Marriage in Islam is one of mutual respect‚ love and compassion. The husband is there as a friend and partner to share the wife’s concerns‚ he is to cherish and protect her while a man has in his wife a companion and helper who can give him peace and comfort. They both will help each other through life’s problems and struggles. All Muslims are expected to marry because the Prophet Muhammad was married and Muslims regard Muhammad as the perfect example of how to live. “Whoever gets married has completed
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Describe the five pillars of Islam. The five pillars of Islam are the structure of the Islamic faith representing faith‚ prayer‚ giving‚ fasting and the pilgrimage. The first pillar is for the testimony of faith with conviction. The second is for prayer they perform five prayers a day. Third is for giving (support of the needy)‚ forth is for fasting they must abstain from any food‚ drink‚ and any sexual relations. Last is for the pilgrimage to Makkah where all that are able to attend go and stand
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Emma McKay Islam Paper 4-7-12 The Five Pillars of Islam Like many other religions‚ the Muslim faith has experienced many changes and branches. Like Christianity‚ the original faith is still practiced by some‚ but others have started new branches with their own unique interpretation being Muslim. Despite these differences within the Muslim religion‚ one set of rules for moral guidance is central to all. These rules are the Five Pillars of Islam. The Five Pillars act as a moral compass for
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Welsch Bill Haley Phil. 104 3 March 2004 Five Pillars of Islam In order to follow the right path in the Islam religion its followers‚ Muslims‚ are required to practice its five pillars‚ or duties. Each of these duties is mentioned in the Quran; however‚ scholars have found a more detailed explanation in the Hadith. The five pillars are uttering the Shahada‚ prayer‚ zakat‚ participating in the fast‚ and a pilgrimage to Mecca. The first of the five duties is uttering the Shahada‚ a phrase
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In order for the followers‚ there are various rituals or practices that must be done in some religions. In Islam there are multiple rituals that constitute the five pillars all which are very important and significant. “The principles that regulate the private lives of Muslims in their dealings with God.” (160) The first pillar is the shahadah. Where Muhammad is the prophet. “There is no god but Allah‚ and Muhammad and His Prophet.”Each (160) His followers are affirming that Allah is the one and
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ears. But in recent years it has become all too familiar. The actions of Muslim militants and terrorists have seared the word into American consciousness. Yet even with thousands of innocent civilians killed on American soil by Islamic terrorists‚ the full significance of the Muslim concept of jihad has not been grasped by the American public. In the days after September 11‚ 2001‚ American leaders rushed to portray Islam as a peaceful religion that had been "hijacked" by a fanatical band of terrorists
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Muslims are violent‚ terrorists and/or extremists This is the biggest misconception about Islam‚ no doubt resulting from the constant stereotyping and bashing the media gives Islam. When a gunman attacks a mosque in the name of Judaism‚ a Catholic IRA guerrilla sets off a bomb in an urban area‚ or Serbian Orthodox militiamen rape and kill innocent Muslim civilians‚ these acts are not used to stereotype an entire faith. Never are these acts attributed to the religion of the perpetrators. Yet how
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Impact of Islam and Muslims in India Expansion of trade | | | Islam’s impact was the most notable in the expansion of trade. The first contact of Muslims with India‚ was the Arab attack on a nest of pirates near modern-day Bombay‚ to safeguard their trade in the Arabian Sea. Around the same time many Arabs settled at Indian ports‚ giving rise to small Muslim communities. the growth of these communities was not only due to conversion‚ but also the fact that many Hindu kings of south India (such
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The Five Pillars of Islam The central beliefs of Islam are based on the five fundamental practices they are as follows. Shahadah "There is none worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is the messenger of God." This is the statement of faith and belief in Allah (God) and the Prophet Muhammad. It’s the declaration of faith that all Muslims required to make. The declaration is a simple two part procedure that announces Allah is the only God and that Mohammed is his messenger. The meaning of
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Islam: The Challenge of Being Muslim The media is inundated with reports about Muslims‚ but do not accurately represent the Islamic Faith. Humayun Ansari (2003) stated‚ “Unless the root causes of Islamophobia are addressed‚ the deep divisions in our society will remain” (p. 8). How do we overcome this fear if the news reports Muslims protesting in violence against others unlike themselves in response to an anti-Islamic film posted on YouTube? Islam even though it is one of the three Abrahamic
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