THE RELIGION OF ISLAM\nThe first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word "Islam" itself means.\n\nThe religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl Marx. Nor was it named after a tribe like Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam is the true religion of "Allah" and as such, its name represents the central principle of Allah's "God's" religion; the total submission to the will of Allah "God". The Arabic word "Islam" means the submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god worthy of worship "Allah" and anyone who does so is termed a "Muslim", The word also implies "peace" which is the natural consequence of total submission to the will of Allah. Hence, it was not a new religion brought by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Arabia in the seventh century,
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I will quote Shakespeare when I say \n\nWhat's in a name? That which we call a rose\nBy any other word would smell as sweet.\n\nactions speak louder than words. Islam claims to be a religion of peace but has yet to proven itself so.
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THIS is the translaition of the arbic statment \n Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr: The Prophet said, "A Muslim is the one who avoids harming Muslims with his tongue and HANDs. And a Muhajir (emigrant) is the one who gives up (abandons) all what Allah has forbidden."  (Book #2, Hadith #9)\n=================\nIslam comes from the root word ‘salaam’, which means peace. It also means submitting one’s will to Allah (swt). Thus Islam is a religion of peace, which is acquired by submitting one’s will to the will of the Supreme Creator, Allah (swt).
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Osama IS NOT the leader of Islam he is a radical terrorist who uses and manipulates the teaching of the Quran to promote his own political agenda. Islam preaches peace and submission. I was raised Cristian and and Converted. I was very ignorant before I picked up a Quran myself and read it. Please do not fall into the trap of believing only what you hear and see from the Media. I have many reason to back everything up and if you want a personal discussion about this I would love to IM.
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Firstly, i'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to answer this question.\n\nI love Islam because it is the only religion that makes sense. And the beauty of it, is beyond words. for example:\n\nIslam Believes that Jesus, like the other prophets came with the same message of Worshiping the Creator alone. If you look in a red lettered bible (which highlights everything that Jesus PBUH is said to have said) never once did he tell people to worship him. on the contrary, he said to "Worship thy father alone" i.e. Worship God Alone.\n\n \nSecondly, with reguards to Islam.\n\nIf you believe\n1. that there is no object worthy of worship but Allah (God)\n2. you believe in the angles\n3. Heaven and hell\n4. The Books that came before (the Old testament, Gospels, Quran)\n5. you believe in the all the Prophets of God starting from Adam, including Moses, Jesus, Abraham, Noah, and Muhammad peace be upon all of them)\nand finally\n6. Divine decree.\n\nthan welcome to Islam.\n\nFinally, if you do not wish to listen to anything i've said, at least do one thing which you have nothing to lose.\n\nSeek guidance from God himself to guide you on the strait path, and see where it leads you.\n\nI Swear by Allah, that if you Sincerely and whole-heartedly ask Him for Guidance to the truth. He will lead you to it.\n\nyou have nothing you lose.\n\nI ask God to guide you all to the truth. ameen.
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Islam, the religion of over 1.2 billion in the world, provides humankind with a unified view about the purpose of our creation and existence, our ultimate destiny and our place among other creatures. It is a way of life that is in complete conformance with nature, and with reason, logic and science.\n\nThe Arabic word Islam means voluntary surrender \n\nto the will of Allah and obedience to His commands. Allah is an Arabic word, the proper name of God. Muslims prefer to use the word Allah rather than God. A person who freely and consciously accepts the Islamic way of life and sincerely practices it is called a Muslim.\n\nBASIC BELIEFS \n\nTAWHID is the most important Islamic belief. It implies that everything in existence originates from the one and only Creator, who is also the Sustainer and the sole Source of Guidance. This belief should govern all aspects of human life. Recognition of this fundamental truth results in a unified view of existence that rejects any divisions of life into the religious and the secular. Allah is the sole source of Power and Authority and therefore entitled to worship and obedience from mankind. There is no scope for any partnership with the Creator. Tawhid teaches man that Allah is not born, nor is anyone born of Him. He has no son or daughter. Human beings, like the rest of creation, are His subjects.\n\nRISALAH means Prophethood and Messengership. Allah has not left humanity without guidance for the conduct of our affairs. Since the creation of the first human, Allah has revealed His guidance to mankind through His prophets. The prophets who received books from Allah are called messengers. The message of all the prophets and messengers is one and the same. They urged the people of their time to obey and worship Allah alone and none other. Whenever the teachings of a prophet were distorted by people Allah sent another prophet to bring human beings back to the Straight Path. The chain of Risalah began with Adam, included Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Lot, Jacob, Joseph, Moses and Jesus, and ended with Muhammad (peace be upon them all), as the final messenger of Allah to mankind.\n\nThe revealed books from Allah are: the Torah (Tawrah), the Psalms (Zabur), the Gospel (Injeel) and the Qur’an. The Qur’an was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (p)1, as the final book of Guidance. Among all these books, it is only the Qur’an that remains unchanged, in its original revealed form.\n\nAKHIRAH means life after death. Belief in Akhirah has a profound impact on the life of a believer. We are all accountable to Allah on the Day of Judgment when we will be judged according to how we lived our lives. One who obeys and worships Allah will be rewarded with a permanent place of happiness and bliss in Paradise (Jannah); One who does not do so will be sent to Hell (Jahannam), a place of punishment and suffering.\n\nFIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM \n\nIslam has five pillars or basic foundations of action. Acting correctly and sincerely on these foundations transforms a Muslim’s life into one that is in harmony with nature and thus in conformity with the will of the Creator. Faithful practice of these duties inspires her to work towards the establishment of justice, equality and righteousness in society, and the eradication of injustice, falsehood and evil.\n\n1. SHAHADAH, the first of the five basic foundations, is the declaration, knowingly and voluntarily, of: La ilaha illal lahu Muhammadur rasulul lah. “There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah”\nThis declaration is the basis of all actions in Islam, and the other basic duties follow this affirmation.\n2. SALAH (compulsory prayer) is offered five times a day. It is a practical demonstration of faith, and keeps a believer in touch with her Creator. The benefits of Salah are far-reaching, long lasting and immeasurable. It develops in a believer the qualities of self-discipline, steadfastness and obedience to the Truth, leading her to be patient
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Terrorists have no religion. The Islam does not teach terorism. But when some Muslim commits a terror-like crime and kills others and the Islam does not condemn it, on the contrary idolizes it, the Islam becomes a terrorist religion. The scriptures are carrying the  message of peace and love for humanity.
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First of all Islam means totally submitting to God's will in every aspect of life. We believe that worshiping God alone and submitting to Him (Islam) is the core of every message that God has sent to the world, and thus the most important teachings of all God's messengers are the same.\nDifferences in the messages were in secondary issues and not in the core beliefs. Each message was appropriate for the time period in which it was sent. Since Islam was the last message sent by God, He Glory be to Him made it appropriate for every time and place.\n\nSo in the core beliefs we are Muslims (submitters to God) just like Jesus peace be upon him and all the messengers from Adam until Mohammed peace be upon them all.
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Islam & not muslim. Muslim is the term given to the follower of Islam.The community is called the Muslim communtiy or The Islam Community And the collective term is Muslims(i didnt mean to offend ㅗㅡ.ㅡㅗ)
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Islam is defined by it's five pillars:\n1. To bear witness that there is none worthy of worship save Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah.\n\n2. To observe Prayer (Salat).\n\n3. To Pay Zakat (Alms giving)\n\n4. To perform the Pilgrimage to the House of Allah (Hajj).\n\n\n5. To Observe fasting during Ramadhan." (Bukhari)
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Islam honors all the prophets who were sent to mankind. Muslims respect all prophets in general, but Jesus in particular, because he was one of the prophets who foretold the coming of Muhammad. Muslims, too, await the second coming of Jesus. They consider him one of the greatest of Allah's prophets to mankind. A Muslim does not refer to him simply as "Jesus," but normally adds the phrase "peace be upon him" as a sign of respect. \nNo other religion in the world respects and dignifies Jesus as Islam does. The Qur'an confirms his virgin birth (a chapter of the Qur'an is entitled "Mary"), and Mary is considered to have been one of the purest women in all creation. The Qur'an describes Jesus' birth as follows: \n\n"Behold!' the Angel said, God has chosen you, and purified you, and chosen you above the women of all nations. Mary, God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and in the Hereafter, and one of those brought near to God. He shall speak to the people from his cradle and in maturity, and he shall be of the righteous. She said: "My Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me?' \nHe said: "Even so; God creates what He will. When He decrees a thing, \nHe says to it, 'Be!' and it is." [3:42-47]\n\nMuslims believe that Jesus was born immaculately, and through the same power which had brought Eve to life and Adam into being without a father or a mother.\n\n"Truly, the likeness of Jesus with God is as the likeness of Adam. He created him of dust, and then said to him, 'Be!' and he was." [3:59]\n\nDuring his prophetic mission, Jesus performed many miracles. The Qur'an tells us that he said: \n\n"I have come to you with a sign from your Lord: I make for you out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, and breathe into it and it becomes a bird by God's leave. And I heal the blind, and the lepers, and I raise the dead by God's leave." [3:49]\n\nMuhammad and Jesus, as well as the other prophets, were sent to confirm the belief in one God. This is referred to in the Qur'an where Jesus is reported as saying that he came:\n\n"To attest the law which was before me, and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden you; I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, so fear God and obey me." [3:50]\n\nProphet Muhammad emphasized the importance of Jesus by saying: \n"Whoever believes there is no god but Allah, alone without partner, that Muhammad is His messenger, that Jesus is a servant and messenger of God, His word breathed into Mary and a spirit emanating from Him, and that Paradise and Hell are true, shall be received by God into Heaven. [Bukhari]
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Hey my dear frnd The True religion of GOD is ISLAM. Cozeverything thts hapenning now is mentioned in Quran. LIke the disaster hapening now. Its mentioned in Quaran tht Before the world comes to an end people r gonna face various disasters like earthquakes, tsunami, war b/w nations. etc etc.............\n\nCheck this out www.harunyahya.com
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First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their concern and questions on my religion.  It brings joy to me to see so many wanting to find the truth.\n\nThat said, there are some importnat notes we most consider.\n\n1. As Muslims we cannot lie about anything, especially about our religion.\n\n2. We have original recorded sources of our religion:\n\nA) The Quran\n\nB) Teachings of Muhammad.\n\nThis is a very unique part of Islam, not available in any other ancient religions.\n\n3. Sometimes "questions" contain misinformation. We must qualify what it is that someone is saying against what they are implying.\n\n4. If you find the answer to your question makes you say, "I didn't know that" or "This is good" are you ready to worship your God and your Lord without and partners?\n\nThis what Islam is really all about. The most important subject is the worship of Almighty God, without any partners or associates or "gods" besides Almighty God.\n\n\nYou speak of an arabic word when you do not know the language nor what the word means.\n\nNow, Islam is an arabic word. In order to understand what it means we must look at it in arabic rather than english.\n\nThe root word is s-l-m. Which has 5 distinct meanings:\nSurrender\nSubmission\nObey\nSincerity\nand Peace.\n\nSo you see, Islam is Surrendering and Submitting to the Will of Allah by obeying His Commandments in sincerity and peace.\n\nLike in English, the verb would be submitt, someone doing this would be a submitter. the er at the end makes it clear that it is an attribute to a person. In arabic, -mu is added but to the beginning of the word. For example, Islam would eb a Mu-islam, or just Muslim. Hajir, means to make pilgrammage, to miagrate, and so forth, a person would be called a muhajir. Once that is understood, then you can see that all "Mu-Islam"s do is surrender, submit, obey Allah in sincerity and peace.\n\nNow, what is this "Allah" that I speak of? "It makes no sense" Well, like in english, you have God and god, Gods or goddess. In arabic, there is ilah, which means god, eliha, which means gods. Howeever, in arabic, it also means someone to be worshiped. Allah is The One and Only God, it cannot be made plural nor genderized. It is not lower case nor upper case. IT is clear. So, Allah is The One and Only God to be worshiped.\n\nNow, from the time of ADam to Muhammad peace be upon them all, there was only one thing being preached, Islam, which you can substitute for "Surrendering, submitting, and obeying the Will of Allah(The One and Only God to be Worshiped) in sincerity and peace" . They all preached this same thing, therfore making them Muslims. This means that What we have today as Islam was actually a way of life, a verb, that was followed by all the prophets of Allah Almighty.\n\nSo once you can understand this, we can see that It isnt Allah's Words that are constatnly changing it is Man's words. Allah keeps on sending the same messege. In arabic the word Man is Insaan which comes from the root word, Nasa(bear with my translations) which means to forget.\nSo what did Adam preach to his children and grandchildren and so forth? To Surrender, submit, obey the Will of the One and Only God to be worshiped in sincerity and peace. (peace be upon Adam)\nWhat did Noah peace be upon him preach to his people?the same thing.\nWhat did Moses peace be upon him preach to his people?the same thing.\nDavid?Soloman?Jacob?Ishmael?Isaac?Abraham?and all the rest?peace be upon them all.the same thing, they all preached the same thing.\n\nSo now, and I dont have time to continue all of this, What did Jesus peace be upon him preach? All the prophets preached that Islam(To Surrender, submit, obey the Will of the One and Only God to be worshiped in sincerity and peace.) was the correct and only way. So why would Jesus peace be upon him say otherwise?Why would he preach otherwise? Of course he didnt.
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first of all islam states that:\ngod is the only power that decides who lives, who dies, who gets sick, who gets rich or poor, god decides everything and everything happens within and under his authorization and full control.\nsecondly,\nsatan, the devil, lucifer, nosfirato, shaytaan, or whatever he is called, here is his story in islam based on the holy words of god in quraan:\nsatan was an angel just like other angels, he was created out of fire, while humans where made out of mud or clay or (dust and/or water) ( as many as referenced ).\ngod created angels first, they serve god and praise him all the time, he then created human and told the angels to kneel/bow to adam ( the first human ). all angels obeyed god except satan, he denied to kneel for adam and he said to god ( how do u want me to kneel to him when u made me out of fire and made him out of clay ) he was too proud to kneel for adam.\nofcourse this angered god and god promised him eternal hell, then satan as an act of replying to god, he told him ( i will seduce all humans to sin and misguide them from your way ), ofcourse satan hates humans and just wants to drive as many to hell with him as he can;\ngod told him ( do what you want, those who follow you will burn in hell with you forever. those who love me, those who worship me, those you wont have any authority on them, i shall embrace them and those shall be heaven ).\nin islam we beleive that we are all slaves of god, he is the only creator, the only god, the only power, the only forgiveness for our sins towards him, and the only one who decides who goes to heaven or hell, and the most merciful on us his slaves.\n\nsatan has no powers except whispering in your ear, making the sin look justified or seem tempting.\nAllah almighty said in quraan those meanings ( Satan will lead you to sin, he will make it look good, he will justify it, he will even make it look like the right thing to do, and Once you commit a sin, he will abandon you as his mission is accomplished ( thats why you regret doing a sin right after it, cuz he aint talking to u anymore, its ur god given consceince), Satan hates humans as they are the reason that god forsaken him, he hates humans because he thinks we are inferior to him, and he hates humans so he is trying to take as many as possible with him to hell )\n\nOnly God allah subhanah wa taala, Only him has the power of choosing who lives and who dies, Soul is already from god, nobody can ever create or end soul it is from god.\n\nall muslims hate satan, and we have books about his ways and manipulations, his lurings and temptings to sins, and we spend time studying them so we wont get dragged into them again.\n\npeace and blessings\nmuslim.
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If you need more info and wanna learn religion of islam, please visit www.themuslimcommunity.com , its a good islamic forum <<< you can ask question's to people there on the forum, they will answer your question regarding islam
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To find out general facts about Islam their are many websites such as \nhttp://www.fisabilillah.org/ebooks.asp\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam\n\n1) Muslims do not spend the interest they earn on any bank account/building society account they have.  This is becasue Muslims belive that you should spend money that they have earned not free money if you can call it that.http://www.mustaqim.co.uk/usury.htm\n\n2) One in five people in the world is a Muslim and\njust under two million Muslims live in the UK.\n\n3)  Muslims women have many rights, such as The right and duty to obtain education. The right to have their own independent property. The right to work to earn money if they need it or want it. Equality of reward for equal deeds. and many more\n\n4) Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan; this is the month that Mohammed performed his meditation and the quran Islams holy book was revealed.  \n\n5) Islam is a complete way of life that governs all facets of life: moral, spiritual, social, political, economical, intellectual, etc.\n\n6) Muslims accept the original unaltered Torah (the Gospel of Moses) and the original Bible (the Gospel of Jesus) since they were revealed by God. However, none of those original scriptures are in existence today, in their entirety. Therefore, Muslims follow the subsequent, final, and preserved revelation of God, the Holy Qur'an.\n\n7) Terrorism, unjustified violence and the killing of innocent people are absolutely forbidden in Islam. Islam is a way of life that is meant to bring peace to a society, whether its people are Muslim or not. The extreme actions of those who claim to be Muslim may be, among other things, a result of their ignorance or uncontrolled anger. Tyrant rulers and those who commit acts of terrorism in the name of Islam are simply not following Islam. These people are individuals with their own views and political agendas. Fanatical Muslims are no more representative of the true Islamic teachings than Timothy McVeigh or David Koresh are of Christianity. Extremism and fanaticism is a problem that is common to all religious groups. Anyone who thinks that all Muslims are terrorists should remember that the famous boxer Muhammad Ali, perhaps the most celebrated person of our era, is a practicing Muslim.\n\n8) Muslim women wear the head-covering (hijab) in fulfillment of God's decree to dress modestly. From a practical standpoint, it serves to identify one as attempting to follow God in daily life and, therefore, protects women from unwanted advances from men. This type of modest dress has been worn by righteous women throughout history. Prominent examples are traditional Catholic Nuns, Mother Teresa and the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus.\n\n9)Allah: is Arabic for God and is the same word used by many Christian Arabs. Allah is the same God worshipped by Christians and Jews.\n\n10) Jihad: means ‘to exert ones utmost’.  Muslims consider that the greatest Jihad is to struggle for inner growth in their daily lives.
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No, I don't agree Islam is the best religion. Basically, the original teachings of Islam is the same as the original teachings of Christianity. So if Islam is the best, then what about Christianity?\n\nTalking about Muslims, which Muslims are you referring to? The Arab Muslims or the Chinese Muslims? There are millions of Chinese Muslims in China that don't resort to terrorism.\n\nThe one to be blamed is NOT Muslims, or Christians, or Jews, etc BUT the human race itself that always seem to misunderstood every teachings of God's prophets.\n\nHave this Muslim historian ever studied Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism and Zen? If he/she does, honestly and open-minded, then I can bet he/she will never say Islam is the best religion.\n\nAnd the worst followers are the human race itself. Even the best religious and spiritual teachings can be ruined by human ignorance.
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One of main world-wide religions; developed later than Christianity and have much common things with it. \n\nIt has been blamed for many things recently without any ground. These attacks are masked with fight for human rights, but serve only for racism and slavery type globalisation.\n\nLack of knowledge about Islam in different countries creates a favourite environment for such actions.