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REL 134 Week 4 Understanding Islam (2022 New), Complete solution, University of Phoenix.

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REL 134 Week 4 Understanding Islam Part 1: Summary Write a 350- to 525-word summary of the most significant events in the history of Islam. Around 1,400 years ago, Islam was founded by the Prophet ... Muhammed who had received a visit from the Angel Gabriel while meditating in a cave. This visit, and those after that, later came to be known as the revelations (Nawwab, Speers, & Hoye, 2014). At first, Muhammed was skeptical, but as more revelations encouraged him to proclaim the oneness of God, his following grew from the poor to the most prominent men of Mecca. Like other prophets, Moses and Jesus, Muhammed and his followers were persecuted and pushed away from their Mecca in search of religious freedom. Eventually, after growing enough numbers, Muhammed returned and was able to reclaim Mecca. Unfortunately, he passed just three years later leaving no successor (Nawwab, Speers, & Hoye, 2014). Political and religious unease followed, resulting in the separation of Islam into denominations including Sunni, Shiite, and Sufi. The Islamic belief states and holds it faith within one supreme God know as Allah. “Islam arose in the 6th Century C.E(Common Era) Arabia. The region was a melting pot of religious beliefs. There where pockets of Judaism and Christianity but, for the most part, they were overshadowed by the cults of the tribal Gods that indulged in the same barbaric practices,” (“A Brief History of Islam, 2009 [Show More]

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