Introduction of Islam

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Introducing Islam

Introduction

Islam is one of the major religion in the world, its monotheism or believes in a single God. The original language of Islam is Arabic. Islam is the Arabic word and it means peace or submission. Muslims are the followers of Islam, The meaning of the Muslim is a person who submit him for the will of God. In 622A.D Islam was founded and the Muhammad the prophet was the founder of it, but according to some Muslims faith Islam existed before (Jeremiah 25).

By 656 Islam was spread on the entire Arabian Peninsula. After that it spread to three continents Asia, Africa and Europe. It expanded even more rapidly after the Prophet's death. The Empire continued to expand and Islam gradually became the chosen faith of the majority of its inhabitants. Some of the reasons that Islam spread so rapidly was that Islam calls for faith in only One God worthy of worship (Braswell, 41).

The Qur'an is the holy book that Muslims follow. Muslims also practice the five pillars. It is like the summary of that Islam believes and practice or what they need to believe or practice. They are 1.To recite at least once during their lifetime the shahadah (the creed: "There is no God but God and Muhammad is his Prophet"). 2.To perform the salat (prayer) 5 times a day. 3. To donate regularly like 2.5% of your income to the church. 4. To fast during the month of Ramadan (first revelation of the Qur'an from God to Muhammad). 5. To visit Mecca at least once in his\her lifetime. This 5 pillars or beliefs are explain the Qur'an and are very important to the Muslims (Jeremiah 22).

History

Islam rose to prominence around the seventh century around Mecca and Medina...