Thursday, October 29, 2009

Islam







Intro
Islam is a religion that started in the middle east and has went all over the world. All the Islam people worship the Koran as their holy book.


Founder
The founder of the religion Islam, Mohammad, was orphaned at the age of six. He married a rich widow and had six children with her. That moon and star is the religious symbol of Islam.

Followers
Islam has 1.2 billion people that believe in Islam, making it one of the biggest religions in the world. Most of the followers of Islam are in Tndonesia, Pakista, Banalades, and India.

Religious holidays
Islam has a lot of religious holidays like Ashura is which they fast of a day. Eid ul Adha is when they remember the prophets Lailatalmiraj is the telling the story of how the prophet Mohammad was visited by two archangels. Some more holidays are Romadan is the month for fasting, 'ID Eidul Fitr is the ending of the month of fasting.

Customs
The Islam customs developed so that they use their left hand to clean your self and they use there right hand for every thing else like shaking hands. The Koran is only picked up by the right hand. You should take off your shoes when going in to some households.

Clothing
The Islam have to cover the entire body except there hands and there cloths have to hang loose.





























This is what the Islam people wear every day.

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