Muslims believed that Muhammad was a prophet sent by God to mankind; and that the Koran is the collection of introductions, stories, beliefs about how the world started, what is expected from a Muslim, and how Muslim should follow the teachings, which God made to Muhammad. The Koran basically contains the words of God in a literal sense and is often referred to as the Speech of God.
Muslims main belief of heaven and hell. They believe that god has also created angels and spirits. The angels have various roles, among them the conveyance of God's revelation to the prophets. The spirits are usually known as the jinni. They inhabit this world and may affect human beings in various ways. Some are good and capable of obtaining salvation; others are evil and sometimes known as Satans. The chief Satan, the Devil, known as Satan, is sometimes thought of as a disobedient angel, sometimes as a jinni. He has been allowed by God to roam the world and do evil deeds.
Muslims believe that evil is wicked, and the Jinni is ugly. They exist in air, in flame, under the earth, and in uncaring objects, such as rocks, trees, and ruins. In some ways they resemble humans: they have the same bodily needs; they reproduce their kind; and they die, although they live longer. Jinn are harmful spirits who enjoy punishing humans for wrongs done by them, even unintentionally. In addition some Muslims believe that accidents and diseases are considered to be their work. With the proper knowledge, however humans can control jinn for their own purposes and go to heaven as a result of good things.
The calendar for Muslims is based on the moon rather than the sun; a year consisting of 12 months, each counted as the time between the appearance of one new moon and that of the next. The year for Muslims lasts for about 354 days, approximately 11 days less than the solar year used in the common calendar. Since intercalation is forbidden in the law, the Islamic year bears no fixed relationship to the seasons. Relative to the solar year, each day in the Muslim year falls 11 days earlier each year. Thus the festivals and major events of the Muslim year eventually circulate through all the seasons.
The ninth month of the year, Ramadan, is the crucial month of fasting, and every Muslim who has the duty to fast (there are some who are forgiven not to fast because of their of illness or another reason) should abstain from food, drink, and sexual pleasure during the hours of daylight. The first day of the tenth month, Shawwal marks the end of the fast and is a day of great rejoicing. It is the major festival of the year and is variously known as “the great festival”, “the festival of the breaking of the fast” or simply “the festival” (eid). On this particular day all Muslims take a day off work, women prepare meals and men attend mosque in the morning to thank god for a special month where all Muslims sins are forgiven, where god tried to help the sick and the needy.
Many Muslims do not like the use of the modern society with regarding to Islam since, they say, all Muslims accept that the Koran is the word of God in a very literal sense and so all Muslims are fundamentalist. Although some “fundamentalists” try to argue that only the Koran is the true source of Islam, most accept many parts of non-Koranic tradition even though they may reject other parts. Muslim groups, which are often grouped together under the heading of “fundamentalist” in fact, have many differences between them.
In early days Muslim men didn’t allow their women’s to be seen by another men so they had to wear black veils to cover their faces and body. They believed this because they say that its written in the Qu’ran by god who declares women to cover their faces and bodies by other strangers.
However, this belief still continues today in modern societies but is declining very fast as vast majority of women now tend to dress freely. This is because they can rely on their families without having to get told off, as they believe they are still following Islam but at the same time they are walking with the modern world.
So overall Muslims is a still growing religion especially is middle east and Asia where they have very strong beliefs about their religion and are prepared to die. Example can include the September 11th attack on America where some Afghanistanian people died for their belief although it was wrong killing so many innocent people. But they didn’t like that; they only thought it as fighting for their religion.
Although Islam is still increasing some of the duties like Five pillars are not carried out by people meaning that Islam is lacking to encourage the young generation to follow the duties of five pillars.
