Muslims

Name: Charles-Olivier Normandeau

In the Islam religion, there is not intermediary among the people and the God.  The cult is done directly.  Also, when the people sin, they regret by addressing directly their Creator (God).  They don’t need a intermediate man.  During some prayer, there is a man in front of people.  This man, is called the Imam.  But he is not a intermediate between God and Muslims.

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Bibles of Muslims

In this text I tell to you the things to do or not for go to the paradise according to the Muslims bible.  The polytheism is horrible crime.  If you practice polytheism the other Muslims can banish you of the religion of Muslims.  And the sins are thief, eat must pork etc.  To forgive the sins of a guy this guy must do a good action.  If a Muslim memorise the 99 names of Allah this guy goes to the paradise.  There are thing approved by Allah an things disapproved by Allah, if you make a things that is disapproved by Allah you go to hell if you don’t make many, many good actions.  Did you know the god of Muslims?  It Allah.  The religion of Muslims is a good religion not too severe and not to permissive.

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The table below shows the growth rate of the Islam in the main regions of the world

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The minaret (picture opposite) is an integral part of a mosque. It’s a tower where the Muslim goes up to meditate alone and pray.

The Muslims, before each prayer, are purifying by ablutions.

The mosques are the place where the Muslims do their cult. This cult  is practised in the prayer’s room, under the direction of an imam.

We can make a difference with the big  Mosques, where the Muslims go Friday midday to pray together and the mosque of quarter, simple place to pray.

The wall of  Qibla shows the direction of the Mecque (Qibla, in arabic, means direction). It’s on this wall where we can find the mirhab and the minbar.

The mihrab is a hole in the Qibla wall. It shows the direction  of the Mecque, so the Muslims pray in this direction. below : the mihrab of the mosque of Cordoue

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In the Islam, each age of the life is marked by religion rites.

With the birth, the first word which one must murmur with

the ear of the new-born baby is God (or Allah). The child

receives a name seven days later. At 4 years old, one gives

him his first lesson of religious education. The marriage

can last several days. After the Coran, the man is authorized

to take four wives

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The 7 degrees of Muslim spirituality

The religion of Muslim has 7 degrees in the spirituality. This is a procession in the Muslim religion.  It’s proving that you are faithful at your religion.

1.  The residence of the repentance

2.  The residence of the ascèse asceticism and the renouncement of low world

3.  The residence of hostility against of soul 

4.  The residence of love

5.  The residence of the rupture of passion

6.  The residence of reverential fear

7.  The residence of the proximity

One act of worship makes by the Muslim are the purification of the heart. According to them, it is useful to purify the body of imoiretés and the stain. When a person reads the coran, he should not make any other things and be concentrated.

                                                            Sophia Gallagher

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The Holiday of the Muslim

[1]1 January (Hijra) : It’s the New Year for the Muslim.

12 March (Mawlid al-Nabi) : The day when Muhammad was born.

15 July : (Leïlah-al-Ghaïbah) Holliday of the conception of Muhammad.

27 July : (Leïlah-al-Mijaj) The days when Muhammad went in the sky    .

15 August : (Leïlah-al-Berat) commemoration of the purification.

1 September : The start of the fast.

18 September : commemoration of the wars for Badr

27 September (Leïlah-al-Qadr) : first revelation of Coran to prophet.

1 October ( Idal-Fitr) : The end of the fast.

10 December (A'ïd-Adha) The holiday of the sacrifice.

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In the religion there are four musculus rectus abdominis. Here they are:

The paramount duty that the man has towards God is to have faith in Him only, to recognize Its authority and to associate anybody to Him. This is expressed in Kalima: There ilâha illâ LLâh (there is not other God only God) )

Our second duty towards God is to accept of all our heart, and to follow Its directives (hidâya) the code which It revealed for the man - and to seek to like to Him with all the prayers of our spirit and our heart. We achieve this duty by having faith in the Prophet of God and by accepting it for head and guide.

Our third duty towards God is to obey to Him scrupulously and without reserves. We achieve this duty while following the Law of God such as it is contained in Coran and Sunnah.

Our fourth duty towards God is to adore it. That, by the means of the celebration of the prayers and other ' Ibâdât.

Also times they must commit suicide for their people.

This texte its maked by:Mathieu Genois

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The clothing of the Muslims

The Muslims don’t have the right to wear silk dress. They should not lengthen measurements of their clothing until exceeding the ankles and the men prefer white clothes instead clothes of other colors. For the women, they lengthen their dress until covering their heels.  They cover also the head, the neck, the throat and the chest. The Muslims do not have the right to wear gold but the men can have a silver ring. A man does not have the right to wear a woman clothing. When a Muslim puts shoes, it must start to put them by the right foot and to remove them by the left foot and when he gets dressed; he must start with the right side. he is not allowed to sit down with his coat, the arms inside, or to go bare foot or with only on shoe on.

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"The correction of the behaviour is one vital importance during the prayer.  The men must cover the body navel to the knee, and the women can show only the face, the hands and the feet.  The one and the others must be dressed with modesty."

[1] Religions du monde – John Bowker – libre expression – p.177 – 1997-1998 – Montréal - Québec 

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Books

This is a cover of the dictionary of Islam.

This is a book on the Islam

 Carpet of prayer

The sajjada, or carpet of prayer, is used by the Muslim who want to be sure to pray on a clean space.  The weaving illustrates a court of mosque, with vision on a cupola and a minaret.  In the center, there is a caliper pointed on “La Mecque”, so the person can always know what is the direction to recite prayers.

Astrolabe

The astrolabe is borrowed to the Greeks and improved by the Arabs savant’s.  It used to measure the angle of stars over the horizon; it allows to determine the latitude.  One of the uses is to find the direction of “La Mecque”, it allow to Muslims to pray in the good position.

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