GASA01H3 Lecture 2: week 2 journal
16 Apr 2011
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The founder and prophet of the islamic religion, mohammed, was born in arabia around 570 c. e to muslims he is not god, but rather god"s last prophet. Mohammed"s preaching centered around the affirmation of one god, as opposed to many tribal religions that were popular in arabia of earlier times. Qur"an, the most sacred text of islam, is said to be inspired by god, communicated through. The qur"an adopted considerable amount of beliefs from both the judaism and. Christianity; from christianity it adopted the concept of heaven and hell, and from. Followers of islamic faith are to worship and love allah as well as fear him. Jihads, which can be waged by four means; the heart, the tongue, the hand, and lastly, the sword. After mohammed"s death, muslims waged wars in north africa, asia, and europe, bringing their religion into these regions by force.
