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essay on understanding islam ​

Answer 1

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Understanding of Islam and its People

There are many misconceptions about religion, especially when it comes to the Islamic faith. A couple of these misconceptions include: the belief that Muslims seek to worship a different God and the idea that all Muslim women do not have rights and are mistreated and abused. Unfortunately, all the negative media attention surrounding incidents lead by Muslim terrorist groups skews the worlds views of the Muslim people and their culture. This is due to humans naturally being easily influenced by what they see and hear and in turn, due to a lack of knowledge on the subject, have let these publicized extreme events mold their minds into believing there is a problem with Muslim people as a whole. This creates many misinterpretations and misunderstandings of Islam. What people do not realize is that the majority of the negative events portrayed in the media are events led by extremist groups. Not all Muslims are terrorists. Just because Columbine happened in the United States does not mean that all students are going to shoot their schools up. It is groups like these that ruin the reputations of the masses. One large problem with this misinformed thought process is that the Islamic faith is the second largest religion in the world and makes up roughly 1.8 billion followers. According to BBC, Islam will become the number one religion in the world within the next fifty years. (“Islam: The World’s Fastest Growing Religion”).

Answer 2

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⭐ Islam is a monotheistic and universal religion teaching that Allah is the only one true God. In Arabic, the word Islam translates to “surrender,” as the believer surrenders oneself to Allah. (“ISLAM – The Meaning of Islam”). This is done through reading the words of the Quran or holy book. It is through this holy book that the message of God was passed on through his Prophet Muhammad. It is said that these holy words were revealed to Muhammad in a cave by the Angel Gabriel. The angel called to him three times saying to “recite in the name of thy God.” After some confusion, Muhammad recited the words so they could be recorded for future generations.

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⭐ This was considered to be a miracle, as Muhammad was illiterate and could not read the words for himself. In Islam, Muhammad is considered the last of a series of prophets and his message consummates and completes the “revelations” attributed to earlier prophets. (Mahdi and Rahman, 2019). When Prophet Muhammad died he did not have any sons to follow after him. He did have a daughter named Fatima and a cousin Ali who was also his son and law. It was because of these two procreating that Prophet Muhammad’s bloodline was able to carry on. This is what caused the split of Islam into two groups of people, the Sunni and the Shia Muslims.

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⭐ The Shia were supporters of Ali, thus supporting the bloodline. (Rogerson). Even though there was a split, the Muslim people as a whole believe in one God, angels, revelations, prophets, resurrection, and judgement. They believe in predestination and that if something happens it is because God wanted it to happen. Islam controls every aspect of its people’s lives. There are two characteristics that Muslims live by – structure and discipline. These characteristics help the Muslim people follow the 5 pillars. They are as follows: Declaration of faith (testimony), prayer 5 times a day, facing the direction of Mecca so that they face the Kaaba.