Pd7Islam_B

 = = **Inside the Islamic Religion **
 * 1) Muhammad was the founder of this religion, he got a vision while meditating in a cave up in the mountains of Arabia by the angel Gabriel in 622 c.e.
 * 2) Muhammad and the rightly guided caliphs are the leaders of the Islamic religion
 * 3) The mosque is the place of worship for the islamic people
 * 4) This religion began in Arabia and is practiced in the U.K., U.S. , SOUTH AMERICA , NORTH AFRICA AND SPAIN
 * 5) five pillars

**Shahadah**: the confession of faith. The confession of faith is the fundamental expression of Islamic faith and the core of all Islamic law; it is very simple: "There is no God but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God" (la illaha illa 'lah Muhammadun rasul 'llah). The //shahadah// is the first thing spoken to a newborn and the last thing whispered into the ears of the dead.

//Qur'an// and must be chanted from memory in Arabiyya, or the classical Arabic of the //Qur'an//. It is not allowed to either have a book in one's hand or to chant the Quranic prayers in another language. Personal prayers, called //du'a// in Arabic, can be made in one's own language after the ritual prayer.
 * Salat**: prayer. Islam enjoins upon the believer five prayers every day. These ritual prayers must be performed in the direction of Mecca and involve first standing, inclining, prostrating oneself, and sitting. The prayers are read from the 


 * Sawm Ramadan**: the fast of the month of Ramadan. During the month of Ramadan, all believers must refrain from food, drink, and sexual relationships from dawn until dusk. The month of Ramadan occurs at different times of the year (the Muslim calendar is a lunar rather than a solar calendar), so the severity of the fast varies. The fast is intended to purify the believer as a renunciation of the world.

 **Hajj**: the pilgrimage to Mecca. Every believer must once in their life make a pilgrimage to the **Ka'bah**, the sacred shrine of Islam in Mecca. By recreating many of the events of the life of Abraham and Ishmael who are, in Islamic tradition, the founders of the Ka'bah, one injects oneself into the core of Islamic history and re-evaluates one's life and one's society in the perspective of that history. 
 * Zakat**: alms-giving. The //Qur'an// does not vilify the accumulation of wealth as the Christian gospels do; in fact, Islam manifestly understands the material world as created for the enjoyment of humanity. However, one's duties to God involve distributing one's wealth to the less fortunate. This is instituted in Islamic law, the **Shari'ah**, which constrains everyone to give the equivalent of 2 1/2 percent of their wealth to the poor in the form of taxes (if one's wealth is in money). Islamic society, it is not unfair to assert, was the first welfare state in existence Just as the fast of Ramadan purifies the believer through renouncing the world, the //zakat// purifies the believer by encouraging a charitable disposition and a lack of attachment to worldly belongings

 There is only one god in this religion his name ALLAH but there is no picture of ALLAH

The **Quran** is the sacred writings that contains the rules of the islamic relion

This religion has only one god named Allah but there is not a real picture of Allah

There is a sacred writing called the Quran which contains the rules of this religion and the story of Muhammed

The religious practices are first there is only 1 god Allah second god has no son third no alcohol fourth pray 5 times a day finally avoid gambling but of course that is only some

Two Festivals of this religion are Eid-alFitr ( which is the feast of breaking fast ) at the end of Ramadan then EidalAdha ( the feast of sacrifice ) they both happen once a year

Main religious symbols is the star and crescent which represents the Islamic 