Islam

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This paper discusses the history of the religion of Islam. It discusses the Islamic Prophet Mohammed and Muslim beliefs surrounding him and the events attributed to his life. The paper then discusses, briefly, two main texts of the Islamic faith - the Qur'an and the Hadith and the six fundamental beliefs that Islam is based on. The paper very briefly compares and contrasts Islam with Christianity and Judaism.

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"Christianity, Islam and Judaism are closely related religions. All three revere Abraham and other Biblical patriarchs as their spiritual ancestors, thus they are referred to as Abrahamic religions (Comparing). Despite the similarities, most of the conflicts, mass crimes against humanity and genocides of the twentieth century have been between Muslims and Christians (Comparing). The genocides in Bosnia Herzegovina, East Timor, and the Sudan, as well as conflicts in Cyprus, Kosovo, Macedonia, and the Philippines are recent examples (Comparing). The relationship between Christianity and Islam became of great national and international importance following the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, and the War on Terror that the U.S. declared thereafter (Gartenstein-Ross)."

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