Religion

Islam is the religion of some six or seven hundred million people living in lands stretching from the west coast of Africa to the south-west Pacific. It is the predominant religion in North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Indonesia.

Muslims believe in one God. They believe that the elements of their religion were revealed to them through a long line of Prophets, including Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus), but that the full and final revelation was given by Prophet Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him). This was later embodied in the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran, which Muslims regard as the word of God Himself, is therefore the chief source of Islamic doctrines and practices.

Islam pervades the whole life of the community of the faithful. In a Muslim country, such as Oman, which recognises the law of Islam as its fundamental code, religious law prevails in numerous matters covering human relations and conduct which in other states fall within the province of civil law.

The Islamic religion itself is extremely simple and personal. There are no priests nor are any elaborate rites or ceremonies performed. There are prayer leaders and religious teachers and there are religious judges, but the main concept is one of the direct relationship between the individual and God without any earthly intermediary. The simple ceremonies of prayer and the pilgrimage are performed by each person as an individual, although joining with others in worship is deemed to be meritorious.

Mosques are sanctified places for Muslims to pray in. The leader of the prayers chants verses from the Quran; there is no instrumental or vocal music; sermons are only preached on Fridays and on special occasions.

Muslims spend much time discussing religion, and men who are well-versed and eloquent may acquire great influence. The religion of a good Muslim pervades every hour of his life, and there are few moments in an ordinary conversation which do not contain reference to God.
 

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