The Qur'an, which is the sacred text of the Islamic religion, avoids projecting an image of God by addressing him in different pronouns avoiding believers to create any physical image of him. ... For Muslims, water is sacred because it is considered one of the immense mercies that God has put upon them, given the use of cleansing and purifying upon God. ... Mecca is considered the most sacred place for Muslims. The Ka'ba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is a mosque, that according to Muslim beliefs was built by Abraham- built around a black stone that is considered to be a stone that was sent ...

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The Golden Age Of Islam Islam is one of the major religions of the world, believers consist of about one fourth of the Earths population. It is told that a man named Muhammad was asked by an angel to spread the word of the one true God. He obeyed what the angel told him...

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Temple buildings were made of stone and mortar also unlike the limestone. ... " Becoming a scholar meant you could copy and learn about libraries and books, which were sacred to Timbuktu and the Islamic world. ... Even though libraries were sacred to Timbuktu they were different than the Greater Muslim world. ...

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