<LI>What is Islam ?
A Moroccan in prayer Muslims praying in Jerusalem outside the Dome of the Rock
<LI>Who are the Muslims?
<LI>What do Muslims believe?
<LI>How does someone become a Muslim?
<LI>What does ‘Islam’ mean?
<LI>Why does Islam often seem strange?
<LI>Do Islam and Christianity have different origins?
<LI>What is the Ka’ba?
<LI>Who is Muhammad?
Muhammad was of a deeply religious nature* and had long detested the decadence of his society. It became his habit to meditate from time to time in the Cave of Hira near the summit of Jabal al-Nur* the ‘Mountain of Light’ near Makkah.
<LI>How did Muhammad become a prophet and a messenger of God?
The Mountain of Lightwhere Gabriel came toProphet Muhammad. As soon as he began to recite the words he heard from Gabriel* and to preach the truth which God had revealed to him* he and his small group of followers suffered bitter persecution* which grew so fierce that in the year 622 God gave them the command to emigrate. This event* the Hijra* ‘migration’* in which they left Makkah for the city of Madinah some 260 miles to the north* marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.
After several years* the Prophet and his followers were able to return to Makkah* where they forgave their enemies and established Islam definitively. Before the Prophet died at the age of 63* the greater part of Arabia was Muslim* and within a century of his death Islam had spread to Spain in the West and as far East as China.
The Prophet’s Mosque* Madinah* the dome indicates the place where his house stood and where he is buried. <LI>How did the spread of Islam affect the world?
Taj Mahal* India. Hui Shen Mosque* China* Built in the 7th Century.
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