ISLAM
Islam, major world religionpromulgated
by the Prophet Muhammad in
Arabia in the 7th century CE. The Arabic term islām, literally
“surrender,” illuminates the
fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a
Muslim, from the active particle of islām) accepts surrender to the
will of Allah (in
Arabic, Allāh: God). Allah is viewed as the sole God—creator,
sustainer, and restorer of the world. The will of Allah, to which
human beings must submit, is made known through the sacred scriptures,
the Qurʾān (often
spelled Koran in English), which Allah revealed to his messenger,
Muhammad. In Islam Muhammad is considered the last of a series of
prophets (including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Solomon,
and Jesus),
and his message simultaneously consummates
and completes the “revelations” attributed to earlier prophets.
Retaining its emphasis on
an uncompromising monotheism
and a strict adherence to
certain essential religious practices, the religion taught by
Muhammad to a small group of followers spread rapidly through the Middle
East to Africa, Europe,
the Indian
subcontinent, the Malay
Peninsula, and China. By the early 21st century there were more
than 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide. Although many sectarian
movements have arisen within Islam, all Muslims are bound by a
common faith and
a sense of belonging to a single community.
(Britannica)
What is Hamas? Hamas
has a membership of between 20,000 and 25,000, according to the U.S.
government, and was founded in 1987 as an offshoot of the Egyptian
Muslim Brotherhood. Its name is an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama
al-Islamiya, or Islamic resistance movement. Hamas rejects Israel's
right to exist and is dedicated instead to the creation of a
Palestinian country in the region. The group has both sociopolitical
and military functions and receives crucial support and weapons from
Iran. It is one of several organizations vying for influence over
Palestinians in the decadeslong conflict over their future since the
modern state of Israel was created in what had been Mandatory
Palestine. Hamas is labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S.,
the European Union, the U.K. and others. A resolution to label Hamas
a terrorist group failed to pass in the U.N. in 2018. Hamas de facto
seized Gaza -- also known as the Gaza Strip, one of the two major
Palestinian territories -- following election wins there in 2006 and
a violent conflict with the competing Fatah political group in 2007.
Since then, Fatah has continued to govern in the West Bank territory
to the northeast. (ABC News)
What is Hezbollah?
Hezbollah is a Shiite Muslim political party and militant group
based in Lebanon, where its extensive security apparatus, political
organization, and social services network fostered its reputation as
“a state within a state.” Founded in the chaos of the fifteen-year
Lebanese Civil War, the Iran-backed group is driven by its
opposition to Israel and its resistance to Western influence in the
Middle East. With its history of carrying out global terrorist
attacks, parts of Hezbollah—and in some cases the entire
organization—have been designated as a terrorist group by the United
States and many other countries. In recent years, long-standing
alliances with Iran and Syria have embroiled the group in the Syrian
civil war, where its support for Bashar al-Assad’s regime has
transformed Hezbollah into an increasingly effective military force.
But with Lebanon’s power brokers facing public
discontent as the nation verges on failure, Hezbollah’s role in
Lebanon could change. (C.F.R.)
Is Islam Compatible
with American and European Culture?
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News 10/7/2023
Muslim Takeover of Europe's Culture, Is America Next? -
Katie Hopkins (Infowars)
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