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Islamic Religion Essay, Research Paper

Islamic Religion

Todays Muslims are branded as terrorists or fudamentalist. But their religion is a gentle

religion. On the Arabian Penninsula, home of the Arabs, was isolated and they were able to

develop their civilization without outside influences. It is about 1 million miles square, that is

located between the Red sea and the Persian Gulf. There are two distinctive regions. The first

has well-watered valleys between mountains and the second is arid plains and desert. Grass

grows quickly during the showes of the rainy season. In ancient times the Arabs were bedouin

(nomads that hersed sheep, goats, and camels. and lived in tents made made of felt from camel

or goat hair.) They ate fresh or dried dates and drank milk from their herds. On special

occasions they ate mutlon. their tribes were made of related families. They valued family ties

becuase because they ensured they ensured protection and survival. They had a chief (sheikh).

The sheikh ruled as long as the tribe allowed him. They had a counsil of elders. There was

warfare over waterholes and pastures. Their way of punishment is an eye for sn eye and a tooth

for a tooth. To improve warrior skills they had camel and horse. They had story telling in frount

of the campfire. They had poetry about battles, desert, camels, horses, and love.

In 500 A.D. they started a town called Makkah, which was fifty miles inland of the Red

sea. Trade was mostly of animal producys for weopeans dates grains, spices, jewels ivory, silk,

and perfumes. They had caravans travel there from as for china.

Arabs had and worshipped many ditied business ties were replaceing family ties, and old

tribal laws were not adequat Byzantine and the Persin armies were threatining to conquer them.

The tribes had the some language but they had no central goverment, or sense of unity, The

Arabs searched for new beliefs.

The prohet of Islam was muhammad. He was born in Makkah in 570 A. D. . He was

orphaned at an early age and was adopted by his uncle. He worked as a carovan leader on a

trade route. He was know to be honest and able. His employer khadij’a ,a weakthy window if age

40, put him in charge of this business and proposed marriage to him.

He went to a cave outside the city in 610 A.D. to pray and fast reveloution (vision) there.

He was told to recite. “Recite in the name of your lord, the creator who created man from clots

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