurse called
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