Islam Traditions

Islam is a tradition of love and submission to God that last-ditchly strives for placidity. The antiquated morality emerged in the seventh century and was able to appeal to the public done its deeply entrenched attitudes to serenity. Islams constant endeavour for ease fundament be presented through its ancient traditions and sacred texts, history and diachronic events and current pr modus operandiices and contemporary events of the religion. The sacred texts of Islam are the Quran, which contains the revelations from Allah and the Hadith, which outlines the way of the prophet Muhammad.These sacred texts are fundamental to Islam and it is through these texts that Moslems formulate an understanding of stay. This is reflected through the Quranic statement O ye who believe Come, alone of you, into complete peace and come out not the footsteps of evil. Surely he is your open enemy. (2208) Despite the world of violence and belligerence that Muhammad was born into, his blast to the ethics of war and peace differed from the prevailing tribal culture of the time. Muhammads attitude with regards to the concept of peace was one of active non-violent resistance and open defiance of persecution by non-believers.The essence of this is represented in the Quranic versify The recompense of evil is punishment like it, but whoever forgives and amends, he shall have his reward from Allah surely he does not love the unjust. (Sural al-Shura 4240-43 The counsel) The history of the religion emerged in Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad, and later in Medina. Medina was situated on one of the Middle Easts principal trade routes and is home to a large religious shrine and sacred site known as the Kaaba. It was here that that the vernals of the new prophet was carried from distant lands.One of the most historical events within the history of Islam was the death of the prophet Muhammad in 632 CE. After Muhammads death, Abu Baker Muhammads successor and father in law, alon g with three opposite rightly guided caliphs led the early Muslim community to further success and rapid growth. in that location is some dispute, however, between the Shii and the Sunni branches of Islam as to who is the rightful successor of Muhammad. Shiis believe that Ali, Muhammads closest coition and fourth caliph is indeed the true leader or imam of the Muslim community.The Muslim neutral of worshipful submission to God is practiced through the five pillars of Islam. These five duties are a merge force for Muslims all over the world. The pillars of faith are described as the declaration of faith, daily prayer, required almsgiving, fasting in Ramadan and the pilgrimage to Mecca. These everyday practices demonstrate how the individual, through their current, personal devotion, strives for peace. Within Islam, the concept of peace is twofold. Firstly one must achieve peace with God and thereof with oneself in order to secondly, be at peace with the rest of the world.Islam teaches the importance of strengthening ones individual relationship with god. Sufism, an ancient mystical movement that marks the spiritual dimension of Islam stresses the importance of the Muslim transcending their base desires and worldly attachments in order to fully allow Gods light to visualize their heart. This further reinforces that there can be no universal peace until inner peace and submission to the will of God is achieved. Islam notes that those who strive for peace will experience positive consequences from god.These positive actions can only be experienced by people if there is peace in the world, as written in the Quran. Enter it al-janna in peace and justice. (1546) the place referred to in this verse is the Moslem concept of the ultimate paradise, or essentially heaven. This shows that the qualities for al-janna or the ultimate paradise for which all Muslims aspire are peace and justice. Muslims acknowledge that humans can have a tendency towards aggression, v iolence and greed. Jihad is the internal struggle against evil temptations in order to fulfil Allahs desire for peace throughout humankind.It is the Muslims duty in the world to do cracking and prevent harm and evil in every way, therefore jihad essentially runs through all aspects of a muslims life. Contemporary Islam unfortunately faces a great amount of criticism and skepticism from the western world. This is due to misunderstandings of the religion, as well as extremist groups that believe that they must fight and act in violence in order to achieve peace for Islam. This contradicts the majority of Muslims, who incessantly try to confront peace and kindness to the world, as the Quran informs them to do. And those who believe and do good are made to enter gardens, beneath which rivers flow, to abide in them by their lords permission their greeting therein is, peace This reflects the positive consequences that are promised to Muslims who act peacefully throughout their life. It also further reinforces that acting in a way of peace, justice and goodwill will eventually have positive advantages for all Muslims. Because of such contradictions, Australian Muslims in particular join in initiatives established to increase non-Muslim Australians knowledge of the religion. through with(predicate) these initiatives and through increasing the dialogue between Muslims, Christians and Jews contemporary Islam attempts to inform the world of their peaceful intentions. It is in the amuse of many Muslims to conduct peaceful campaigns such as marches and protests that publically condemn war as well as showing that they do not condone the behaviour of confused, violent and extreme Islamic behaviour. There are a myriad of Muslim organisations for peace activism that contribute to educating people-as well as getting people together to speak up for peace and non-violence.Some of these organisations are The Coalition of Women for ataraxis, Muslim Peace Fellowship, Muslim World Initiative, and the World Assembly of Muslim Youth. These organisations clearly show that the majority of the contemporary Muslim community are striving for both peace in Australia, and peace in the world. It can therefore be said that Islam, rich in its ancient history and contemporary practices, is a religion that constantly strives for peace in the world and peace in the minds of all followers.