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Introduction About Islam:
Islam, the major world religion, propagated by Prophet Muhammad(pbuh) in Arabia in the 7th century CE. The Arabic word Islam literally means "surrender", exposing the fundamental religious idea of Islam - that the believer (called a Muslim from the active particle of Islam) accepts surrender in the will of Allah (Arabic, Allah: God) is.Allah is seen as the only God - the Creator of the world, constant and connective. The will of Allah, which man must submit, is made known through the sacred texts, the Quran (often written Quran in English), which Allah revealed to his messenger Muhammad(pbuh). In Islam, Muhammad(pbuh) is considered to be the last of a series of prophets (including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Solomon, and Jesus[pbu. them all]), and their message simultaneously fulfills the consummation and "preconception" that was responsible for the earlier prophecy.
Putting its emphasis on an unproven monotheism and strict observance of assured essential religious mode, the religion taught by Muhammad(pbuh) to a small group of followers spread vigorously from the Middle East to Africa, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, the Malay Peninsula, and China. By the beginning of the 21st century there were over 1.5 billion Muslims globally. Although many sectarian movements have arisen within Islam, all Muslims are bound by a common belief and sense of belonging to one community.
The Islamic Foundations:
The legacy of Prophet Muhammad(PBUH)
From the very beginning of Islam, Muhammad had developed a sense of brotherhood and bond of faith in his followers, both of which helped develop a sense of close connection between them, his experiences of persecution as a deceptive community in Mecca Were inspired by. . The revelation of the Quran and the strong attachment to the principles of socioeconomic content typical of Islamic religious practices strengthened this bond of faith.
In 622 AD, when the Prophet moved to Medina, his sermon was soon accepted, and the community-state of Islam emerged. During this early period, Islam acquired both its spiritual and temporal aspects of its life as its characteristic ethos as a religion and not only a person's relationship to God (through conscience) but also a social The setting sought to regulate human relationships. Thus, there is not only an Islamic religious institution, but also an Islamic-law, the state And other institutions governing society.Religious (private) and secular (public) until the 20th century were distinguished by some Muslim thinkers and not formally separated in some places such as Turkey.
This dual religious and social character of Islam, in a way, expresses itself as a God-commissioned religious community, which brings its own value system to the world through jihad ("diligence", usually referred to as Translated as "holy war" or "holy struggle".), Explains the surprising success of early generations of Muslims. Within a century after the Prophet's death in 632 CE, he had brought a large part of the globe - India from Spain to Central Asia — under a new Arab Muslim empire.
The period of Islamic overcome and empire building marks the first phase of the expansion of Islam as a religion. The essential egalitarianism of Islam within the faithful community and its official discrimination against followers of other religions rapidly converts. Jews and Christians were given a special status because the scriptural communities were called "the people of the book" (Ahl al-Kitab) and, therefore, religious autonomy was allowed.
However, they were required to pay per capita taxes, unlike the pagans, which were required to accept Islam or die. The same status of "book people" was later extended to Zoroastrians and Hindus in particular times and places, but many "people of the book" joined Islam in order to avoid the disability of Jizah. After the 12th century, Islam was more widely rised by Sufis (Muslim mystics),Who were mainly beholden for the spread of Islam in Turkey, India, Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (see below).
Apart from jihad and Sufi missionary activity, another factor in the spread of Islam was the far-reaching influence of Muslim merchant , who not only introduced Islam long ago in the Indian East Coast and South India, but also proved to be the main catalytic agents. Next to Sufis) to convert people to Islam in , Malaya,Indonesia and China. Islam was introduced into Indonesia in the 14th century, there was hardly time to consolidate itself politically before coming beneath the Dutch hedgemony
Islam and the estimated total number of over 1.5 billion individuals globally in the 21st century have caused various internal differences. However, all sections of Muslim society belong to the same faith and the same community. With the loss of political power during the period of western colonialism in the 19th and 20th centuries,
The concept of Islamic community (Ummah) grew stronger rather than weaker. The belief of Islam helped various Muslim people in their struggle to achieve political independence in the mid-20th century, and the unity of Islam contributed to the subsequent political solidarity.