Muslim essays

Introduction It is very well known that the Abrahamic faiths particularly Islam and Judaism have a high concept of ethics and strict dietary requirements when it comes to food especially pertaining to meat. Ethical issues of food is often misunderstood and misrepresented in the modern Western world for example in 2019 in Belgium there was a national ban on the Muslim and Jewish method of slaughtering an animal due to ‘animal welfare concerns’ (Schreuer 2019). With Islam being the second...

Islam rose their religion rapidly throughout the world. The religion of Islam began in 610CE in Arabia. The Prophet of Islam is Muhammad, and he spread the religion with his followers in many different ways. Then Muhammad and his followers thought that Allah gave him a mission to tell people around the world that there is and was one god. Islam was an Arab religion, but it has spread throughout many regions because of the many practices and different beliefs...

The Abrahamic faiths of the twenty-first century in America include Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. These monotheist traditions were all born in the Middle East and have slowly intertwined with one another throughout history all the way up to the twenty-first century. When Abrahamic faiths were first conceived into the world, the traditional values, morals and practices have radically changed throughout time and they have adjusted to what society deems to be acceptable in the twenty-first century. Starting with the oldest...

Every religion have a really big history behind it. Every religion is a piece full religion and modest. Every religion is different but some believe are same. Such as they all believe on God and some how if you look carefully in every religion women have to cover head before they start praying. In order to respect God. Muslim is someone who practices Islam, believes on Allah and it’s a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.Muslims have holy book called Qur’an.muslims pray 5...

Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world, who strive in creating a “better world” through the oneness of humanity and good deeds with the guidance of sacred texts. With the influence of the Quran and Hadith, Muslims are able to live out a life of sole devotion to Allah, striving for personal peace as well as strengthening their submission to Him. Christians are guided by the Bible and other teachings of Jesus, such as the commandment...

Contraception is a typical thing that most of the individuals in our general public all think about and use. For the individuals who aren't mindful of what contraception is, contraception is a wide range of techniques to prevent conception (getting pregnant). The use of contraception is incredibly normal. However, to certain religions it is considered 'evil' or 'morally wrong'. In the current day greater part of the world’s population don't typically end up 'saving themselves' for marriage like most religions...

The treatment of women and minority groups has had a largely negative impact on the morally correct standards of religions. Christianity and Islam are the two biggest religions in the world. Their sacred texts (the Bible and Qu’ran) state clearly their opinions of how women should be seen; however, both the Bible and the Qu’ran treat outsiders/minorities (not including women) as equals. Christianity has now conceded to the fact that women were initially seen as a minority during the time...

Due to Christianity having multiple denominations their beliefs tend to vary. The most popular belief is that your afterlife depends on how you live your life now, much like with Islam. God will decide if your place is in heaven with him or in hell with the fallen angel Satan. In Christianity however your sins can easily be forgiven by confessing to them with a priest and being a generally good person and learning from your mistakes. Hell is a...

During ancient times, not a lot of Arabs were educated enough to know how to perform simple calculations in math, for instance. As of today’s generation, we have tools like calculators which help us perform simple calculations in a matter of seconds. Over time, more discoveries were made and Arabs realized that mathematics played an important role in the evolution of science which was advanced thanks to the Muslim scholars that helped deriving certain operations. For example, Al- Ma’mun gathered...

The looming presence of the afterlife plays a monumental role in the Islamic religion. Within the umbrella concept of the role that the afterlife plays to the Muslim community, things get complicated, as many different people in the Islamic religion believe the afterlife consists of a different experiences or purposes but there is a common idea of surrender to god and a life in the name of Allah. “Life is a gift given by God, not by man” The thought...

Islam is a universally known monotheistic religion which has different characteristics that are significant in its adherents daily lives to reach Jannah (Paradise). This is evident through Allah (PBUH) and his prophets sacred texts, ethics, rituals and ceremonies which are represented in the Quran and biblical stories throughout history. Islam has influenced over 1.8 billion adherents globally and impacts their belief systems and affects Islams dynamic, living religion and belief in a supernatural being. Islam revolves around five fundamental pillars...

In this project I am going to examine the influence of art paintings into photography, more specifically religious art (renaissance, christian art etc), whilst arguing if this modern medium of art has flipped the traditional sacramentality of these paintings on its head. This topic is particularly interesting to me because it discusses religion and christianity, which is a very wide and riveting subject anyway, but as a christian I find it almost natural to discuss something so familiar, despite the...

The existence of religions around the world helps understand why people of a certain faith behave in a certain way as compared to others. This includes their practices, based on their beliefs systems and bearing in mind that, despite the principle remaining the same, these practices change with time affecting behavior and mental process. Moreover, all religions have different sects of people practicing the religion differently based on their respective interpretations. The ideology of Faith is such that religion at...

Muhammad is one of the most regarded and influential men while talking about the Islam religion and how it initially started. He is known as the originator of Islam. He has added to the development of Islam and Mecca in different ways. Muhammad interfaces and contributes as a strict, social and political pioneer while additionally partaking in the uncommon job as the Prophet who was sent to introduce and affirm the monotheistic lessons that have been drilled by Adam, Moses,...

INTRODUCTION Topic of my report is “Situation of women before Islam in Arab, Iran, India and Rome” related to the main topic “Current Social, Moral and Political Challenges of Muslims” as the situation of women before Islam was worse in these nations and relating it with situation of women after advent of Islam and current situation women in these nations. Before Islam women had not a good status they were degraded in most of the nations. They were not given...

Islam means to achieve peace – peace with God, peace within oneself, and peace with the creations of God – through wholly submitting oneself to God and accepting His guidance. Believers of Islam are called Muslims. They believe that the Quran was spoken to Muhammad by the angel Fibril, and that it is the word of Allah. They view Muhammad as a messenger. Other beliefs and rules about what Muslims should do come from reports of what Muhammad taught, or...

Astrology’s history dates back to one of an ancient era of the 3rd Millennium B.C when Greek philosophers observed a connection of the celestial bodies with the calendrical system that was, in fact, a way to form a prediction of the seasons and the seasonal cycles. These predictions of the seasons have now formed the yearly calendars that are present at our homes today. Meaning astrology is focused on the relative particular movements observed from these celestial bodies in the...

Secularism is a belief system that rejects religion, or the belief that religion should not be part of the affairs of the state or part of public education.. Secularism, as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is the 'indifference to, or rejection or exclusion of, religion and religious considerations.' Another form of secularism is the view that public activities and decisions, especially political ones, should be uninfluenced by religious beliefs or practices In political terms In political terms, secularism is the...

Islam, major world religion promulgated by the prophet Muhammad in arabia in the 7th century CE. The Arabic term islam, literally “surrender” illuminates the fundamental religious idea of islam-that the believer accepts surrender to the will of Allah. Allah is viewed as the sole God-creator,sustainer, and restorer of the world. The will of Allah, to which human beings must submit, is made known through the sacred scriptures, the quran, which Allah revealed to his messenger, Muhammad. In islam Muhammad is...

The starting point to one of the most successful religions took place in an arid desert with scorching hot temperatures. This peninsula, in the Middle East, known as Arabia was located between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. This desert is where a prophet would emerge and create an everlasting impact on a civilization known as Islam. Through multiple conquests Islam spread like wildfire throughout parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, changing their government, religion, culture, economics, and military...

RELIGIOUS OBJECTS Compared to other religions, Islamic religion is perhaps not as concerned about religious objects, but Muslims do consider some objects sacred such as the Quran, the prophet's belongings, the minaret, the minbar, the ka'aba and black stone, among others. The Quran The Quran is Islam's holy book. Muslims believe it to be God’s literal word. They follow specific rules in reading and handling the Quran. They are expected to handle the Quran with utmost honor through rules such...

Through the history different belief systems and religions have arisen in which genders’ social standing has varied in some degree. Among all these religions, Islam is one of the most worshipped ones; therefore, how women are socially active, and how they are treated in this belief system should be discussed. Even though there are mainstream stereotypes claiming that women are mainly discriminated in Islam, actually in this religion females and males are perceived to be equal in many aspects. I...

The world in which we live deems the Islamic faith as one associated with terrorism. Just the other day, my friend and I were doing homework in the library. He asked me what assignment I was working on due to my excitable and aggressive typing, I excitedly answered, “a theology assignment, I have to write about Islam”, to which he responded, “Oh, you mean the religion with the terrorists”. I asked him what he knew about the faith, he had...

Many exhibitions devoted to Antiquity cultures have had the intention of revealing humankind's objective to keep on searching. For many years, man has spent some of his precious time answering questions to gain a deeper understanding of other people as well as their cultures. Consequently, the worlds of Islam and Christendom remains to be very fundamental in demystifying some of these issues. The world of Islam, for example, existed at a time that statements emphasizing how East and West are...

Freud’s psychoanalytic theory is a personality theory which says that people go through different life stages of development, It basically focuses on the unconscious factor in which our drives are present which are the reason for our motivation, human mind also has three provinces which include: ID- pleasure principle, present entirely in unconscious. Has all our impulses, desires and pleasures. Ego- Reality principle, operates both in subconscious and conscious, it basically tries to fulfil id’s desire in an acceptable manner....

The twentieth century is where Islam and Muslim societies overcame many obstacles that made this regionally fixed community finally become independent and branch out worldwide. This century is mainly dominated by a war in which Muslims demanded freedom from European powers and the tension created over religion and cultural identity. This event is how the question revolution or reform begins to raise since the term revolution would persist of the new found freedom and independence from European powers Muslims won,...

The birth of a new civilization. The Islamic society has been built throughout thousands of years. The prophet Muhammad received his revelations around the year 600. Muslims believed that the word of God was revealed to him. Unlike many other civilizations, the Islamic society rose and spread through converters. It started as a religious movement but suddenly became a historical entity, body of knowledge and a physical presence throughout the west and some parts of Europe and Asia. The Qur’an...

I had never considered the fact that Christians and Muslims could even be precisely compared on any level. I come from a Christian family and background, and comparing my own lifestyle and beliefs to that of a Muslim seems absurd, but the more I recalled the basics behind each I came to the realization that they consist of basic grounds that are only different when you dive beneath the surface. Islam and Christianity are built on the same general foundations,...

Judaism, Islam, and Christianity are considered the three greatest Abrahamic religions. When considering the vast differences between each of their core beliefs, significant prophets, and their doctrine, their similarities seem insignificant in comparison. Though their differences are often stressed in today’s societies, their similarities should not come as a shock seen as they all stem from the same patriarch, Abraham. Looking at the world’s fastest growing religion, the world's most hated religion, and the world's largest religion, their similarities almost...

The religion of Islam represents peace and submission, but why is that the religion of Islam is looked at as a threat? The actions of terrorist groups who claim to be practicing the religion have put a negative image on Muslims, and because of this image, the idea of Islamophobia has become a hot topic. This idea of Islamophobia has occurred due to misinterpretation and lack of knowledge of the religion Islam. The terrorist groups that identify as Muslims have...