Brief History of Islam

Islam had spread to three continents within half a century of the Prophet's death. Islam is a religion which is spread neither with sword nor with the primarily mean of war. From the sanctuary cities of Makkah and Madinah in the Arabian Desert, the message of Islam went with electrifying speed.

Islam is a religion for all people from whatever race or background they are. That is why Islamic civilization is based on a unity which stands completely against any racial or cultural favoritism. Such major racial and cultural groups as the Arabs, Persians, Turks, Africans, Indians and Chinese in adding together to many smaller units embraced Islam and contributed to the building of Islamic civilization.

All three religions stared within a small area of southwest Asia. First Judaism region stretching up from the Red Sea to Palestine then Christianity at the northern end of this area and finally Islam to the south in Makkah, close to the Red Sea. In the 7th century Arabia becomes the hold of the world's third great monotheistic religion.

Islam means 'Surrender' (to God), and from the same cause anyone who follows Islam is a Muslim.

In or about the year 570 the child who named Muhammad and who would become the Prophet one of the world’s greatest religion Islam, was born into a family belonging to a tribe of Quraish, the ruling tribe of Makkah, a city in the Hijaz region of northwestern Arabia.

Kaabah a holy place of ancient origins, Makkah had, with the decline of southern Arabia, become an important center of 7th century trade with such powers. As a result, the city was dominated by powerful merchant families, among whom the men of Quraish were greatest.

Hajj and Best umrah packages from Birmingham, United Kingdom are the pillars of islam every muslim go to makkah to done the these holy obligation in this place because haj is done once in the life.

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