The Religion Of Islam In The United States

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The religion of Islam is a very interesting religion with more than 1.6 billion people who believe in the Islamic ways, it make 23 percent of the worlds population making Islam the second-largest religion. Islam is basically the religious faith of Muslims in which they submit to their God, Allah and believe Muhammad is the founder and prophet of Islam. Most people in the United States don't understand Muslims and when they don't understand something they harass the religion and its people, but I am here to tell you the real ways of the Islamic people and help you to understand it better.

In Mecca around 570 AD , Muhammad , a prophet of Islam was born. Muhammad had no formal education and made a living by being a caravan trader. As a …show more content…

Islam is basically the central belief in only one God. There one God is called Allah. Muslim are the believer in or followers of Islam. They believe that Muhammad was the first and last prophet/messenger of Allah. Moreover, the Qur’an is the holy book or text of the Islam and it was given to Muhammad. He was born in Mecca which is also the location of the Ka’bah. Instead of worshipping at a church, Muslims worship at a Mosque. In addition, according to the Qur’an a Muslim must meet five important obligation, these are called the 5 Pillars. First, there is the profession of faith. Shahada is the Muslim profession of faith, expressing the two simple, fundamental beliefs that make one a Muslim: La ilaha illa Allah wa-Muhammad rasul Allah. (There is no god but God and Muhammad is the prophet of God.) Second, muslims have to pray 5 times, dawn , midday, afternoon, sunset, and evening, a day while facing Mecca . Thirdly, is giving alms (money or food) to the poor if they are financially stable and if they do not, the Qur'an says they will suffer in hell. Fourthly, they have to fast from the first light to sunset during month of Ramadan, Islamic ninth holy month in which Muhammad saw the first vision of Gabriel. During Ramadan, all adult Muslims are required to abstain from food, drink and sexual intercourse during daylight hours. Exceptions are made for travelers, soldiers, menstruating women, and the ill, …show more content…

Afterwards, Islam became an increasingly associated with terrorist misadventures and Muslims were increasingly unwelcome in the West. Many people started protests and wanted to send the Muslims back to their own country, but some of them were born, raised, and lived in this country so when some Muslims were asked how they felt about this they said " I was born in this country, I go to school here and I was raised in this country, so when they say go back to your country what country do they mean?" Furthermore, so many Muslims were afraid to go out on the streets and live their normal lives because there were so many protesters and they were afraid that they would get attacked. Many Muslims live their life in fear to this day. Not to mention, even people in politics were planning to get rid of the Muslims. Some many Muslims were Republicans, but they switched to democratic after the incident because they felt that the Republicans did not care about them and just saw them as terrorists and not as people or citizens. Finally, a lot of Muslim people got discriminated at work,school, and other public

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