What are the main Belief Systems? - Islam

Islam is an Abrahamic religion, it started on the seventh century and is based on Islam's holy book, the Qur'an written by Muhammad, the last prophet for the Islamic relgion, and his companions during a series of revelations from Allah to Muhammad himself. In Muslim eyes, Muhammad is only a restorer of an already existent monotheistic faith preached by Moses, Abraham, Jesus and other prophets.

Islam is currently the second largest religion with about 1 billion to 1.8 billion Islam believers.

Islam has two main branches, the Sunni and the Shi'a. Both are quite similar and require adherents to follow and observe the five pillars of Islam, which are practices essential for Sunni Islams and for the Shi'a there are eight rituals that overlap with these.

"He who submits to God" is the literal meaning of the word Muslim. They believe in Jesus as a mere prophet, and not as God's son. They see Judaism and Christianity as religions were the prophecies and revelations were distorted or misinterpreted by people during history and nothing else.


Islam is basically based on a few articles of faith. The main theological concept in Islam is Tawhid, the recognition that there is only one God. The Qur'an is the literal word of God, it is the central religious text by which Islam is denoted. In Islam the faith in angels is crucial, angels in Arabic translates to messenger; they convey the word of God and aid God in any way, that's their role. The belief in "the Day of Resurrection" is also vital for Islam, actually they believe that the judgment day is to come, and is accurately described in one of the Qur'an's passages. In the Islamic religion, life is predestined by God, God knows exactly what will happen and when.
This belief comes as part of the religion.

The Islamic religion has also grown significantly, it forms the belief system of many people and it is a very serious religion when speaking about norms and normal social, spiritual rules. A lot is expected by Muslims, as the religious laws are never to be broken. We will later go through conflicts and religious wars in which Islam was involved in, such as the Islamic civil war and the 1979 Iranian revolution.