Religions

Film

Starring Humphrey Bogart
Ingrid Bergman
Paul Henreid

Running time 102 minutes

Country United States

Storyline

In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan....

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Sacred places

THE MECCA:
The Mecca is the city where Mahoma was born. It is the religious capital of the Islam, to which all the Muslims have to pilgrimage at least once in their life. Those who comply certain requirements as being adult can only go to the Mosque, to be in good physical and mental state. It is also essential that the journey can be financed provided they leave with good maintenance to their family while they are outside.

MEDINA:
Mahoma died in Medina. After his death in 632, he was buried in the courtyard of hishouse that afterwards turned into the Mosque of the Prophet: Al-Masyid An-Nabawi. Since then, it is this the most important city after of the Meca, and where the Muslims incline when they are praying.

JERUSALEM:

For Muslims, Jerusalem is the third most holy site in Islam. The name of Jerusalem derived from its original Jebusite name Ur-Salem or Urishalim. For Muslims the name suggests "peace" and corresponds closely to the Muslim concept of the sacred; a place where peace reigns and conflicts is excluded.

Holy people

Imam - it is a person who chair and lead the prayer collectively.In the strictly religious sense, the imam can be anyone who knows the ritual of prayer stands in front of other worshipers and serves as a guide to perform the rituals of prayer.

The doctrine

It bases around the five pillars of Islam, arkan.
1, Profession of faith or sahadi
2. Ritual of prayer, assal
3. The alm or the zakat
4. The month of Ramadan or swan
5. Pilgrimage in the Meca or hajj

Sacred books

The Quran is the sacred book of Islam. For Muslims quote contains the word of God is considered eternal and miraculously inimitable. In Muslim theology, the authority of the Quran dominates everything. It is also the first book written in Arabic and style you use, next to poetry, deeply marked the development of literature in that language.

Because of this, the Islamic religious ceremonies used exclusively in Arabic: it is considered that when the Quran means you lose part of the message it contains, in addition, can only be copied in calligraphy writing. It is considered that it needed to hear, so he reads aloud.

Islamic Music

This is one of the most beautiful islamic song

History

The Islam appeared in Aràbia from the Christian time in the 7th century with the appearance of the prophet Mahoma. A century after his death, the Islamic State spread from the Atlantic Ocean to Central Asia. This empire did not stay joined for a long time; the new system of government soon derived in a civil war known by the historians of the Islam as the Fitna, and later affected by a second Fitna. After this, rival dynasties claimed the caliphate, or leadership of the Muslim world and many states and Islamic empires offered only a symbolic obedience to the caliph, incapable of unifying the Islamic world.

Situation
The Islamic geography is usually located in the North of Africa, Middle East, Indonesia (expect India, where it is a great minority, more than 110 millions of Muslims), Central Asia, South of Asia, some of the Pacific isles and the Indian Ocean. The Islam is also spread in other countries, such as Balkans, south and center of Russia, (Chechnya, Dagestan and Tatars tan), Occidental Africa and Europe (Germany, France, United Kingdom, with large numbers of immigrants from Maghreb and Turkey), Caribbean Isles, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.
The Islam has suffered a big expansion due to the petrol-monarchies from the Persian Gulf.

Continent	Observations	Countries
Asia - (from Middle East until Indonesia)	1. Relations between Muslims and Christians are not easy, just where Christians are native and have the same language and culture as Muslims. 2. Christians living in Islamic countries, two reasons: -Faith testimony. -Promoting social works, working in hospitals, schools, etc.	Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brunei, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Arabia Saudi, Bangladesh, Emirates Arabs, Iraq, Jordanian, Libyan, Maldives, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey.
Central Asia - Old Soviet Republic	Pacific Islam, influenced by the Sufi mysticisms.	Kazajstan , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan , Kirijistan , Turkmenistan.
Africa -	There are different countries where live together Muslims and Christians. The relations vary from one state to another; there are pacific and violent areas. The latest is found in countries where the Islam has been taken as the official religion, and the Sharia as the main justice system.	Algeria, Chad , Eritrea , Libya, Mali , Mauritania, Nigeria , Somalia , Tunes , Burkina Faso , Egypt , Guinea , Malawi , Morocco , Niger , Senegal , Sudan .

Current

-Sunnite: they represent the major part of the Muslims, 90%. Sunnah, means '' habbit '', '' tradition ''. The difference between both groups is the question brought up in the origins: if Muhammad could be inherited or not. Sunnites believe that this succession is not possible, and that the community has to be administered by a caliph, chosen by the consensus of the community.

-Shiism: They believe that Muhammad, being the last one and the only thing of the prophets, established a successor, an 'imam', who is that one who can interpret the Koran suitably.

The shiism established the passion and the suffering as a means of salvation.

Paraules Clau

-Hajj - The Hajj is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. It is currently the largest annual pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God.

-Hègira - The Hijra is the migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622.

-Imam – An Imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community.

-Ka'ba - The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca, and is the most sacred site in Islam. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers.

-Mahoma - Muhammad was the founder of the religion of present day Islam, and is regarded by Muslims as a messenger and prophet of God.

-Màwlid - Mawlid (“Birth of the Prophet”) is a term used to refer to the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which occurs in 'Rabi' al-awwal', the third month in the Islamic calendar.

-Mesquita - A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam.The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for salat. The Imam leads the prayer.

-Muetzí - A muezzin is the chosen person at a mosque who leads the call to prayer, at Friday services and the five daily times for prayer from one of the mosque's minarets.

-Muhàrram - Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited.

-Ayatollah: It is a high ranking title given to Usuli Twelver Shiah clerics.

-Ashura: It is an Islamic festivity.

-Allah: It is the standard Arabic word for God.

-Quran: It is the main religious text of Islam.

-Arabic: It is a central semitic language.

-Arkan: They are the five supports of Islam.

-Assal: It is a ritual prayer.

-Basmala: It is an Arabic noun that is used as the collective name of the whole of the recurring Islamic phrase b-ismi-llāhi.

-Hadith: They are narrations concerning the words and deeds of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

-Sahadi - Profession of faith. It is the form which a person enters to be part of the Muslim community.

-Sufism - Mystical tradition Islamic, practiced as Muslim but also as non Muslim. Dedicated to the divine love and the growing of the heart.

-Sunna – It is an Arabic word that means habit or usual practice.

-Sunni – It is the largest branch of Islam, it represents about 90% of the world Muslim population.

-Sura – They are the 114 chapters which is divided the Koran, sacred book of the Islam.

-Swan – period of time, the fast of the month of Ramadan.

-Umma - Community of believers of the Islam, all the people who profess the Islamic religion.

-Shiism – It is the second more important variant of the Islamic faith after the Sunni.
It represents between 10% and 15% of the Muslims.

-Zakat - Legal alms stipulated by the Islam that is collected with purposes of charity and of cult; each Muslim has to calculate this sum annually and give it to the poorest people of their community.