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Islam
Definition:
"(arabic Islam: to
submit, or surrender, to God). The second largest category of
religions in the world. 1400 years ago Mohammad created a
version of the Judeo-Christian Bible based primarily on the
Old Testament, called the Qur’an. Mohammad is considered by
Muslims to be the last and greatest of the prophets. Doctrine
holds that, in the service of Allah (arabic: one God), divine
justice can be meted out by one nation against another, or one
religion against another. ..." Source:
REASONED SPIRITUALITY
Definition: A Muslim
is a follower of the religion of Islam. There are over 1.4
billion Muslims worldwide, divided among three major groups:
Sunni, Shici and Khariji. Islam teaches that there is only one
God, and that the God of Judaism and Christianity is the same
as the God of Islam. The majority of the world's Muslims,
including many of those living in the United States, are not
Arab Source:
Justice For All
HANDOUT.
Resources
"Prayer carries
us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door
of His palace and alms-living procures us
admission." Koran
Islam and Islamic Studies
Resources A comprehensive,
non-polemical, non-sectarian academic resource on
Islam designed for students, scholars, and the
general public.
PBS - Islam: Empire
of Faith
A companion site to
the PBS television series "Islam: Empire of
Faith", which presented the history of Islam from
the time of Muhammad to the Ottoman ...
Mohammed The Prophet
Prof. K. S.
Ramakrishna Rao, Head of the Department of
Philosophy, Government College for Women
University of Mysore,
caliph: Definition
and Much More from Answers.com Some of the early
leaders of the Muslim community following
Muhammad's ... They believed themselves to be the
spiritual and temporal leaders of Islam, ...
Islamic History-Early
Leaders of Islam The Rightly-Guided
Caliphs The four "rightly-guided" caliphs were the
first four leaders of Islam to succeed the Prophet
Muhammad in his role as head of the ...
Sacred
Text-The Koran
The
Qur'an ( al-qur'ān; its literal meaning is "the
recitation" and is often called "Al Qur'ān Al
Karīm": "The Noble Qur'an" or "The Glorious Qur'ān,"
also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less
commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam.
Muslims believe that the Qur'an is the literal
word of God and the culmination of God's
revelation to mankind, revealed to the Prophet
Muhammad over a period of 23 years by the Angel
Jibreel (Gabriel). Source:
wikipedia.
The Koran
Comprehensive information on the Koran and its
history..
History and
Origins
"Muslim
history
began in
Arabia
with
Muhammad's
first recitations of the Qur'an in the
7th century.
Islam's historical development has affected
political, economic, and military trends both
inside and outside the
Islamic world.
As with
Christendom,
the concept of an Islamic world is useful
in looking at different periods of human history;
similarly useful is an understanding of the
identification with a quasi-political community of
believers, or
ummah,
on the part of Islam's practitioners down the
centuries."
Source:
Wikipedia
History of Islam World of Islam.
The Spread of Islam; General Characteristics of
Islam; Global Religion. A Brief History of Islam.
The Rightly guided Caliphs; The Caliphate ...
Internet Islamic History
Sourcebook A categorized
listing of links to aspects of the history of
Islam; also includes translations of source texts,
and articles.
Denominations Sunni:
Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest
denomination of Islam. Followers of the Sunni
tradition are known as Sunnis or Sunnites, and
often refer to themselves as the Ahlus Sunnah
wal-Jamaa'h. Sunni Muslims constitute 80-90% of
the global Muslim population.
Source:.wikipediai
Shiite:
Muslim sect that believes Ali and the Imams are
the rightful successors of Muhammed and the
concealment and Messianic return of the last
recognized Imam. Source:
Faith and Democracy
Sufi:
Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of
esoteric philosophy associated with Islam. In
modern language it might also be referred to as
"Islamic spirituality" or "Islamic mysticism".
Some non-Islamic Sufi organizations also exist,
especially in the West.
Source:
wikipedia Bahai According to Bahá'í teachings, religious
history is seen as an evolving educational process
for
mankind,
through
God's
messengers, which are termed
Manifestations of God.
Source:
Wikipedia
Branches of Islam Branches of Islam,
Sunni, Shiite, Sufi, Baha'ism, USA Black Muslims,
... making the number of Muslim Denominations
larger than those of Christianity. ...
Islam
is not an entirely unified religion, presenting
a single, monolithic face to the world. There
are a variety of sects in Islam which
offer differing ideas about theology and
politics.
Resources
Founder
Sacred
Text-The Koran
Denominations