Islam

Islam is a monotheistic religion. Its central belief is summed up in its Declaration of Faith: “There is no god but God and Muhammad is God’s messenger.”  A Muslim surrenders to the will of God to attain perfect peace and harmony in this world and the hereafter. God’s will is revealed to humanity through Islam’s Holy Book, The Qur’an which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, who then transmitted it to the rest of the people. Prophet Muhammad was only a human being whose life exemplifies, for Muslims, what it is to live surrendered to God’s will and law.

Muslim religious duties, are to assent to the declaration of faith, pray five times daily, give regularly to charity, observe a month of dawn to dusk fasting season and, if possible, a pilgrimage to Mecca. An Abrahamic faith, Islam takes Moses and Jesus to be prophets of God and believes in universal brotherhood/sisterhood as, according to the Qura’n, every nation has received guidance from God. Thus Islamic charity includes a concern for all human beings. On the Judgment Day God, the Compassionate and the Merciful, will judge humankind and recompense them (Hell or Heaven) according to their deeds in this world.

To learn more about Muslims and other member faiths of the InterFaith Conference, please see our Teaching About Religion book.