World Religions Report

World Religion Report

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August 20 , 2010

World Religion Report

Introduction

We need a value consensus between the west and Islam on democracy and human rights to combat Islamic fundamentalism . We can 't do it with bombs and shooting-that will only exacerbate the problem ' These are words of an international relations professor at Gottingen University Germany Bassam Tibi while speaking about the relationship between the west and the Islam religion as quoted by Ontario consultants on religious tolerance (2008 . Islam religion is

considered the second largest religion worldwide after Christianity and it makes up 20 of the global population . If the Islam 's current growth rate is anything to go by then it is expected that by 2020 , the number of Muslim faithful will outnumber that of Christians (Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance , 2008 . The term Islam has its foundation in the word `salam which generally means peace and the Arabic word `Muslim ' refers to a person who is in full submission to God 's will . For these faithful Quran is the word of God which was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him .They worship God who goes by the name Allahm an Arabic word for the one true God (Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance 2008 . This essay entails conducting an interview to find answers to some of the questions regarding Islam religion

The site and Location where the interview was conducted

I visited the Imam Hussein Mosque at Karbala here in Iraq...