Ramadan on the Net - The Religion of Islam

The Religion of Islam

Islam began in Arabia when the Prophet Muhammad (Mohammad, Mohammed) heard the word of God. Muhammad was born in Mecca in 570AD. When he was 40 he was called to become God's messenger. At a time when the Arabs had many beliefs and gods, Muhammad taught that there was only one god - Allah (which is God in Arabic).

The Angel Gabriel appeared to Muhammad and taught him the verses of Holy Quran (Koran), the Holy Book of Islam.

The most important message of the Holy Quran is that God is the creator of the world and controls everything in it. Muslims are called upon to surrender to the will of God. They must live according to the rules of the Holy Quran and perform the five main duties of Islam - called the Five Pillars of Faith.

The word Muslim (Moslem) means "one who gives himself to God" in Arabic. Islam means "submission or obedience to God".

Islam gives guidance to all aspects of life. Muslims cannot eat pork. Other meats must be halal (allowed) - the animals are slaughtered in a way that gives the least pain, and "In the name of God" is recited before it is killed. Muslims should not drink alcohol. They should not fight except for Islam. They must not gamble. Muslims should give to the poor and less fortunate and must be kind to strangers.

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Eid mubalek

10:39 10/03/2008

eid mubalek to all the muslim in the world

sophiamonique

15:48 09/30/2008

Asalamulaykum! First of all, Muslims don't really have girlfriends/ boyfriendsbecause obstaining from sexual behavior may be hard to resist. If he is saying he doesn't want to see you, simply because he doesn't want to engage in illegal sexual behavior. From experience I made my personal choice of marrying at the age of 19 while attending college and NOW almost turning 21 pregnant with my first born alhamdulilah. I am so thankful for this incredible blessing. You should do more research on the teaching and rulings so that it may accommodate your relationship with him, learning more about each others' beliefs. But if you are not serious. My personal advice is to break it off. Fasting in the month of Ramadan includes cutting bad habits, eating, drinking, sexual behavior with their SPOUSE, etc. It may be excused from fasting if you are elderly, extremely sick, pregnant, menstruating and young children. The beauty of fasting is to relate to whom may not be able to eat on a regular basis. Ramadan is the month when Angel Gabriel was sent from Allah to write the quran. The quran was not written by a man but declared by the angel and revealed to Prophet Mohammed *pbuh.

aysha

05:43 09/30/2008

nice

JOHN OWEN

05:22 09/19/2008

what are the rules with regard to fasting is it strictly between sunrise and sunset every day between the set days, as we have an employee who is celebrating ramadam at the moment buthe says he can fast when he likes ? i

NARGIS

01:41 09/17/2008

I love ALLAH.

Morad Abou-Sabe;

00:12 09/16/2008

Dear Sir/ Madam I am not sure I understand the logic and the epropritness of the advertisment you have on the page explaning and defining what Islam is. To me it is a poor presentation and an unnecessary one. Just my opinion, Morad

deb

21:57 09/15/2008

gan i be a muslim, without my husband being one?

isabel

15:10 09/15/2008

my question is who can i be a muslim? or who can i star in a muslim religion?

vanessa

11:58 09/13/2008

my boyfriend is a muslim, and he said that we can not see each other until romadan is over, i want to know is that ture

amina shale

15:41 09/01/2008

when does romadan start? I am a muslim.And I just wanted to know becase my mom asked about romadan.I'am 11 and I live in louisville kentucky.

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