Islam

Islam is the Arabic term meaning "submision" or "surrender", this is the will of there God Allah. Early Arab Religion worshipped many Gods and nature spirits. During the early centuries of the Common Era there were although a minority of Christians and Jews in Arabia. "The Prophet" as he is know but he is actually named Muhammad had a difficult childhood as he was orphaned at a young age and then moved through two more homes before he was eventually adopted by his uncle. It is said that even at a young age Muhammad showed a deep and reflective character and often conversed with the Hanifs and also went in to the nearby hills for days on end to be in peace, pray and contemplate what were possibly, the "big deep questions" in religion. As he aged he began to hold all night rituals at Mount Hira, in a cave a few kilometres south of Mecca. He had many revelations at this spot, revelations, which eventually were the base of the religion he formed. The Qur'an is the Holy Book of Islam, which is worded by the actual commands given to the archangel Gabriel by God. The other text in the Islamic religion is the Sunna (traditions), which is based upon the Hadith (statements). This text is basically an autobiography of Muhammad who was considered to be the perfect Muslim and therefore is used as a role model in this text for other Muslims. This text contains various sayings, teachings and deeds of the prophet. The sunna is considered to be a secondary authority to that of the Qur'an. The basic beliefs of Muslims were summarised by Muhammad into five articles; The Muslims believe in Allah, in his angels, in his books, in his messengers and in the Final Day of Judgement. They also believe that God is the supreme judge and that there is life after death. The basic concept of Islam is the belief in one God and all others are thought of as insignificant fabrications. Muslims believe that Allah is their God, and any other's religion's views of God are not rue and do not rival Allah. They believe Allah is the eternal and all-powerful creator. It is in this way that Muslims believe that Christians are in error when they believe Jesus is as powerful as God although he is his son, they believe that decedents of any prophet or God are only regular people they don't have any special treatment unless they show their own special abilities. The Muslims believe that Allah is, as we believe our God is, all seeing, all knowing and all hearing. Ninety-nine titles of praise for Allah in the Muslim religion, these include; The Holy, The Merciful, The Generous, The Shelterer of Orphans, The friend of the Bereaved and The Deliverer from all Afflictions. The Muslim faith praises the angels of their God more than the Catholic faith does not praise their angels in this way although the angels of both faiths seem to share names, for example, Gabriel. The Qur'an has a large focus on the fact that Muslims should be free to choose their actions and that they will be eventually judged by God although according to this extract they are not said to have freedom of speech as we know it. Muslims have strong ethics to follow, which are basically they're religious law, The Five Pillars Of Islam. These are to believe there is no greater God than Allah, That