{"id":8602,"date":"2020-04-25T01:39:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T01:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/?p=8602"},"modified":"2020-05-02T00:46:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T00:46:11","slug":"islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/learn\/origins-and-traditions\/islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islam is a monotheistic religion, meaning belief in one God.&nbsp; It is the second most celebrated religion in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Origins and Beliefs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Islam originated in Mecca, which is in present-day Saudi Arabia.&nbsp; Islam means \u201csubmission to the will of God,\u201d and is followed by Muslims.&nbsp; They believe that the word of Allah was given to the Prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel.&nbsp; These revelations were written down and form the Quran.&nbsp; Muhammad spent his life spreading the word of Allah.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symbols and Traditions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Common symbols include the moon and crescent<\/li><li>Mosque: place of worship<\/li><li>Muslims follow a lunar calendar<\/li><li>Quran: holy book; the word of Allah spoken to the Prophet Muhammad<\/li><li>5 Pillars:<ul><li>Shahada: a declaration of faith in Allah and the Prophet Muhammad as the final Prophet<\/li><li>Salat: daily prayer 5 times a day<\/li><li>Zakat: to give to charity<\/li><li>Sawn: fasting for Ramadan<\/li><li>Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca that is obligatory at least one time in one\u2019s life if you have the wealth and health to do so<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Links and Resources:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Common Misconceptions about Islam <a href=\"https:\/\/ladydeelg.com\/10-things-didnt-know-islam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>How Islam Began? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PDxKxnVZtgo&amp;feature=youtu.be\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Five Pillars of Islam <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h2UZ3Q8b8Eg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>Watch children explain what Ramadan is! <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UoB0avMa_nU&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><\/li><li>What is Ramadan? <a href=\"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/origins-and-traditions\/ramadan-2\/\">Find Out!<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about Islam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[376,377,368],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisingalegacy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}