Islam and diversity, Muslims, Quran
A fifth of the world's population is made up of Muslim believers. The religion has suffered many splits, as a result, of orthodoxy, reforms, struggle and depression. Just like the Christians, the Muslims have their own believes and pillars of faith. "Shahada," a declaration of faith, unites all Muslims through believing in God and Mohammed as a messenger. The religion teaches that human beings are universal and equal in the eyes God and believe that human beings are created with the consciousness and wisdom that is well known by God. However, these are not universal across the world. There is diversity in religious convictions of Muslims across the world, as a result of, differences cultural and social contexts. There are differences on matters of faith of based on what they believe on who qualifies to be a Muslim and what practices should he/she fulfill. These variances are, as a result, of diversity in race, class, religion, creed and gender in the different countries that believe in Islam.
A big number of the Muslims share common believes, but there are differences too according to research done in several countries. There are practices and believes that a believer has to follow to qualify as a true follower of the Muslim religion. In different countries, these believe differ in the way the believers commit to themselves due to differences in interpretation of the Quran. Although Muslim men and women share common believes, there are differences in
the way they attend the Mosque in different parts of the world.
[...] Surname 6 Conclusion These differences in the Islam believers do not matter a lot, what matters is the establishment of an autonomous world among the Islam believers in order to foster unity among them. Solidarity among the Muslim believers plays an important role in making a better future. Solidarity among all the cults is what can play an important role in ending the rotten society among the Muslim society that believe in extremism and the use of a militant capitalism to fight against opposing groups of other non-believers of the Islam dominion. Bibliography Esposito, J. L., & Voll, J. O. (1996). Islam and democracy. New York: Oxford University Press. Volpi, F. (2008). [...]
[...] The Sufi believes in Jihad, a war that fights against the false and earthly self. Surname 5 Shia or Shi'ite This group of Islam believers makes up to 10% of the total Muslim believers in the world. They are a minority in all Muslim countries except in Iran where they make the state religion. They reject the Arab domination over Islam. The group originated from the split of Mohammed followers due to the absence of a male heir, supporting Ali as the heir contrary to the Sunnis, who supported the appointment of the Caliph to succeed Mohammed. [...]
[...] The two groups have political and philosophical differences. The Sunni believed that the fraternity should be passed to the Muslim, who presented the potential to continue the Muslim community, a claim that the Shias did not support. The Shia supported passing the kingdom to Ali, the husband to Mohammed's favorite daughter. The Sunnis believe that the Quran and the Sunnah should be the reference Surname 4 point of all laws. However, the Shias claim that the truth can only be determined by the Caliphs and Imams. [...]
[...] Islam and democracy: What is the real question?. Leiden: Amsterdam University Press. Salvatore, A., & Eickelman, D. F. (2004). Public Islam and the common good. Leiden: Brill. [...]
[...] However, these are not universal across the world. There is diversity in religious convictions of Muslims across the world, as a result of, differences cultural and social contexts. There are differences on matters of faith of based on what they believe on who qualifies to be a Muslim and what practices should he/she fulfill. These variances are, as a result, of diversity in race, class, religion, creed and gender in the different countries that believe in Islam. A big number of the Muslims share common believes, but there are differences too according to research done in several countries. [...]
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