Jose Betancourt
World History
Dr. Andrews
11/14/12
The Worlds of Islam (Afro-Eurasian
Connections): 600-1500
The
Islam religion or group was born about the year 600 hundred AC.
In modernity Islam is one of
the biggest religions in the world. There are three large monotheistic
religions in the world. Islam is one of them. The beginnings of Islam are somewhat
blurry. They are blurry beginnings not because of history, but because Arabs of
the first century were slowly moving to either Judaism or Christianity (303). Later
then in the 7th century came the messenger Muhammad Obn Abdulla
(570-632 C.E). Muhammad was born in Mecca. He was an orphan. “He was adopted by
his uncle, became a widely traveled trader, and married a wealthy widow, khadija
herself prosperous merchant, who provided him with financial and emotional
support”(303).
Muhammad
was very spiritual person, and thus his inspiration and message was evident
once he proclaimed it. The book of Islam is the Quran. The Quran has Gods law
and the pillars of God. Allah is God and Muhammad is the messenger of God.
First tenet of Islam is the belief in the one true God, the second tenet is
prayer, the third pillar is the sharing of money with community, the fourth
pillar is the month of fasting, and lastly the fifth one is the pilgrim to
Mecca. (306). The most interesting Pillar to me is the “third pillar, requiring
believers to generously give their wealth to maintain the community and to help
the needy, reflected the Qurans repeated demands for social justice”(305-06).
In that case one can realize that Islam was not only a religion for God, but
for the people and for all those that wanted to be in the path to God, then one
would admit and commit to God.
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