Saturday, June 12, 2010

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ISLAM



Islam is the world's second-largest religion, after Christianity, and was founded by the prophet MUHAMMED "Peace Be Upon Him" based on revelation from Allah through the angel Gabriel in the 7th century AD. These revelations took place over a 22-year period in the cities of Mecca and Medina in today's Saudi Arabia.
Muslims believe that they are part of a single religious tradition that includes Judaism and Christianity. They fully recognize Abraham, Moses, Jesus, the Virgin Mary and other pre-Islamic figures as part of that single tradition.
Islam literally means "to submit or obey." Muslims believe that they submit to a set of divinely revealed laws upon which social and moral codes that govern everyday life are established.

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