The religion of Islam Islam has a large following around the world including communities in the United States, although this is true Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or about Islam, they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and their rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. …showed first 75 words of 1252 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1252 total…important issue for most people. But there is much evidence to suggest that this is not true although in Christianity numbers are dwindling. In the faith of Islam. It is becoming stronger REFERENCES Dawood, N.J. The Koran. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Classics, 1974 Gordon, S. Matthew., Islam World Religions, New York: Brown Publishing, 1991 Hiro, Dilip., Holy Wars: The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism, New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall Inc. 1989 The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chicago: 15th Edition: 1987