Islam

Islam In his reader Exploring the Sources of World Civilization, Michael Polushin outlines the Islamic faith for his readers. He does so by briefly discussing the tenets of the religion as well as providing a succinct historical review of the earliest days of the Muslim tradition. Polushin points out that although the Qur’an is the sacred biblical text of the religion, many Muslims supplement their faith with other holy writings known as Hadith. The Qur’an is the holy text revealed by God, or Allah, to the prophet Muhammad. The Hadith, while not a divinely revealed scripture, is special nonetheless. It contains the witnessed accounts of the ways Muhammad and his earliest followers lived. Polushin chose excerpts from the Hadith that deal with the themes: charity, fasting, pilgrimage, divorce, food and drink, Friday service, and prayer. In his exposition on Islam he also explains the origination of the Shia-Sunni conflict as illustrated in the famed letters between their respective leaders- Al-Husayn and Muawiyah. These selected works serve as a starting point for understanding the themes and concerns of the religion as a whole. Perhaps for humanity one of the most relevant themes Polushin hits on muhammad, polushin, women, islam, faith, community, islamic, charity, allah, while, respect, religion, over, muslim, hadith, because, about, themes, prostitute, pilgrimage, people, out, one, muawiyah, good, earliest, animal, within, unification, understanding, together, through, thirst, text, testament