World Peace: ISLAM
Islam is a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed
as Muhammed as the prophet of Allah
"Many skin colors.
One Ummah.
No racism in Islam."
as Muhammed as the prophet of Allah
"Many skin colors.
One Ummah.
No racism in Islam."
Group 1
Group 2
(Tim, Ethan, Keony, Joe, Luke, Elizabeth, Alicia, Mia)
The mosque is one the most important religious identities in the Arabian Peninsula. It is a place of prayer and place where Islamic people can pray to the one and only god Allah. Like all Abrahamic religions, each have their own place to pray to God. On the side of this writing assignment you can see the art of the mosque. Based on the Islamic website we found, it says “mosques developed into complex architectural structures built in diverse styles, the one requirement of all mosques continues to be based on the earliest model: a designation of space for the purpose of prayer. The early mosque served an equally important function that thousands of mosques continue to serve today: The mosque is a place where Muslims foster a collective identity through prayer and attend to their common concerns. A Muslim city typically has numerous mosques but only a few congregational or Friday mosques where the obligatory Friday noon prayers are performed” (1). This explanation on how the architecture and religious of mosque is important. The major symbol we will be using for the art assignment is shown below.
(2). We are also incorporating the language of Islam and saying Islam. It’s pretty ironic. The religion of Islam was founded by Muhammed and he believed that there was only one god to believe in. Allah the one and only. At this time his influence inspired many of the Arabian Peninsula. Islam was born (the word not a person) and the meaning is “absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.” (3). An example of the Islamic language is الإسلام this is translated to Islam. This is an example of the art we will be using for the assignment. If you’re wondering what the mosque looks like it is like this…... and in the inside it looks like this…...
(4)
The history of the mosque. Many know that the Islamic religion originally began from Muhammad thinking that there is the one true god. This religion came to few conflicts that at least we know of. One is when after Muhammad influenced half of Arabia, some that were influenced were uninspired. They had no interest in the belief. The second conflict is when after Muhammed’s death, there were two different groups. One was called the Sunni and the other was the Shagari. The Sunni believed that any person can be the group leader of the religion. But Shagari on the other hand believes that if there was a person that was in Muhammed’s bloodline were to be the group leader. Doing this assignment gave us a connection with each other and being friends. It’s like we all just met and became friends. This assignment helped us understand the religion of Islam, the culture, art, origin, and conflicts.
Bibliography
- "Islam." Islam. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.
- "Naveed Shamem." Articles about Islam. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.
- "The Definition of Islam." Dictionary.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.
- Society, National Geographic. "National Geographic Search." National Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.
Group 3
World Peace Conference: (Group 3) Origins Research Group
1. In approximately what year and place did this belief system Originate?
The time period when Islam was founded was 622 C.E. The story of Islam starts with a man named Muhammad, Muhammad was a man of religion who was the founder of Islam. Many Muslims regard him as the last messenger and prophet of God, and believe that Muhammad did not create a new religion but, rather the restorer of the original, uncorrupted monotheistic faith of Adam and Abraham. The Islam religion believes in a monotheistic religion which means one God, the God that Muslims believe in is named Allah.
Citation: "BBC - Religion: Islam." N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2016.
2.How the belief system originate, Islam originated in the city of Mecca, Eastern of the Arabian Peninsul?
3. Explain who the supreme being is.
The supreme being in Islam is Allah, which is the Arabic word for God. Muslims believe that he is the one and only true God. They also believe that Allah created the heavens and the earth. They worship and pray to him. To them, He is all-powerful, the Judge, and Rewarder of good and evil.
Citations: Aisha, Ahmadiyya. “Allah, the Unique Name of God.” Allah, the Unique Name of God. N.p.,n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2016
5. What is the symbol of the belief system? Explain why this symbol is used to represent the belief system.
In Islam’s system of religion, there are two symbols that represent their current belief, one of the symbols is called, ”The Star and Crescent” it is one of the most well known symbol used to represent Islam because The symbol was a polytheistic icon adopted during the spread of Islam, and it is still being used currently.However,The crescent and star are often said to be Islamic symbols, brut historians say that they were the insignia of the Ottoman Empire, not of Islam as a whole. The other symbol that is known as,”Allah in arabic”.This was an script or characters that can be regarded as visually representing Islam as a symbol.Why This was adopted ?it is still unknown till this day.
"Islam Symbol ***." Islam Symbol ***. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
4.The first Islamic leader and the leaders to continue
(Note:there is not just one leader that continue over centuries such as the pope. Islamic leaders are chosen through ceremonies)(Islamic leaders are called Imams)
A:Muhammed: ( Born in Mecca,Saudi Arabia)He was the first to begin the religion,(He is the prophet) Muhammad is the first to see Allah(God). Through a dream (I think) he then told everyone and has shared the religion.
B:Mecca: Although the Mecca is not a leader who continues to religion through time, it is a holy shrine that was made to pray to Allah.
C:Mohammad Fazel:One of the famous Imams. Born in 1930 and died in 2007. His parents was one of the highest priest,of Islamic priests.at the age of 13 he began the study of islamic science.At 19, Mohammad was able to attend the "Kharij" level, which at that time was taught by Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi.
"What Is a Muslim Religious Leader Called?" Reference. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2016.
6. How did this belief system spread to other regions?If the beliefs system did not spread to other regions explains why?
There was a man named Muhammad, he was the founder of Islam. Muhammad was born at 570 C.E. According to Muslim’s that lived during 610 C.E when Muhammad was 40 he had been informed that he's the god's prophet from an angel. During 622 C.E he decided to spread his ideas with his followers. Muhammad went to Yathrib where the people has accepted Islam as their religion. As Muhammad continue to spread his beliefs, he returned to Mecca where everyone accepted his teachings and Islam as a whole. After many striving years of the Islamic religion to this day it continues to spread and push forward in history as a stunning religion. Muhammad's followers spread his teachings to other regions it began to grow, a good example is the year 1,000 C.E when Islam started and continued to spread through the continent of Africa. Africa was the first continent other than Asia to have the Islamic Religion. The Islamic religion spread to Africa because, in 615 C.E Muslims escaped Meccan soldiers by fleeing to Ethiopia, where the people gave them protection. The Muslims spread the word of Muhammad and spread Islam as a whole. As centuries past, more and more of Muhammad’s followers spread his teaching.
PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2016.
1. In approximately what year and place did this belief system Originate?
The time period when Islam was founded was 622 C.E. The story of Islam starts with a man named Muhammad, Muhammad was a man of religion who was the founder of Islam. Many Muslims regard him as the last messenger and prophet of God, and believe that Muhammad did not create a new religion but, rather the restorer of the original, uncorrupted monotheistic faith of Adam and Abraham. The Islam religion believes in a monotheistic religion which means one God, the God that Muslims believe in is named Allah.
Citation: "BBC - Religion: Islam." N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2016.
2.How the belief system originate, Islam originated in the city of Mecca, Eastern of the Arabian Peninsul?
- It is important to understand belief systems because, it's good to know a religion’s background/History.
- I learned about Islam’s culture and their history and where they originated and and also there founder.
- I liked how this assignment was interesting and how I learned new things about Islam.I get to do research about this topic.
- I would try to research more to get information about the topic
3. Explain who the supreme being is.
The supreme being in Islam is Allah, which is the Arabic word for God. Muslims believe that he is the one and only true God. They also believe that Allah created the heavens and the earth. They worship and pray to him. To them, He is all-powerful, the Judge, and Rewarder of good and evil.
Citations: Aisha, Ahmadiyya. “Allah, the Unique Name of God.” Allah, the Unique Name of God. N.p.,n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2016
5. What is the symbol of the belief system? Explain why this symbol is used to represent the belief system.
In Islam’s system of religion, there are two symbols that represent their current belief, one of the symbols is called, ”The Star and Crescent” it is one of the most well known symbol used to represent Islam because The symbol was a polytheistic icon adopted during the spread of Islam, and it is still being used currently.However,The crescent and star are often said to be Islamic symbols, brut historians say that they were the insignia of the Ottoman Empire, not of Islam as a whole. The other symbol that is known as,”Allah in arabic”.This was an script or characters that can be regarded as visually representing Islam as a symbol.Why This was adopted ?it is still unknown till this day.
"Islam Symbol ***." Islam Symbol ***. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2016.
4.The first Islamic leader and the leaders to continue
(Note:there is not just one leader that continue over centuries such as the pope. Islamic leaders are chosen through ceremonies)(Islamic leaders are called Imams)
A:Muhammed: ( Born in Mecca,Saudi Arabia)He was the first to begin the religion,(He is the prophet) Muhammad is the first to see Allah(God). Through a dream (I think) he then told everyone and has shared the religion.
B:Mecca: Although the Mecca is not a leader who continues to religion through time, it is a holy shrine that was made to pray to Allah.
C:Mohammad Fazel:One of the famous Imams. Born in 1930 and died in 2007. His parents was one of the highest priest,of Islamic priests.at the age of 13 he began the study of islamic science.At 19, Mohammad was able to attend the "Kharij" level, which at that time was taught by Grand Ayatollah Borujerdi.
"What Is a Muslim Religious Leader Called?" Reference. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Dec. 2016.
6. How did this belief system spread to other regions?If the beliefs system did not spread to other regions explains why?
There was a man named Muhammad, he was the founder of Islam. Muhammad was born at 570 C.E. According to Muslim’s that lived during 610 C.E when Muhammad was 40 he had been informed that he's the god's prophet from an angel. During 622 C.E he decided to spread his ideas with his followers. Muhammad went to Yathrib where the people has accepted Islam as their religion. As Muhammad continue to spread his beliefs, he returned to Mecca where everyone accepted his teachings and Islam as a whole. After many striving years of the Islamic religion to this day it continues to spread and push forward in history as a stunning religion. Muhammad's followers spread his teachings to other regions it began to grow, a good example is the year 1,000 C.E when Islam started and continued to spread through the continent of Africa. Africa was the first continent other than Asia to have the Islamic Religion. The Islamic religion spread to Africa because, in 615 C.E Muslims escaped Meccan soldiers by fleeing to Ethiopia, where the people gave them protection. The Muslims spread the word of Muhammad and spread Islam as a whole. As centuries past, more and more of Muhammad’s followers spread his teaching.
PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2016.
Group 4
Major Beliefs
Worshippers of the monotheistic religion are known as Muslims, which means, “one who submits to the will of Allah.” Experts predict that it will take over Christianity. Islam major world religion is promoted by the prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century. Islam accepted the surrender to the will of Allah. Allah is viewed as the sole God, creator, sustainer, and restorer of the world. They also believe in the angels of God, the books of God, and the day of judgement in which humans will be judged for their actions in the divine decree, they believe that god is almighty and strong, and that he has angels who carry out his orders through the universe, The books of God are the books that were sent to Allah’s messengers which include Muhammad with the Qur’an, Jesus with the gospel, and many other people. Although they have many beliefs, each and every one of them are very important.
I slam values
The first value of Islam is life meaning life or death. When you take the life of another human being you are basically killing all of humanity in the eyes of Islam. The second value is religion, Islam is very serious when it comes to religion. Insulting Islam or Muhammad can make you a criminal. The third value is intellect or being educated. For you to do anything in Islam you need to be educated. You can’t even pray if you are not educated. The fourth value is family, if you are a Muslim man you can have up to four wives. The fifth and last value is wealth and prosperity. Muslims earn as much as they desire but the poor has to be given a share too.
Mosques
In Islam, there are mosques that act as religious temples that are used for many events, such as religious education, worshipping, and even simply to discuss things about everyday life. Mosques have a different appearance based on the region and how many Muslims populate that region. There are many rituals including washing your whole body except your torsos and taking off your shoes before entering the mosque to perform the things they need to do. Mosques are used as a religious temple because it includes sacred texts, charities in which the muslims donate money, and more. A specific mosque is used for one of the most important events in a Muslim’s life, Haji, which is located in Mecca. Mosques are very convenient and important to all those who are Islamic.
Symbolic Places
There are many symbolic places that are important during the life of Muhammad which meant it was also important to present-day Muslims. One of the most holiest places of Islam is the shrine Ka’ba. It was built around a black stone relic and the stone is always in the center so everyone can pray facing the stone relic. The shrine Ka’ba is located in Mecca along with the stone. The stone represents the link between Allah and was believed to be sent from Allah as a gift. The second most holiest places of Islam is Medina also known as the “City Of The Prophet” which is located in western Saudi Arabia. Medina is the place where Muhammad fled after being chased out of Mecca and where he also started to attract some of his first followers.
Islam’s view of Afterlife
In Islam’s view, the afterlife is very important. They believed that after people die, there will be a continued existence of soul and a transform physical existence after death. They also believe that there will be a day of judgement when all humans will be divided between the eternal destinations of paradise and hell. Until the day of judgement, decreased souls remain in their graves awaiting their resurrection. Those bound for hell will suffer in their graves, while those bound for heaven will be in peace until that time.There will be a day called “the last day”, when “the last day” comes, the world will be destroyed and Allah (the god) will raise all people and jinn from the dead to be judged. “The last day” is also called “Day of Standing up”, “Day of Separation”, “Day of Reckoning”, “Day of judgment”, “The Encompassing Day of Hour”.
Central Administration
There is a central administration for the belief system of Islam. It is organized by a prophet of Islam by Muhammad. Muhammad was born in 570 A.D. in Mecca. Mecca is a city in western Saudi Arabia. Muslims consider it to be the holiest city of Islam. However, after Muhammad had died, the caliphs became Muhammad’s successors. Caliphs are the spiritual leaders and successors of Muhammad. They continuously used this method until it was abolished in 1924. However, in the current present, Islam now has Imams that are individually in charge of a specific mosque or religious temple. Imams do not have as much power as the caliphs but they are in charge of the prayers in the church of very populated mosques.
