Within Islam the believer (called a Muslim) use the Ara-bic word for God, Allah, to refer to the creator of the world and have all life within it. Allah is viewed as the sole God----creator, sustained, and restorer of the world. The will of Allah, to which man must sub-mit, is made known through the sacred scriptures, The Qur'an (Koran). Allah revealed the Qur'an to his messenger, Muhammad. ... Muslims believe in one all-powerful, compassionate God, whose name in Arabic is Allah. ...

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They believe in one true god called Allah, that he created the world and everything in it, that he is powerful, sees and knows everything. They obey Allah and follow his guidance in their lives. ... They believe it contains words of Allah. ...

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The name of the Islamic god is Allah while the name of the Christian god is simply God, and sometimes is referred to as Yahweh. ... The Koran consists of 114 chapters called surahs, which all begin with the words, "In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful". ... Islam stresses the belief in one all-powerful god, Allah, and sees Jesus Christ as another deity being worshipped. ...

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"They do blaspheme who say: Allah is one of three in a Trinity: for there is no god except One Allah. ... Prayer is the way humble man communicates with almighty God or Allah as Muslims prefer to call Him. ...

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The Spread of Christianity v. The Spread of Islam If there is one thing that marks the landscape of the medieval time period it must be religion. The study and practice of religion was a central focus in the lives of many European people during the first century. The two main religions that be...

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As we embrace technology in today's mainstream world, ethical issues in medicine concerning religious and historical tradition struggle for existence. Science-based medicine takes on the deeper issues of the medical profession rather then the religious and historical context that was once so eviden...

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Translated in many ways through history, the meaning of one god is called "Yahweh". Christians, Judaism, Muslims and many other religions believe in "Yahweh." The main focus of this essay is the Koran, which is the holy book for the Muslims and the Bible, which the Christians follow. Based off of M...

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As a man who was born into an atheist family, I've never frequented any place of worship before. The closest I've ever come to any religion was walking past the local Roman Catholic Church on my way home from school (I lived in New York, not South Carolina). The only personal religious experience I've had was going to my best friend's First Communion in this same Roman Catholic Church. At the time, I didn't understand what the true purpose of it was, only that we were going to get to party afterward. Despite having a Church in the middle of town, religion wasn't...

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