Essays on Ites

Intro to Islam

Today, nearly a billion people practice Islam around the world. The name "Islam" is derived from the Arabic word "salam", which literally means "peace", but still has the additional meaning of "submission". Thus, the full name of this religion can be translated as "absolute peace that comes when human life is subject to God". A man who professes Islam is called a Muslim. Islam is the religion of "people of the book", religion of writings which were sent to people through the prophets. Koran (from the Arabic "alkuran." - "Reading aloud", "a warning") - the holy book of Muslims, ...

The Shi`i century roughly corresponds to the period between 945 and 1500 C.E. Muslims stretched their territories from Asia all the way to al-Andalusia in Europe (Ullmann 8). This is an era that saw the end of Muslim influence that had prevailed for nearly two centuries. But despite this being the overall feeling, this historical episode did not necessarily translate to the direct decline of the ideas of the Muslim community. The economic and political changes at the time resulted in Shi`i uprising, increasing their intellectual influence. This uprising was fueled by a want to see their ...

Islam is one of the three major Abrahamic religions that are popular in the world today. Practitioners of Islam are called Muslims, and they follow a holy text known as the Qu'ran. The religion is monotheistic and shares roots with Christianity and Judaism; although the Middle East is traditionally thought of as the seat of Islam in the world, there are large populations of practitioners in nearly every corner of the world. China, for instance, has a very large Muslim population, as does the United States, Indonesia, and various other locations around the globe. According to recent statistics, Islam is ...