Islamic Religion Essay Research Paper Islamic ReligionTodays

Islamic Religion Essay, Research Paper

Islamic Religion

Todays Muslims are branded as terrorists or fudamentalist. But their religion is a gentle

religion. On the Arabian Penninsula, home of the Arabs, was isolated and they were able to

develop their civilization without outside influences. It is about 1 million miles square, that is

located between the Red sea and the Persian Gulf. There are two distinctive regions. The first

has well-watered valleys between mountains and the second is arid plains and desert. Grass

grows quickly during the showes of the rainy season. In ancient times the Arabs were bedouin

(nomads that hersed sheep, goats, and camels. and lived in tents made made of felt from camel

or goat hair.) They ate fresh or dried dates and drank milk from their herds. On special

occasions they ate mutlon. their tribes were made of related families. They valued family ties

becuase because they ensured they ensured protection and survival. They had a chief (sheikh).

The sheikh ruled as long as the tribe allowed him. They had a counsil of elders. There was

warfare over waterholes and pastures. Their way of punishment is an eye for sn eye and a tooth

for a tooth. To improve warrior skills they had camel and horse. They had story telling in frount

of the campfire. They had poetry about battles, desert, camels, horses, and love.

In 500 A.D. they started a town called Makkah, which was fifty miles inland of the Red

sea. Trade was mostly of animal producys for weopeans dates grains, spices, jewels ivory, silk,

and perfumes. They had caravans travel there from as for china.

Arabs had and worshipped many ditied business ties were replaceing family ties, and old

tribal laws were not adequat Byzantine and the Persin armies were threatining to conquer them.

The tribes had the some language but they had no central goverment, or sense of unity, The

Arabs searched for new beliefs.

The prohet of Islam was muhammad. He was born in Makkah in 570 A. D. . He was

orphaned at an early age and was adopted by his uncle. He worked as a carovan leader on a

trade route. He was know to be honest and able. His employer khadij’a ,a weakthy window if age

40, put him in charge of this business and proposed marriage to him.

He went to a cave outside the city in 610 A.D. to pray and fast reveloution (vision) there.

He was told to recite. “Recite in the name of your lord, the creator who created man from clots

of blood. Rwcite! Your lord os the most bountiful one who by the pen has taught mankind things

they didn’t know.” His second vision to rise and worn people. In 613 A.D. he preached to his

family and friends that there was one god. And all that belived in him are equal.The rich shared

with poor lots of the converts were poor. The rich merchants and the religious leaders did not

like,Mushamad and the Muslims were persecuated. After some theats on his life in 632 A.D. he

sent 60 families to Yathrib.And then follewes them in secret(Known then as the Hjrah

immirgration). 622 A.D. os know on the Musslim calandar as the frist year. Muhamad became

the rules of Yathris then it was called Medinch al-Neb orMadinah ”the city of the priphet.”The

Madinch Compact of 624 A.D. was the foundation of Islanie state. Muhamad was the Judge and

commander in chief. Quxan was their bible of Ialam. They extended proection, to Jews and

christiand who accepted Islams political authoriyt. Makkems invaded Yathrib,and the Muslims

fought in self defense.The Makkans were defeated. And the Muslims won support of the Arab

groups outside of Madinsh. They later invaded Makkah and hod little resistance.They accepted

Islamic Religion and Muhammad. Islanic Religion and Muhammed. They destroyed idols, and

turned the shrine of prohet Abraham into a place of worship. Makkah was the spiritual capital

and Mdinth into the political capital. In 631 A.D. the Arabian Peninsula was supported by an

army representing each of the Arab tribes. Muhammad later died at Madinah in 632 A.D.

Beliefs

The Quran was the divine messages from God over a peroid of 22 years. It was written

down or memorized that was compiled into a written collection(Quran). is the final matters of

faith and lifestyles. It was written in Arabic. It is stories, teachings, and exhorations of what is

written in the Bible.

Values

Basic Moral values in the Quran are similar to Christanity and Judasim.Murder, lying,

stesling and adultury are condemened.Honor parents, protect wideous and orphans, show

kindness to neighoors and give maney to the poor. They weren’t allowed to eat pork. drink

alchol; gambaling. They have rules for marriage, disorce, family life businss prastices, and

property inheritences. Law is not seperated from religion. There is no rated in order of clergy.

Sharii’ ah organization moral principles into a body of law. Based on Quren and Hadith ( sayings

of Muhammad) covered all aspects of Muslism private and public lif

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