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There are 5 basic misconceptions on the religion of Islam. The first misconception is that Muslims worship another God. That is false because Muslims are the people who practices the religion of Islam. The Islamic term for their God is Allah. The Islam prayer called the Shada is recited, “There is no God but God, Muhammad is the prophet of God”. The second misconception is that Muhammad is the “divine”. He isn’t the divine but simply the last prophet to be born. He is the prophet because Gabriel the angel talks to Muhammad and tells him to recite words which later become the words of the Koran. The third  one is that the Koran promotes violence and oppression of women. The Koran was given to Muhammad to tell people about Allah. It’s in comparable size to the New Testament.The fourth is that all Muslims are terrorists or believe in jihad. Jihad means struggle. They struggle to get over the inner struggle is the hardest. And the final misconception of the Islam religion is that all muslims are Arabs. Islam religion is spread throughtout the whole world. For every 2 Muslims in the United States, there are 200 Muslims in Southeast Asia. (Indonesia) And surprisingly Islam is the fastest growing religion.

Also with the Islam religion there are 5 main pillars. The first is saying and believeing in the Shahadah, the creed. Next its to participate in the Salat, which is saying prayer 5 times a day towards Mecca. Third, is Sawm, which is to fast during the month of Ramadan. Then, Zakat is random acts of charity and finally the Hajj is the pilgrimmage to Mecca.