Peace; a word manipulated and misused too commonly when conversing. The term peace‚ referring to a happy and harmonious nature‚ whether within ones self or extending to the greater world‚ recognises a sense of contentment. Islam‚ in its entirety‚ is a peaceful and harmless religion. A Muslims aim is to firstly achieve inner piece‚ resulting in true ‘Islam’ or total submission to Allah (Sura 5:15-16). Finding and creating this inner piece effects the relationships the individuals has with not only
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world something like this. I think the most prominent problems in our society would be corruption and the increase in the crime rate everywhere. Corruption‚ for me‚ is the biggest problem of all because how can we ever hope to achieve anything like peace if the people in power – the people we dub as our “leaders” – can’t start it with themselves? I mean‚ we see it in media all the time how this leader stole money‚ how this leader became involved with this and that. It’s all just a big mess and all
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Christian Swanson Religion Peace and Islam 12/1/11 Islam as a Religion of Peace Islam has taken a lot of flak in recent years‚ though not‚ that is to say‚ without any sort of reason. It is an unavoidable fact that the organization that attacked the United States on September 11th‚ 2001 was indeed an Islamic organization. As most Americans are not prepared to go to their local library to learn about their enemies‚ it is logical that many people may have been led to believe some untrue assertions
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RELIGION AND PEACE: Islam SACRED TEXTS -The sacred texts of Islam‚ the Qur’an and the way of the Prophet Muhammad (sunna) as found in the hadith‚ are fundamental to Islam. -Qur’an is the fundamental text for all Muslims -It contains the revelation of Allah‚ complete and unaltered as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad -Qur’an is organised into 114 Surahs or chapters -Hadith refers to the collection of traditions of the words and deeds of Muhammad -The Qur’an sets out clear paths for Muslims
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Islam: A Religion of Peace What is a Muslim? In what do the followers of Islam believe? In today’s world‚ people should be asking these questions‚ if only to learn more about the world around them. In this paper‚ I will discuss how the basic ideas of Islam compare to the six bases of religion listed in our textbook. The six bases are: (1) deal in some way with peoples’ relationship to the unseen world of spirits‚ ancestors‚ gods and demons; (2) developed a system of myths about the unseen world
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“Jihad and Peace.” The words Islam and Muslim are from the same Aramaic/Semetic root‚ and the words Salām‚ Shalom‚ and Salem are all translated as “peace‚” “peace that comes from submission to God‚” “whole‚” “complete‚” “intact.” Explain why “submission” is the major theme of Islam‚ keeping in mind this history of the words’ meanings. The religion is called Islam because it offers peace and requires complete submission to the will of God. According to the Qur’an‚ there is only one religion acceptable
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hounded by people who brand you as totally irrational and uncontrollably violent. So‚ you have a knee-jerk reaction‚ purely defensive and purely self-protective and blurt out that you are a “peaceful religion.” And you are absolutely and one hundred percent right in saying that. For‚ Islam is all about peace and truth and justice and kindness and compassion. But that is not what your accusers and tormenters are saying. They are pointing to all the violence that is going on in different parts of the
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Religion‚ Peace and Justice What attitudes are there to war? Key idea: Most Christians believe that war should be avoided. But many also believe that there are times when a Christian may have to go to war. This is because they believe that the result of not going to war will be much worse. Holy War Key idea: Christians would fight in the name of God by going on Crusades (Holy War) Christians did not retaliate when persecuted‚ they did not join the army. Not all Christians followed the teachings
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inner peace in TWO religious traditions. (18/20)Inner peace is defined as an internal quality of calmness and security which puts the mind at ease and fills the adherent with a sense of tranquility and assurance. For adherents to Christianity and Islam‚ inner peace is an inevitable and hugely rewarding consequence of genuine faith. It is developed rather than striven for‚ through a unique combination of personal‚ communal‚ scriptural and doctrinal means. Christians believe that inner peace is obtained
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Religion: Source of Conflict or Peace? Religion has a positive influence on people. Religion has always had a great impact on masses. At some points‚ it was the source of conflict‚ but on the other hand‚ it was a force for peace and positive things. Nowadays‚ Western countries are concerned about Islam and Muslim fundamentalism in Islamic areas. It is a great threat for Western countries. People consider it as a source of wars and conflicts. There were several facts like the events of 9/11‚ terror
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