One man, commonly referred to as the "Prophet," or "Messenger," brought the world one of the most widely practiced religions of today. He is known as Muhammad. All followers of Islam, known as Muslims, recognize Muhammad as the founder. Similarly to Judaism and Christianity, I...

The spread of Islam all started sometime around the 4th or 5th century A.D. when Elijah Muhammad (who is known as the last prophet) had a vision. In this time period, centuries ago, the spreading, practicing, or even any affiliation that went against the the religion that was already in place was s...

Although Islam is less known than Christianity, it is the fastest growing religion in the in our country today. Islam is actually derived form Christianity. History books indicate that one night in the year 610, the first of many revelations came to Muhammad from God by way of the angel Gabriel. Th...

A Comparison of Islam and Hinduism There are many differences, and a few similarities that can be found when comparing Islam and Hinduism. The preceding paragraphs will concentrate on comparing these specific areas: Background, Idea of God, Creation, Salvation, and Destiny. Firstly, we must...

Islam Islam, which in Arabic means submission to God or Allah is the youngest religion of the world. It is a monotheistic religion and one of the Abrahamic religions. Islam arose from the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, who received the Holy Scriptures of Islam, the Quran, from Alla...

The Islamic faith is the second largest religion in the world today, composing one-fifth of the world's population. The word Islam is defined as the surrender to the will of God, and peacefulness in that surrender to God. A monotheistic faith, Islam is based on three doctrines; The Oneness o...

The UnIslamic Nation of Islam The mention of the "Nation of Islam" will undoubtedly cause an immense number of responses in any situation. To some, this organization symbolizes blatant racism. To others, it is seen as a savior of the black community. Regardless of one's opi...

Islam In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful. Praise be to Allah lord of the worlds. Some people claim that Muslims worship one of the pagan gods of the Arabs. Allah, according to these people, is only the name of those idols chosen by Muhammad as his god out of 360 idols worshi...

Islam Vs. Christianity On the surface, Islam and Christianity appear to have very little in common, however, as you get deeper into areas such as rituals, beliefs, ethics, founders, and sacred objects, the two show strong mutual similarities, particularly in the fundamental areas, while being tot...

Islam is a religion that encompasses one fourth of the world's population today. This religion has been around since the Prophet Muhammad came to speak the words of Allah. Ever since this, Islam has been a growing religion, with its promises of the future and loyalty to a monotheistic god. ...

Basically, the situation happened in Romeo and Juliet contrast with my beliefs and values. As a muslim, the greatest love that a person should have is the love between a muslim and ALLAH swt. However, we are not prohibited from loving each other as our Prophet Nabi Muhammad saw ask us to love all ou...

Islam was a very strong force. Thus it met something even stronger known as Hinduism. Islam was spreading rapidly until it reached Hinduism in India. It was halted by Hinduism's strong basic beliefs. It strived even though the very violent ways of Islam. Countries surrounding India were conve...

1. Heraclius ID: Heraclius was born in Cappadocia, in Anatotlia, somewhere around 575. In 610, his father, the governor of Carthage (Africa), sent him to Constantinople to overthrow the tyrant Phocas. This venture was successful and Heraclius was proclaimed emperor on October 5, 610 Si...

On September 11, 2001 Islamic terrorists hijacked American airplanes leaving from Washington DC and headed west towards California. After hijacking the planes the men flew two planes into the World Trade Center in New York and one plane into the Pentagon in Washington DC. A fourth plane hijacked cra...

Islamic Critique of Modern American Society What would Mohammad have said if he visited America today? Would he have nice things to say about the way Americans live, or would he be disappointed when he saw our way of life? Would he be impressed with our technological wonders – things like c...

Although not the first monotheistic (believe in one god) religion, the Muslims were still able to have a very large impact on world history. All though they were unsuccessful in conquering originally, the Muslims eventually succeeded in spreading the religion of Islam throughout lower Europe and u...

What is the nature of God? Belief in God shapes the way people live their lives. Belief in God gives people something to hope for, someone to believe in, no matter what their situation in life might be. The early Aztecs believed that only their rain god Tlaloc could relieve their farms from seve...