Log—Feb. 2—6
This journey in which we are about to embark will be enriching to me personally. As a minister it is relevant and important to see Islam with a different perspective. The book start by saying that we need to see this particular set of believes with a different set of lenses. We cannot see Islam with the same point of view we’ve always seen them with. Our own believes, mind sets and even culture will only get in the way of looking at them with the eyes that God would want us to see them.
In my readings I found myself expanding on things I knew about Islam. The founder was Muhammad, who it’s said about him through one of his wife’s collection of traditions about his supernatural experience with an angel called Gabriel. This collection is called the Hadith, in this text; it’s described the encounter with this Supreme Being, who told him to read, to what he replied: “I don’t know how to read.” Furthermore, on page 12 we find the year he was born, 570 AD. His parents called him Muhammad, which in their language means (praise). This little child and those who named him would not be alive when his was venerated and praised by many around the world. One thing I did not know about Muhammad was if he had any children, I knew that he had married but in my readings I found out that he had two children whom had infant deaths. The name of mother of these children was Khadija, who at first hired him to travel with her to Syria to do business. She was a widow, and after some time of having him as an employee she asked him to married her. He did and leaved with her until her death, 25 years later. Khadija had a relative who was one of the hanifs who leaved in the area of Mecca; hanifs is a term use to described one who is a monotheist. It is believed that this relative had become a Christian, and this is how Muhammad encounter for the first-time Christianity. There were other monotheistic religions in the area of Mecca in the surrounding areas of the Ka’ba, these were the Jewish people as well as the Christians and the Zoroastrians. It is important to understand that Mecca was where polytheism was practiced; many other religions with several deities were worshiped there. The three sacred texts of Islam are the Qur 'an trilogy and two books about the life of Muhammad. When the Trilogy is sorted, classified and analyzed, it is observed that the bases of Islam are five principles. All of Islam is based on the trilogy; first the noble Koran, the Sira or the biography of Mohammed and the Hadith or traditions. Most of the Islamic doctrines are both political and religious. Some critics say that Islam is a political ideology, which demands of its followers to submit to its law. Others say that Islam divides the world into Muslims and non-believers, or as some have said when referring to non-Muslins, infidels. The radical Muslins, who transgress and change the points of views of the actual Qur’an, use politics to treat others. Islam always has two different ways to treat non-believers. First, believers can abuse them in the worst way imaginable, on the other hand, non-believers can be treated as good neighbors. Log: Feb. 9—13 One of the most important ritual in the Islam religious is prayer, which is done five times a day, every day. In countries where the …show more content…
Experts say that from the way we heal the sick, to the numerous we use for counting, all has derived from the Islamic civilization. Perhaps, this is why the Islamic civilization grew and expanded the way it did throughout the world, not by force like some say, but by bringing new technologies and understanding to the Bedouins. He brought new technologies and also a new belief, a new religion with one God. His religion strategies mixed in with his politic were convincing. When the Bedouins, who were tired of imposed ruling and the numerous gods and rituals heard of the new religion and the one god, they were overtaking and did not hesitate to follow
This journey in which we are about to embark will be enriching to me personally. As a minister it is relevant and important to see Islam with a different perspective. The book start by saying that we need to see this particular set of believes with a different set of lenses. We cannot see Islam with the same point of view we’ve always seen them with. Our own believes, mind sets and even culture will only get in the way of looking at them with the eyes that God would want us to see them.
In my readings I found myself expanding on things I knew about Islam. The founder was Muhammad, who it’s said about him through one of his wife’s collection of traditions about his supernatural experience with an angel called Gabriel. This collection is called the Hadith, in this text; it’s described the encounter with this Supreme Being, who told him to read, to what he replied: “I don’t know how to read.” Furthermore, on page 12 we find the year he was born, 570 AD. His parents called him Muhammad, which in their language means (praise). This little child and those who named him would not be alive when his was venerated and praised by many around the world. One thing I did not know about Muhammad was if he had any children, I knew that he had married but in my readings I found out that he had two children whom had infant deaths. The name of mother of these children was Khadija, who at first hired him to travel with her to Syria to do business. She was a widow, and after some time of having him as an employee she asked him to married her. He did and leaved with her until her death, 25 years later. Khadija had a relative who was one of the hanifs who leaved in the area of Mecca; hanifs is a term use to described one who is a monotheist. It is believed that this relative had become a Christian, and this is how Muhammad encounter for the first-time Christianity. There were other monotheistic religions in the area of Mecca in the surrounding areas of the Ka’ba, these were the Jewish people as well as the Christians and the Zoroastrians. It is important to understand that Mecca was where polytheism was practiced; many other religions with several deities were worshiped there. The three sacred texts of Islam are the Qur 'an trilogy and two books about the life of Muhammad. When the Trilogy is sorted, classified and analyzed, it is observed that the bases of Islam are five principles. All of Islam is based on the trilogy; first the noble Koran, the Sira or the biography of Mohammed and the Hadith or traditions. Most of the Islamic doctrines are both political and religious. Some critics say that Islam is a political ideology, which demands of its followers to submit to its law. Others say that Islam divides the world into Muslims and non-believers, or as some have said when referring to non-Muslins, infidels. The radical Muslins, who transgress and change the points of views of the actual Qur’an, use politics to treat others. Islam always has two different ways to treat non-believers. First, believers can abuse them in the worst way imaginable, on the other hand, non-believers can be treated as good neighbors. Log: Feb. 9—13 One of the most important ritual in the Islam religious is prayer, which is done five times a day, every day. In countries where the …show more content…
Experts say that from the way we heal the sick, to the numerous we use for counting, all has derived from the Islamic civilization. Perhaps, this is why the Islamic civilization grew and expanded the way it did throughout the world, not by force like some say, but by bringing new technologies and understanding to the Bedouins. He brought new technologies and also a new belief, a new religion with one God. His religion strategies mixed in with his politic were convincing. When the Bedouins, who were tired of imposed ruling and the numerous gods and rituals heard of the new religion and the one god, they were overtaking and did not hesitate to follow