What are the Five Pillars?
- The Five Pillars teach the people of Islam to walk down the straight path
o Meaning that it teaches them how to live with faith and good judgment
o They claim this to be one of the religion’s strengths
- Muslims believe that Allah’s revelations to humanity happened in 4 stages
o The truth of monotheism – through Abraham
o The ten commandments – through Moses
o The golden rule – through Jesus
o The way to love one’s neighbor – answered in the Koran and through Mohammed
- There are the Five Pillars but they only tell of things one should do guidelines are present on what one should not do
- The are in place to help guide one’s life to do what is right and to praise Allah
What are the Social Teachings?
- The social teachings of Islam cover the life of the individual and the interaction of the society completely.
- Teach to treat each other with brotherly and sisterly love
- Mohammed made rules of polygamy to reinforce the distribution of love within the marriages.
- Polygamy is still allowed though
- The Qur’an stresses the belief that everyone is equal no matter race
- The Koran never says to fight but it doesn’t say not to
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