Islam 3
Islam 3Islam
Islam has always appealed to a certain kind of person irrespective of his religious or cultural background the sincere and open-minded human being who has not lost hope of eventually knowing the truth, which will satisfy his soul. Islam refuses to accept any form of creation whatsoever as a deity worthy of worship. Nothing is worthy of worship except Allah who created the heavens and the earth and all that is contained in it not stone idols or fire, not heavenly bodies such as the sun and moon, not animals, not angels, and not other men, including prophets.
Islam is not a new religion but the continuation and culmination of preceding monotheistic religion the same truth revealed by God to every prophet. Islam means submission to the will of God. Islam is not as it is represented in the popular media, nor is it Arab culture, nor is it a religion in the sense of mere private conviction or speculation concerning the state of existence. Islam is the religion of peace: its meaning is peace; one of God's names is peace; the daily greetings of Muslims and angels are peace; paradise is the house of peace, the adjective 'Muslim' means Peaceful. Peace is the nature, the meaning, the emblem and the objective of Islam. Every being is entitled to enjoy the peace of Islam and the kindness of the peaceful Muslims, regardless of religious or geographical or racial considerations.
God is completely just and merciful, and His laws are just for all people regardless of nationality, color or social status. The life and property of all citizens in an Islamic state are considered sacred, whether or not a person is Muslim.
The word militant means �aggressively active.� In my opinion both have had there moments of hostility. The Christians had the Crusades and the Muslims have had all the problems in Middle East area, one group disliking the other or fighting over land. In that aspect the Islamic culture is ahead. In the ways of trying to put the views of their culture onto others, Christians have to take the cake, with all the flyers and such. Trying to force their beliefs onto you. Islam is never really pushed down on you. I think they both have there moments, it is just how you look at it.
The Five Pillars of Islam
Shahadah
The concept of "no deity except God" is always alive in the Muslim's heart. They recognize that God alone is the Creator, that they alone is the Provider and Sustainer, that they are the true Reality, the source of all things - of all benefit and harm. This requires that He be worshiped and obeyed.
Prophet Muhammad is the spokesman for God by his authority. Muhammad's duty was not only to deliver the message, which God revealed, but also to explain it and put it into practice...
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