Get to Know the Tenets of Islam from Trusted Online Portal

Posted by ricky26 on September 15th, 2016

Islam is the second largest religion of the 3 monotheistic religions, including Judaism and Christianity. The whole philosophy and religion of Islam is based upon the firm belief that Allah (God) transmitted his knowledge to Muhammad & all other true prophets. According to them, this revelation to the world was written in Quran, the seamless word of God.

The Islamic scriptures’ theology depicts the realistic aspects of Muslim culture and life. The 5 major pillars of Islam are mentioned in Quran (Koran) that is a doctrine encouraging Muslims to pray 5 times a day, fasting during Ramadan, pay Zakaat or charity to poor and pilgrimage to Mecca. The core creed of Islam is "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his messenger and Prophet’

For Muslims who live in secular western countries, Sharia is not considered as a relevant law but still, remains a rich source of personal ethics. Quran is the primary source of Islamic jurisprudence and Sunnah is the second one that includes practices of Prophet. The Sunnah is not a text like Quran, but has been taken from the analysis of Hadith texts. Hadith texts comprise approved narrations of sayings, actions and deeds of prophets. Some of the major facts about Islam include:

• There are 1.2 billion Muslims all over the world.
• Islam is one of the fastest growing religions worldwide. There are 6 million Muslims in US.
• Islam is a prevailing religion in Asia and Africa, with the largest populations in Indonesia (170.3 million), Bangladesh (106 million), Pakistan (136 million), and India (103 million).
• Algebra (al-jabr) was originated in the Islamic world.

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