What is Islam? For a fifth of the world's population, Islam is both a religion and a complete way of life. Muslims follow a religion of peace, mercy, and forgiveness, and the majority have nothing to do with the extremely grave events, which have come to be associated with their faith through a biased media. For centuries, the Muslim faith has had a history of struggle to create a Qu’ranic civilization. The challenge of creating a “good” society on earth is the goal sought by Islam; one universal
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Contents Introducing Islam 7 Allah the One and the Only God 7 The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) 7 The Quran 9 Some Islamic Principles 10 A. Oneness of God 10 B. Oneness of mankind 10 C. Oneness of Messengers and the Message 10 D. Angels and the Day of Judgement 10 E. Innocence of Man at Birth 10 F. State and Religion 11 Practices of Islam 11 A. Creed (Shahada) 11 B. Prayers (Salat) 11 C. Fasting (Saum) 11 D. Purifying Tax (Zakat) 11 E. Pilgrimage (Haul) 12 Other Related
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samsara o ang siklo ng pagkabuhay. 2.Buddhism- isang organisadong relihiyon na may pangakong paglutas sa lahat ng mga paghihirap at pagtitis ng mga tao. 3.Islam- “Walang ibang Diyos maliban kay Allah at si Mohammad ang sugo niya”. Ito ang ibig sabihin ng relihiyong Islam. May limang ritwal ang mga Muslim, ito ang tinatawag na Five Pillars. Dito napapaloob ang lahat ng kautusan at ritwal ng mga Muslim. •Shahadah(Pananalig)- ito ang paniniwala nilang walang ibang Diyos liban kay Allah at si Mohammad
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The Significance of Superstition Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I shall die before I wake. I pray the Lord my soul to take. As a young child this is the prayer I would pray every night before I went to bed. I can remember my mother kneeled down beside me as we recited this prayer together like a fine tuned duet. This is how I received my first indoctrination into the concept of God and religion. I will share my religious journey from a pre-teen youth,
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Islam and Christianity are two of the largest and fastest growing religions that have impacted the livelihood of billions of people around the world. Their philosophies and teaching has established a bridge of cooperation and dialogue that has been recognized in both government and society. Both of these religions were discovered in the Middle-Eastern and they are considered as the Abrahamic religion. Even thought both religion share common ground of being monotheistic religion of believing the existence
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American Cultural Beliefs Vs. Pakistani Cultural Beliefs In An American Brat,many cultural differences are evident. Feroza is a Pakistani and she and her family have divergent traditions. For example, Pakistan was as an Islamic nation and Islam continues to be the religion of approximately 95% of the population. There are also small groups of Buddhist Christians Parsis and Hindus. The Muslim religion was founded by the Prophet Muhammad in seventeenth century, when, according to the Islamic belief
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faith God's alone.” Their basic religious practices are enumerated in the Five Pillars of Islam, which, in addition to Shahadah, consist of daily prayers, fasting during Ramadan , zakat, and the pilgrimage to hajj at least once in a lifetime. Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable, He creates all the things. Muslim beliefs regarding God are summed up in chapter 112 of the Qur'an, al-Ikhlas. Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal religion, including through the prophets
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suggest that it is necessarily concerned with religious issues, nor even that it is exclusively produced by Muslims (see Islam, concept of philosophy in).1 The early years of Islamic philosophyIslamic philosophy is intimately connected with Greek philosophy, although this is a relationship which can be exaggerated. Theoretical questions were raised right from the beginning of Islam, questions which could to a certain extent be answered by reference to Islamic texts such as the Qur’an, the practices
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the Days of Ignoranceare the better ones of you in Islam when they understand (the religion).” These wise words of Prophet Muhammad were best proved in the case of our hero today, Khalid ibn AI-Waleed. For, it was Khalid ibn AI-Waleed who managed to cause the defeat of the Muslim army atUhud,??before his conversion t o Islam. After his acceptance of the Faith , Khalid ibn AI-Waleed was the champion of many a decisive battle in favour of Islam, such as the battle against Musaylimah the Imposter
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World Religion Report Today there are over one billion members of the Catholic Church and that number grows daily. What it means to be catholic is to love Jesus completely and to follow him and his teachings. Catholics try to integrate Jesus into every aspect of their daily lives. They believe Jesus is lord, father, the son and the Holy Ghost, the Holy Trinity. They follow the Ten Commandments, Thou shalt have no other gods before me, Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, Thou shalt not
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