Islamic Fundamentalisn
Understanding Islam as a religion is essential to understanding Islamic fundamentalism. Islam is estimated to be the world's secondlargest religion. This is in terms of numbers. It is also by far the fastest growing of all the major religions. The word Islam, if it were translated into English from Arabic, would be 'submission' (Fregosi). Submission means to submit to the will of God, Allah, and His Word as it was first revealed to Muhammad in the Qu'ran. What is Islamic Fundamentalism? Is it a term and a movement that The founder of Islam, Muhammad, was believed to have lived in Mecca, which is a city in present day Saudi Arabia, some 1400 years ago. Muhammad was believed to be a merchant and a trader. According to the Islamic belief, Muhammad was revealed God's Word orally and it was only until after his death that it was written down into book form. This book that it was written into was, The Qu'ran. The community of Islamic believers, the umma, has grown from a faith in one Arabian city, into what is now a worldwide religion. In a stretch of countries from the Atlantic coast of Africa to many parts of the far-east Muslims either are a majority, or make up a large
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