Visit to the Mosque and Muslim Religion

Visit to the Mosque and Muslim Religion
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Visit to the Mosque and Muslim Religion
This paper seeks to explore the rich diversity of religious practices worldwide. A visit to the mosque reveals how, with respect to doctrinal, social and ethical dimensions, the Muslim religion is viewed and how it`s compared and contrasted with the Christianity.
Doctrinal Dimension
There is a clear evidence of what the Muslim religion believes in and so it defines their doctrine. The foundational belief of Islam is elegantly expressed in their declaration of faith- that in referred to as the Shahada. The moment a person enters the fold of this religion, he or she declares that no deity is worthy of worship except God and that Muhammad is His final and last messenger. The Islamic religion advocates that if this belief is honestly held by a person, then there is a promise of from God of salvation in the afterlife.
There are five basic doctrine of the Muslim religion; there is faith in compete unity of God. Muslims are also referred to as muwahhidun with means upholders of divine unity. Twahid in Muslim religion refers to making God one and therefore there is a refusal by the Muslim faithful to compromise this position. This is the strict and strong belief of monotheism. They believe Allah (God) is the only creator and therefore the disposer of universe. Allah has neither comparable being nor partner and so nobody but except Allah is to be worshiped. According to this doctrine, shirk which is actually accepting there is another God worth of worship, is the biggest sin which God cannot afford to pardon Muslims. Committing shirk is denying Allah His true nature. Associating anything with Allah is viewed as the opposite of surrendering to God hence no belief would be in place.
The second doctrine is the belief in Angels who are part of the creation of God. The Angels are of no sex and they are made of light as opposed to humans who are mad...