History of Islam

Answer 1

Islam started in the city of Mecca (currently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) by the revelation of the first verses of Quran by God to Prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel in year 610 AD. Quran revelation on the prophet continued after his immigration to Medina (also in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and until prophet death in year 632 AD.

Answer 2

The true split between Judaism and Islam occurred when Abraham impregnated Hagar, the maidservant of Sarai (Abraham's wife). When Sarai bore Isaac, she sent Hagar and her son (Ishmael) away. This is accounted in Genesis, starting in chapter 16. This is the very beginning of Islam, because through Ishmael, the Islamic people came to be. You will notice that the "father" of both Judaism and Islam is Abraham.

Answer 3

Islam originally began since the first creation. They first creation was made to do something for God, which was worship. The first creation worshiped God. Therefore, submitting to his will. This is what a Muslim is. They submit to God's will. They worship him and only him as he is the Creator. Later, more creations came to be and received revelation to do the same as the Creator wants. It came directly to a man named Adam, of whom is the first human being. Then, continued as the Ten commandments, the Bible, and finally the Quran. They are all the same message except, they came to a single person or being before spreading to more than one. Being humans,we have our own choice of whether we want to accept this message or abandon it.

As mentioned above, Abraham(as) was of those who submitted to God, and brought the message to his people. His people, being so far apart in time from us would've caused much confusion if we were to read or hear them in their dialect. Also, just like in the telephone game , even more confusion would arise if word of mouth is used to tell us about what they have learned. So, every Prophet came to their own people , which is very convenient. Then we get to the last Prophet, Prophet Muhammad (saw). He is the only one that was given the Quran, with it's historic stories and universal morals, and was promised to have this revelation preserved until the end of time.

The Quran has no other versions and is exact same message as it was originally, no additions or subtractions. It speaks of people that is mentioned in other books such as the Bible. The Bible is a book of Islam but we recognize it as corrupted by people after it's revelation, not during.

There are many scientific miracles mentioned in the Quran, discoveries we've only begun to find, and wisdom that we can't fathom.

Islam originally began where ever Allah made his first creation. Answer 4Islam is an Arabic word that means submission and surrender to God (as the one and only one God). In this sense Islam began by the universe creation where all God creatures were created under their submission (Islam) to God. Upon start of mankind, they are taught through God prophets to be on full submission (Islam) to God.

All prophet missions; including Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, was to hold submission (Islam) to the one and only one God, the Creator, with no partner, no son, no father, no companion, no associate, and no resemblance (defined as monotheism).

In this sense:

• Islam per God revelation of Torah to Moses is called Judaism.

• Islam per God revelation of the bible to Jesus is called Christianity.

• Islam per God revelation of Quran to Muhammad is called the very name Islam.

Islam religion per God revelation of Quran to prophet Muhammad was founded by the start of Quran revelation by God to prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel (Jibril) in Mecca (currently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) in year 610 AD. Quran revelation continued also when the prophet (peace be upon him) migrated to Medina (also in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) until prophet death in year 632 AD.

Answer 4

The religion Islam began with Mohammad.

Answer 5

Islam religion began in Saudi Arabia (KSA) during 600AD. It was started by Mohammad who was from Kuraish family in Mecca. Mohammad claimed that he got revelations through Jibriel and started preaching his messages in Mecca. He could not get much followers in Mecca, he moved to Medina and was able to get fighting men who was ready to fight for Allah (the god of Meccans). From this point onward he was able to get many followers and his military expeditions helped him to expand his religion. His fighting men were offered virgin, wine and milk in heaven if get killed or booties from the war if not killed.

Answer 6

Islam is not a new religion. All the Prophets preached Islam. Anyhow, we can say that Islam began at Mecca (Makka) in Saudi Arabia in 570 when the last Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (SAW) started preaching Islam at the age of 40

Answer 7

From the Muslim point of view, Islam per Quran revelation by God to prophet Muhammad (PBUH) began in Makkah (Mecca in English) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Answer 8

Islam began historically on the Arabian peninsula, in the towns of Mecca and Medina (near the west coast inland from the Red Sea). Muhammad (570-632 CE) preached a message he (and all Muslims) believed to be revealed by God. Muslims believe him to an ordinary man with the extraordinary task of being God's last and greatest prophet. Refer to question below for more information.

Islam means submitting to god's will, as god is eternal, therefore, Islam had no beginning. it is there from the time eternity. Islam began with start of universe creation. refer to question below for details.

Answer 9

Islam began in the holy city of Mecca when Muhammad found out about Allah.

Islam began just like Christianity or Judaism, it is based on the same religion, the Islamic year counting starts with Muhammad migrating the city of Mecca because he accepted Allah (or God in English and same God worshiped in Judaism and Christianity) as the only god. Muhammad started believing in Allah because an angel appeared before him and that angel revealed to him God words. These are the words of the Muslims holy book Quran and hence Muhammad started to spread God revelations to him through the angel Gabriel (or Jibril)

Answer 10

The true split between Judaism and Islam occurred when Abraham impregnated Hagar, the maidservant of Sarai (Abraham's wife). When Sarai bore Isaac, she sent Hagar and her son (Ishmael) away. This is accounted in Genesis, starting in chapter 16. This is the very beginning of Islam, because through Ishmael, the Islamic people came to be. You will notice that the "father" of both Judaism and Islam is Abraham.

Answer 11

It started by prophet Mohammad in the city of Mecca.

Answer 12

the above comment is wrong! Islam was even around since the first human being prophet Adam. Prophet Muhammad was the last person to receive a revelation as a Messenger and a Prophet. but he did NOT invent Islam

Answer 13

Islam began historically on the Arabian peninsula, in the towns of Mecca and Medina (near the west coast inland from the Red Sea). Muhammad (570-632 CE) preached a message he (and all Muslims) believed to be revealed by God. Muslims believe him to an ordinary man with the extraordinary task of being God's last and greatest prophet.

Answer 14

Islam began by universe start of creation, Refer to question below for details.

For many Muslims the term "Islam" has two meanings: the Divine Religion of Submission to God's Will (often called Islam with a small "i") and the Institutionalized Belief as Found in Qur'an and Revealed by Mohammed's Prophecy (often called Islam with a capital "I"). The following answers should be understood in either of those meanings.

Answer 15

ISLAM was not founded by any human. Islam means submission to Allah, and since Adam (AS) to Muhammad (PBUH), they all sent this message, so Islam was founded in Heaven, where Adam was first placed. ( one opinion)

Answer 16

Islam was founded in Mecca in 610 A.D.. The Muslim lunar calendar is dated from Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina (Hijrah).

Answer 17

The preaching of Islam actually starts from Prophet Adam (PBUH) and ends up to Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). Every time when ever these prophet came down to earth, Islam gets refreshed. Prophet Jesus (PBUH) also preached Islam. Those who doesn't believed him completely are called Christians. Prophet Moses (PBUH) also preached Islam. Those who doesn't believed him completely are called Jews The Muslims have a faith in all the prophets till Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) and will be remain in faith until the judgement days occurs.

Answer 18

Islam emerged by start of universe creation. All God creations were created based on Islam, that means full submission to God as the one and only one God with no partner, no associate, and no equivalence.

Answer 19

All God prophets called people to Islam. All the Prophets sent to earth by Almighty God for the guidance of humans preached One and the same religion-Islam. The last prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (May peace be upon him) was born in Makkah (or Mecca) in 570 AD. He started preaching Islam in 610 AD; per Qur'an God revelation to him through the Angel Gabriel; in Makkah (or Mecca) in the current country of Saudi Arabia. The fundamental belief being: ONENESS of Almighty God, having No Son, No Parents, No Off-spring, No Partner, no companion, no associate, and no equivalence. God is the Sole Creator, Sustainer, Provider and Ruler of all the worlds. Refer to related questions below. Islam began in Mecca 610 AD. 13 years later, Muhammad the prophet (PBUH) traveled from Mecca to Medina (that was called Hijra) and established the first city in Islam. From Medina, Islam spread to the whole Arabian Peninsula, then to Iraq,Syria,Persia and Egypt and from there to the rest of Islamic countries.

Islam is the religion propagated and preached by all the Prophets (May peace be upon them all). Hazrat Adam (AS) was the first Prophet and Muslim. The Muslims are found all over the world. There are 58 independent Muslim countries in the world. Islam means full surrender to and faith in Allah (God in English). Accordingly, Islam was started by start of universe creation where all God creations were created on Islam to God. Howeverm Islam per Quran revelation by God to prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was started in Makkah (or Mecca) in year 610 AD. Islam was started in the Arabian Peninsula, in the city of Mecca.
Islam starts its history from the 1st man on earth "Adam" being exiled from the paradise and sent on earth for a limited period for trail/test & in Islam was revealed to Holy Prophet PBUH in Makkah in 611 A.D.
The last Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (SAW) was born in Makka, Arabia in 570 AD. He started preaching Islam at the age of 40 when he was commanded by Almighty God through the Arch Angel Gabriel to do so. He then migrated to Madina. Islam developed in and around these two cities.

It is a political movement rose in Afghanistan
The Taliban are a Private Military Company over in the Middle East and South East Asia.

In the 1980's they were used for fighting Communist Russia out of the Middle East.

Now they're doing the same to America.

The great and scholarly Sultan of Egypt and Syria!

Saladin, pronounced Salah al-Din in Arabic, was a Kurd born in Tikrit, Iraq in 1137. In 1174 he became Sultan of both Egypt and Syria after the death of Nur ad-Din, who was once Saladin's political rival and once-mentor.

During the time he spent gaining power in Egypt and Syria, Saladin tried to avoid open conflict with the Crusaders, who the Muslims referred to collectively as Franks. But after Nur ad-Din's death, Saladin know had a large enough army to pursue his goal of recapturing the Holy Land.

Following a year long truce with the Crusaders, on July 4, 1178 Saladin defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin. During this battle Saladin captured the King of Jerusalem Guy de Lusignan. Next he marched on the city itself but found it defended by a knight, Balian of Ibelin. Balian and only a handful of other knights successfully defended the city from Saladin's attack until an agreement was made between the two, Balian would surrender the city to Saladin, as long as Saladin allowed the Christians to leave safely with the payment of a ransom.

The fall of Jerusalem led to the calling of the Third Crusade, and soon Saladin's famous rival Richard I of England was on his way to the Holy Land along with the King of France and the Hly Roman Emperor. The armies of Richard and Saladin soon fought several times and the two leaders had a great respect for each other. Before Richard surrounded the city, Saladin burnt all the crops in the fields outside of the city walls so Richard and his army would have no food. Eventually Richard realized that even if he did capture Jerusalem, he would not be able to defend it against Saladin, so in 1192 the two kings agreed to a truce. Saladin would remian in control of Jerusalem, so long as he allowed safe passage to and from the city for Christian pilgrims.

The following year, in the city of Damascas in Syria, Saladin passed away on March 4. When his advisors opened his treasury there was not enough money to even bury the great Sultan, he had long since given nearly everything away to charity.

The early Caliphates (or Islamic Empires) expanded due to a number of factors. It is notable that although there are a few occurrences of Muslims carrying out the "Convert or Die" scenario, this is not the most common reason for Islam's expansion exclusively in terms of territory.

1) Arabia - What's that?: Prior to Mohammed, Arabia had been seen as a cultural and political backwater barely worth notice and therefore Mohammed's consolidation of the Arab Tribes was not seriously considered by the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires. This lead to a very porous southern defense and miscalculation of the Islamic Armies.

2) Byzantine-Sassanian Wars: Since the Byzantines and Sassanians considered each other the only real civilizations in the region, they fought each other numerous times in the early 600s C.E. over control of what is today East Turkey and Iraq. These were intense religious wars (Christian vs. Zoroastrian) and greatly weakened both empires at just the wrong time.

3) Tribal Command Structure: Arab Tribes and warriors owed their loyalty to their Sheikhs and leaders without fault because the Sheikh provided each person with all of the amenities and protection necessary to live a full life. Whenever the Arabs went to war, the Sheikhs could count on the ability to muster their tribesmen as soldiers without issue.

4) Support of the Locals: Since the Byzantine Empire and Sassanian Empire were engaged in religious zealotry, it stands to reason that they did not tolerate their religious minorities very well. The Muslims professed to (and did) treat minorities far better than either of these Empires. This led to religious minorities (especially Jews) from within the conquered territories helping Muslims to secure outposts and positions, freeing the Muslims to continue to spread the religion.

5) Citizenship by Conversion: The Islamic Empire was interesting in that being the leader or a person of import in the Empire was not contingent on ethnicity or place of birth as was the case of most prior empires. All a person had to do to gain power and prestige was to convert to Islam. This simple integration mechanism resulted in massive number of Persians, Berbers, and Turks converting to Islam. In fact, the furthest expansions of Islam (Spain, India, West China, South Russia, the Balkans) were all accomplished by non-Arabs (respectively Berbers, Persians/Mughals, Turkmen, Azeris, and Ottomans).

6) Warfare: The leaders charged with expanding the influence of Islam were thoughtful and diligent military leaders. Caliph 'Omar, who conquered much of the Levant, Egypt, Persia, and Iraq was well-known as a strategist and a fighter. It was this knowledge of warfare that allowed Muslim forces to expand the territory's influence.

7) Universality: Islam, as a religion, claims salvation for all people in all places, making the religion very attractive, especially to people born into low castes and bad economic positions.

(Introduction) Afghanistan, a troublesome country, struggle`s everyday to put an end to the production of the illegal drug, opium, that is being produced everyday under the Taliban`s control. The Taliban plays a major role in the continuance of the illegal opium production by supporting, encouraging, and demanding the continuance of the opium production, which leads to violence with the innocent people if they don't corporate with the Taliban.

(Background History) The Taliban, a radically militant Islamic movement appeared in late 1994, and controlled 90 percent of Afghanistan between 1996-2001. The term "Taliban" comes from the Persian and Pashtu plural of the Arabic word Talib (Seeker of knowledge). Subsequently, they banned female access to education and employment, and imposed draconian Islamic laws that called for severe punishments, including the stoning death of proven adulterers and the amputating of thieves' hands and feet. Despite their strict beliefs and anti- drug profiling, the Taliban could not resist using opium to fund its activities, underlining the movement`s poor understanding and interpretation of Islamic law. The steepest challenge is the burgeoning drug trade, which funds not just the Taliban attacks, but has created a general climate of lawlessness throughout the country with violence. Opium has been cultivated and consumed by human beings since at least the third millennium. Afghanistan has been affected by opium since the twentieth century, when opium was spread throughout the Golden Crescent (Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan).Due to this, Afghanistan is accounting for 93 percent of the world's opium production. (International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, and Reins, Thomas)

(Supporting) Over 18 years of internal warfare has left the country with extreme

poverty, massive unemployment and little hope of an economy being rebuilt in

the near future, but The Taliban supports the production of opium by gaining the

trust of the farmers and civilians who grow the opium by giving out food, money,

and cloths during the holy holiday of Ramadan. Once the Taliban gains the trust

of the farmers and civilians, the Taliban can ask them to pretty much do

whatever they want for them. The lack of action to stop production is suspected

to be due to the opium industry's financial support to the Taliban militia. In order

to support the protection of the farmers and the opium, the Taliban buys

weapons with some of the money they made from selling opium, to give to their

fellow Taliban to kill any militia. The farmers only see the money rolling in as their

poppy crops disappear in wagons, which is promised by the Taliban because

the farmers don't want to see the end result of their crop. (Willems, Peter.)

(Encourages) One way the Taliban encourages the farmers to make opium for

them is they tell the farmers that if you switch your crops from wheat to opium,

you can make more money and support your family better, but although the motivation behind the Taliban decision to allow the opium industry to flourish is unclear, what motivates the farmers is obvious. Over 18 years of internal warfare has left the country with extreme poverty, massive unemployment and little hope of an economy being rebuilt in the near future. The Taliban have also encouraged the farmers and civilians who grow the opium by telling them that they will protect them from the militia. All of this seems to work due to the fact that Afghanistan is accounting for 93 percent of the world`s opium production. (Willems, Peter.)

(Demands) The Taliban demands the production of opium because without the money that they make from selling the opium, the Taliban wouldn't have as much money as they do today. Without the money, the Taliban cannot buy weapons, recruit new members, or even pay the farmers who grow the opium in the first place. If a farmer refuses to grow the opium, depending on how bad the Taliban need it, the Taliban will demand that they grow the opium for them or they will burn down their other crops or house, beat them, or even kill them. Because of this, most of the farmers do corporate with the Taliban because they don't want to be injured or killed. The harsh demands that the Taliban ask from the farmers do tire them out, which leads to the farmers not producing enough opium to fit the Taliban`s needs.

(Conclusion) From this, Afghanistan struggles to put an end to the production of the illegal drug, opium, that is being produced under the Taliban`s control. The Taliban plays a major role in the continuance of the illegal opium production by supporting, encouraging, and demanding the continuance of the opium production. Only we can hope that one day, this will all come to an end.

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Firstly the wording of the question is inaccurate. The rulers of Spain were "Arabs" of the Arabian peninsula (from the Umayya clan in Mecca who then moved to Syria to establich the Ummatad dynasty).

The population which the Arabs ruled "consisted" of berbers (which you call Moorish) who are Atlanto-Mediterranean. They are a mix of European Iberians and East African Capsian people.

The term Moor has had several meanings over time so one has to be careful with terminology. The Moors were from a culture based in North West Africa and included people from Morocco and Algeria. The Moors in Spain had moderately dark skin complexion. (The word "Moor" or "Moorish" in England and Ireland generally meant a Negro rather than a person of the Moorish culture.)

Answer 1

first of all it wasn't an Arabic empire but accurately it was an Islamic empire considering the fact that it concludes also non-Arab Muslims. About the process in which they built it, simply by applying all the teachings of Islam in both the Holy Quran &the teachings of Muhammad PBUH.

Answer 2

The Arab Muslims integrated non-Arabs who had been educated in the Byzantine and Sassanian Empires into powerful positions of authority, the centralized governance structures, created a massive library to organize knowledge from across the empire and translate it into Arabic, and became patrons of the arts and sciences. Critical Thinking was prized and religious demagoguery was relatively weak. By the mid-1100s to the 1200s, religious belief and piety overcame this more open temperment and resulted in the Islamic World stagnating up to the colonial period.