Islam

Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text that is considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or Allah) as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main and final Islamic prophet. It is the world’s second-largest religion behind Christianity, with more than two billion followers, comprising around 25 percent of the global population. Islam teaches that God is merciful, all-powerful, and unique, and has guided humanity through various prophets, revealed scriptures, and natural signs, with the Quran serving as the final, universal revelation and Muhammad serving as the “Seal of the Prophets” (the last prophet of God). The teachings and practices of Muhammad (sunnah) documented in traditional collected accounts (hadith) provide a secondary constitutional model for Muslims to follow after the Quran.

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Islam: Statistics, Origins
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Islam: Muhammad the Prophet - Mecca
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Muhammad the Prophet
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Islam: Muhammad the Prophet - wives, death
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Islam: history and sects
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The Umayyad and 'Abbasid dynasties
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The Mongol, Ottoman, and Mughal empires
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The Sunni-Shia divide, the Wahhabi movement
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Islam: history and sects - Shia Islam
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Islam: history and sects - Sufism
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The Hadith and the Qur'an
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Allah, angels, Isa, Jannah, and Hell
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Scriptures, doctrines, abrogation & jihad
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Islamic practices 1
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Islamic practices 2
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Islamic practices 3
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Islam: Statistics, Origins

Islam: Muhammad the Prophet - statistics, origins, Allah, and Abraham

This part gives current statistics on Muslims, and shows where they live. It also discusses Allah, the origin of Islam in 7th c. Arabia, and Abraham / Ibrahim in Islam.

Couretesy: Dr. Dale Tuggy

Islam: Muhammad the Prophet - Mecca

This part discusses the early life and ministry of Muhammad, up to his hijra to Medina.

Muhammad the Prophet

Islam: Muhammad the Prophet - Medina, the Night Journey

This part discusses Muhammad's rise to power in Medina, his capture of Mecca, and his alleged "Night Journey" to Jerusalem and through the heaves

Islam: Muhammad the Prophet - wives, death

This part discusses the wives and concubines of Muhammad, and his death.

Islam: history and sects

Islam: history and sects - the Sunni-Shia split and the first four Caliphs

This part discusses what Sunni Muslims call the period of "the righly guided caliphs" - the first four caliphs recognized by Sunni tradition. It also discusses Ali and the dispute leading to the Sunni-Shia split within Islam.

The Umayyad and 'Abbasid dynasties

Islam: history and sects - the Umayyad and 'Abbasid dynasties

The Mongol, Ottoman, and Mughal empires

Islam: history and sects - the Mongol, Ottoman, and Mughal empires

This part discusses the large, powerful, and long-lived Mongol, Ottoman, and Mughal empires, and the reversal of fortunes in recent times, and the end of the caliphate

The Sunni-Shia divide, the Wahhabi movement

Islam: history and sects - the Sunni-Shia divide, the Wahhabi movement

This part discusses the Sunni-Shia divide, and the Wahhabi movement within Sunni Islam.

Islam: history and sects - Shia Islam

Islam: history and sects - Shia Islam

This part discusses Shia Islam, including its martyrs Ali, Husain, and Hasan, how it differs from Sunni Islam, lineages of imams, and the twelver and sevener groups.

Islam: history and sects - Sufism

Islam: history and sects - Sufism

The Hadith and the Qur'an

Islamic scriptures and doctrines - The Hadith and the Qur'an

This part discusses the Hadith and the Qur'an, and the Islamic doctrines relating to prophets and scriptures.

Allah, angels, Isa, Jannah, and Hell

Islamic scriptures and doctrines - Allah, angels, Isa, Jannah, and Hell

This part discusses Islamic theology: God (Allah), shirk, angels, jinn, Satan (Iblis), prophets, judgment, Jesus (Isa), Jannah (Paradise, Heaven), Hell, houris, human freedom, and divine predestination.

Scriptures, doctrines, abrogation & jihad

Islamic scriptures and doctrines - abrogation and jihad

This part discusses the concept of abrogation and how it applies to the issue of jihad. It also compares the Islamic to the Jewish and Christian texts about holy war, and compares traditional Islamic theology to western "just war" theory, and considers the saying that "jihad" really means an inner, spiritual struggle.

 

Islamic practices 1

Islamic practices - Shari'a, fiqh, and "protected peoples"

This part discusses sharia (Shari'a - traditional Islamic law), madrasahs, the different traditions of legal scholarship (fiqh), and the classical Islamic legal traditions relating to "protected peoples" (dhimmis).

Islamic practices 2

Islamic practices - the five pillars of Islam, holidays

This part discusses the "five pillars of Islam:" shahada (confession), salat (prayer), zakat (alms), sawm (fasting), and Hajj (pilgrimage). Also, the 99 beautiful names of God, and the holidays of Eid, the first of Muharram (Sunni) and Ashura (Shia).

Islamic practices 3

Islamic practices - Ayatollah Khomeini, Salman Rushie, and free speech

This part discusses the Ayatollah Khomeini, the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, Salman Rushdie, the recent Satanic Verses controversy, and the issue of free speech.

Islamic practices 3

Islamic practices - hijab

This part discusses issues relating to Islamic head coverings for women - hijab, niqab, burqa, etc.

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