What are some values of the Islamic Religion?
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Besides what Sherzade and Smiley mentioned I would add a few more.\n\nCleanliness is very important in Islam and it's said that it alone is the basis for half the faith.\nBan against drug/alcohol. We all know the terrible side effects of these substances.\nBan against gambling. Imagine one lucky casino operator and another lucky winner getting rich, where as the most getting poor and some into serious financial problems.\nBan against eating pork: The dirtiest and most unhealthy of all animals.\nBan against sex before marriage. We all know whats going on in america where pre-marital sex is prevalent. Women have become sex objects and these days middle schoolers are having sex as it considered cool! and nothing is done about it.
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YOu have to look at what Islam teaches you.\nFor jut a moment, disregard what others tell you about the violence people are accusing islam of.\n\nIslam teaches to respect life. IT is forbidden to harm anything, human, plant, insect, animals for no reason\n\nIT is forbidden to lie, backbite.\nIts a duty of every muslim, to help the needy, the poor, orphans, visit the sick.\n-Be good to ones neighbour.\n-Vist others and have food with them, regardless of faith.\n-Respect others faith, muslim or not.\n-Have patience, and enjoin the good, forbid the evil\n-Believe in one and only one God.\n-It is forbidden to commit any sort of crime, robbery.\n-Do not hurt another person, physically or emotionally.\n-Respect ones parents to the utmost- do not talk back to them, do not talk loud infront of them, walk behind them as a sign of respect.\n-Acquire knowlege, \n-Use this life in the most beneficial way possible.\n-Society and house manners should be maintained.\n-Be humble and have humility, do not be arrogant.\n\nSo you see, Islam is a beutiful religion, and it teaches one to be good and humble.\n\nAs for the violence, its a shame that some muslims do not understand the rules of Islam and tend to interprete it themselves the wrong way.\nYou cannot really blame the religion for how its followers are not following it correctly.
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"Islam" is derived from the Arabic word "salom," meaning "peace." "Muslim" literally means "one who submits," as in "submits to the will of God."
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What is Islam? \n\nThe word "Islam" is an Arabic word that means "submitting and surrendering your will to Almighty God". The word comes from the same root as the Arabic word "salam", which means peace. Unlike the names used for other religions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, the name “Islam” was both revealed by God and mentioned explicitly in the Holy Scripture – The Qur’an. Islam carries a deep spiritual meaning — only by submitting one’s will to Almighty God can one obtain true peace both in this life and in the life hereafter. Islam teaches that all religions originally had the same essential message — which was to submit whole-heartedly to the will of God and to worship Him and Him alone. For this reason, Islam is not a new religion but is the same divinely revealed Ultimate Truth that God revealed to all prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them all). \n\nWho are Muslims? \n\nThe Arabic word "Muslim" literally means "someone who submits to the will of God". The message of Islam is meant for the entire world and anyone who accepts this message becomes a Muslim. Some people mistakenly believe that Islam is just a religion for Arabs, but nothing could be further from the truth, since in actuality over 80% of the world's Muslims are not Arabs! Even though most Arabs are Muslims, there are Arabs who are Christians, Jews and atheists. If one just takes a look at the various peoples who live in the Muslim World — from Nigeria to Bosnia and from Morocco to Indonesia — it is easy enough to see that Muslims come from all different races, ethnic groups and nationalities. From the very beginning, Islam had a universal message for all people. This can be seen in the fact that some of the early companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) were not only Arabs, but also Persians, Africans and Byzantine Romans. Being a Muslim entails complete acceptance and active obedience to the revealed will of Almighty God. A Muslim is a person who freely accepts to base his beliefs, values and faith on the will of Almighty God. In the past (even though you don't see it as much today), the word "Mohammedans" was often used as a label for Muslims. This label is a misnomer and is the result of either willful distortion or sheer ignorance. One of the reasons for the misconception is that Europeans were taught for centuries that Muslims worshipped the Prophet Muhammad in the same way that Christians worship Jesus. This is absolutely not true since a Muslim is not permitted to worship anyone or anything besides Almighty God. \n\nWho is Allah? \n\nVery often one will hear the Arabic word "Allah" being used in regards to Islam. The word "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for Almighty God, and is the same word used by Arabic speaking Christians and Jews. If one were to pick up an Arabic translation of the Bible, one would see the word "Allah" being use where the word "God" is used in English. Actually, the Arabic word for Almighty God, "Allah", is quite similar to the word for God in other Semitic languages — for example, the Hebrew word for God is "Elah". For various reasons, some non-Muslims mistakenly believe that Muslims worship a different God than Jews and Christians. This is certainly not the case, since the Pure Monotheism of Islam calls all people to the worship of the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and all of the other prophets (peace be upon them). However, even though Jews, Christians and Muslims worship the same God — since there is only one true God — their concepts concerning Him differ in some significant ways. \n\nWho is Muhammad? \n\nThe last and final prophet that God sent to humanity was the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Muhammad explained, interpreted and lived the teachings of Islam. The Prophet Muhammad is the greatest of
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i am a muslim, and you are allowed to date, the major factor is that the religion of islam tends to be more on the vague side, allowing poeple to interpret and practice in whatever way they feel is right in their hearts.  the problem with the mulsims over seas is that they tend to read the koran (holy book similar to bible and christianity) and read every word literally and are unwilling to change with time.  overall it is the basic meaning of the koran that should be sought after, not the word for word exact definition.  i hope this was clear and gives you a little more insight.
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I know that it’s a widely-followed monotheistic, Abrahamistic religion centered around the words the prophet Muhammed/Muhammad, believed to be the last prophet of God. There is a high concentration of Muslims in Asia and North Africa. They follow tenets the same way most other organized faiths do and pricipally they aspire to maintain a lifestyle of purity, integrity and peace. Like most religions of the same tone, Islam promotes an afterlife that will be reached upon death if one has measured up to the qualities desired by God in His people.\n\nI also know that Islam is attractive to extremists because it is considered very “across the board” and, in limiting interpretation, leaves the door wide open for individual interpretation of the core meanings of the will of God.
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I dont think Islam respects anyone who doesnt see like they do, which may be true for other religions too, but "death to the infidels" is a uniquely Muslim idea that may bear upon the poor image.
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I know quite alot seeming I study Islam and Christian perspectives on moral issues.  Islam's holy book is the Qu'ran, Muhammad the seal of the prophets received the book over 23 years.Muhammad is not the founder of Islam, Muslims believe that God has been sending Revelations since the time of Adam and Eve. Muslims believe that everyone is born to Islam so people do not convert they revert. To be a Muslim means to Submit and surrender to the will of God.Muslims believe that the Qu'ran is the unaltered absolute word of God, they also follow the Hadith of Muhammad,they believe that the Qu'ran tells them what to do and the Hadith how to do it.The Hadith are sometimes called the sunnah depending on whether it is a Sunni or Sh'iah Muslim. There are five pillars of Islam shadhah, Hajj, Saum, zakah,salah . Things that are allowed are called Halal such as meat thats been killed according to Allah. I could really go on and on about Islam.
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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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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, but only the true religion of Allah re-expressed in its final form.\n\nIslam is the religion which was given to Adam, the first man and the first prophet of Allah, and it was the religion of all the prophets sent by Allah to mankind. The name of God's religion Islam was not decided upon by later generations of man. It was chosen by Allah Himself and clearly mentioned in His final revelation to man. In the final book of divine revelation, the Qur'an, Allah states the following:\n"This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion". (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:3)\n\n"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah (God) never will It be accepted of Him" (Surah Aal'imraan 3:85)\n\n"Abraham was not a Jew nor Christian; but an upright Muslim."\n(Surah Aal'imraan 3:67)\n\nNowhere in the Bible will you find Allah saying to Prophet Moses' people or their descendants that their religion is Judaism, nor to the followers of Christ that their religion is Christianity. In fact, Christ was not even his name, nor was it Jesus! The name "Christ" comes from the Greek word Christos which means the anointed. That is, Christ is a Greek translation of the Hebrew title "Messiah". The name "Jesus" on the other hand, is a latinized version of the Hebrew name Esau.\n\nFor simplicity's sake, I will however continue to refer to Prophet Esau (PBUH) as Jesus. As for his religion, it was what he called his followers to. Like the prophets before him, he called the people to surrender their will to the will of Allah; (which is Islam) and he warned them to stay away from the false gods of human imagination.\n\nAccording to the New Testament, he taught his followers to pray as follows: "Yours will be done on earth as it is in Heaven".\nTHE MESSAGE OF ISLAM\n\nSince the total submission of one's will to Allah represents the essence of worship, the basic message of Allah's divine religion, Islam is the worship of Allah alone and the avoidance of worship directed to any person, place or thing other than Allah. Since everything other than Allah, the Creator of all things, is Allah's creation; it may be said that Islam, in essence calls man away from the worship of creation and invites him to worship only its Creator. He is the only one deserving man's worship as it is only by His will that prayers are answered. If man prays to a tree and his prayers are answered, it was not the tree which answered his prayers but Allah who allowed the circumstances prayed for to take place. One might say, "That is obvious," however, to tree-worshippers it might not be. Similarly, prayers to Jesus, Buddha, or Krishna, to Saint Christopher, or Saint Jude or even to Muhammad, are not answered by them but are answered by Al
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I think above of all, global brotherhood among the muslims and the non muslims is the most important aspect in the present world. because everybody in this world beyond religious or political differences want to and has a right to live in peace.
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Islam is a peaceful religon, like most others.  It's the way humans interpret the teachings that cause problems.  Islam also states that the religon should be defended.
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hello.. i guess you are not being specific about what you really need to address.. alternatively, u can visit www.islamicfinder.org to seek ur answers..
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Islam ...it means a way of life...when you read and understand the Quran and the Hadith (the Prophet's teachings) you will come to realize that whatever was taught in Islam was preceeded by an event that needed resolving and Allah sent the message to the people through Prophet Muhammad so that they may lead a better life.  Islamic teachings go way beyond just prayers to Allah but also to his angels, messengers, and mankind.  He also taught us to deal with things in regular life such as finances, and will writing.  It teaches you to be kind to your friends, neighbours, and family, and give charity regularly.  There are so many aspects of the religion that just make sense at least to me and some others in the world.  If you really want a true feel for the religion, I suggest you read up on it yourself and if you have any questions than ask them so you can understand it better.  That goes with any religion.    Take care
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beside reliegon I think the most important part is humanity\nof course we believe that Islam is the most prfect religon according to humanity that has come after christanity to compelet it;so not disagreement with christanity
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aaah, I can tell you one thing, the religion is Islam.\nCheck out these links.