Muslim Religion
- Islam is a monotheistic religion that originated in the Middle east
- The founde of the relidion is Muhammad and he is the prophet in the religion
- Muslims believe that god is one and imcoparabel and thtathe n ly reson for life is to love and serve him
- The majorit of Muslim are Sunniabout 75 to 90 percent and Shia 15 to 20 percent
Spreading of the Religion
- The main reson was that the Quran was being p r inted adn widely distrubited throughout Islma
- there was more distinction between Muslims and Non musim that before and Muslims got more right than non Muslims
- The downsidethat kept soem away was the tax that all the muslims had to pay to be part of the religion
Where it is praticed
- Muslim have ritual prayer to the Mosque
- they can pry just about anywhere
- Muslims are required to attend friday prayers and holiday prayars at the mosque
- it si not required that these prayers are in the Mosque some convetion center are rentout for the Muslims
Allah
- means god in Arabic
- they believed that there is only on god
- The last prophet was Muhammad
The five pillars
- The Shahadah i tstify there ar no duteis other that god alone andi testify that Muhammad is the MEssenger of god muslims have to recite this in every prayer
- every muslims is expected to pray 5 times a day
- Alms Giving- Muslims give a fixed amount of money to charity
- Fasting: during Ramdan the Muslims are supposed to fast
- Pligrimage; all muslims are urged to go to Mecca Suadi Arabia
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