The word Islam means "surrender" or "submission," submission to the will of Allah, the one God. ... The basic creed of Islam is brief: There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah (www.sharif.org.uk/ch8hamid). ... This God, Allah, is compassionate and just. ... Both Islam and Christianity offer a rewarding "eternal dwelling" if you live a righteous life here on earth and do the duty of Allah or God. ... Islam teaches to: "Be mindful of you duty to Allah and try to promote accord between yourselves (8.2). ...

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An Islamic life is one of tests and if Allah and if his guidance has been rejected in any way, it is a sin. ... In Islam, there are no mediators or middle person between Allah and humans. An Individual must submit willingly to Allah and as long as they live life in a rational way, they will submit to Allah with ease. ... There are no statues or pictures of Allah in mosques or any Muslim homes because their creed says: "there is no god but Allah". ... Glory to Allah! ...

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Declaring that there is no God but Allah, praying five times a day facing Mecca, fasting during set times, tithing for needy, and a journey to Mecca at least once in your lifetime. ... Islam teaches to: "Be mindful of you duty to Allah and try to promote accord between yourselves (8.2). ... Fight the idolaters all together, as they fight you all together, and know that Allah is with the righteous (9.36)"(Nawawi page 232). ... Both Islam and Christianity offer a rewarding "eternal dwelling" if you live a righteous life here on earth and do the duty of Allah or God. ... I am not sure about Islam...

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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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He proclaims his teachings came from the angle Gabriel and that he is the prophet of Allah, or God, in the city of Mecca. ... Muslims would set out military campaigns in the name of Allah to convert other nations to Islam. ...

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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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While Islam, Christianity, and Judaism have different timelines for the event, they all commonly accept that their respective God made everything in existence within a week, with Islam's Allah beginning on Saturday, and Christianity and Judaism's God beginning on Monday. ... You must do everything in your power to glorify Allah, and spend your life in a cause defined as worthy by the Quran. ...

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After the collapse of the classical Greek and Roman empires, Western European civilization struggled with each other to become the dominant empire in the region. This period of instability in Western Europe made room for a new group to dominate; the Islamic Empires. Recognized as having one of the m...

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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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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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