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ISLAM

Islam is a religion based on the same ideas as Judaism and Christianity. The prophet of Islam is Called Mohammad and its holy book is Qoran. Mohammad was living in Arabia in the 7th century AD.

Basic beliefs of Islam are

1. There is one god and he has no associate
2. Mohammad is his prophet and is also the last prophet
3. In the judgement day, god will judge all according to their actions

Islam recognizes Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism as divinely inspired religions and believes that salvation is not based on nationality or gender or ethnicity.

Branches of Islam

Islam has two main branches, they are called:

Shi'it
Sunny

The main difference between the two branches began after Mohammad's death, some people believed that his father-in-law, Abu Bakr, should become the leader of the Islamic state (not religion) and some others believed that it should be Ali, Mohammed's cousin and son-in-law who should lead the Muslims in both political and spiritual matters. The first group became to be known as Sunnies and the second are Shi'its. Later after the death of both Ali and Abu Bakr, the two group became more and more different and they began to develop a lot of fundamental disagreements. Today, Iran is the only Islamic country who has the Shi'ism as its official religion.