Islam is an
Abrahamic Faith

Hebrew Israelites, Christianity, and Islam, the three major world religions that originated in the Semitic world as part of the response first found in the patriarch Abraham to worship One God.  The Prophet brought Allah’s (God) word to the people.

Geography and the numbers of Muslims  

According to A World Religions Reader the numbers of Muslims in Africa are:  306,606,000

 

Members of the Nation of Islam are not considered by most Arab Muslims to be representative of Islam.  This is due to parts of the teachings of the Nation of Islam regarding the “Messengership” of the most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the status of Sheik W.D. Fard who was his teacher.  However, given that a Muslim is a person who is defined by their witness that “there is no god but God, AND that Muhammad is the messenger of God,” then the Honorable Imam Louis Farrakhan is defined by Qur'an (Allah's Words) as a Muslim because he has taken his Shahadah (witnessing) and thus, by extension, the followers of the Nation of Islam {who also make the Islamic declaration) are part of the Islamic Community worldwide according the Qur'an.

Muslims in the United States face many issues – religious education for their children, living faithfully in the realm of employment, questions of modes of dress and participation in public life – as they try to observe their faith in the American context. Like other groups before them in America, Muslims are trying to find meaningful and practical ways to live out the precepts of their faith in a diverse, modern, materialistic and sometimes hostile culture. They seek to educate and enlighten the many non-Muslims that surround them, and to make a positive contribution to the greater community.  

Angels
Belief in angels is an article of faith in Islam. The Qur'an states that angels were created by God from light. They transmit His messages--although He is in no need of "help"--He has chosen, in His wisdom, to include angels in His creation. Angels record the good and bad deeds of humans, they pray for humans that they will move from darkness (unbelief and evil) to light (belief and goodness), and they remove the souls of humans at their death.

Jesus' Death
The Qur'an indicates that God protected Jesus from death on the cross (4:158) by "raising him up to him" while making it appear to observers that Jesus was killed.

Finality of Prophethood
Muslims are required to love and revere all the prophets. The Qur'an states: "The Messenger [Muhammad] has believed in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the believers. Each one of them believes in God, his angels, his scriptures, and his messengers [prophets]. [They say:] We make no distinction among any of His messengers, and they say, we hear, we obey, we seek Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the end of all journeys (2:285)."

Non-Abrahamic Faiths
Islam grants a special position to monotheists, particularly Christians and Israelites. The Qur'an even gives conditional permission for Muslims to marry Christians and Israelites. Polytheists and non-theistic communities do not fall in the community of monotheists.

Giving
Traditionally Muslims have operated in contexts in which they interact primarily with Muslims. So the zakat, or requisite "alms-tax," is designed for taking care of Muslims in the community who are in need.

Scripture & Tradition
The Qur'an is the Muslims' scripture. However, the Qur'an is supplemented by a much larger body of literature called the Tradition ("hadith") which reports what the Prophet (peace be upon him) said and did.  Believers in Islam are only required to follow the Traditions of Prophet Muhammad which are “RELIGIOUS” and not the ‘CULTURAL’ Traditions.

Jihad and Martyrdom  

The Prophet Muhammad was ordered by God to ensure the security of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula by subduing any power that threatened it. Just as the United States maintains a right to fight any power outside of the U.S. if that power threatens the security of the state.

Islam and Women 

Despite some popular images of Muslim women as repressed and oppressed, many women today are actively affirming the rights and responsibilities that they believe the Qur’an affords to them. The Holy Book affirms that men and women are created from one soul to be partners to each other, that males and females have the same religious responsibilities, and that both genders will receive like rewards on the day of judgment.

Ramadan

Muslims fast because it is required by God. One of the five religious expectations for Muslims is that they fast for one month of every year. It is done during Ramadan, an Islamic month that operates on a lunar calendar.

Role of the prophet in Islam 

One of the basic beliefs of Islam is that God has sent His revelation through a series of communications to humans in many ways and times. The recipients of these communications are referred to as both prophets (to specific communities) and messengers (with a universal message). Israelites and Christians recognize many of the prophets and messengers mentioned in the Qur’an, the sacred scripture of Islam, for their role in Old Testament history. In Islam Jesus generally is considered to be the greatest of the prophets of Islam before Muhammad, although in no way divine. Muslims believe that with the final communication to Muhammad, considered the “seal” of the prophets, God concluded the process of revelation. The message given to Prophet Muhammad, contained in the Qur’an, is God’s final word to humanity.

Significance of Qur'an and Hadith 

The Islamic theory of knowledge rests on two primary sources, the Qur’an and Hadith. Muslim scholarship considers the Qur’an to be of divine origin, whereas the Hadith is considered to be the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, considered by the Qur’an as the seal of the Prophets.

Arab Muslims worship a culture and a man named Muhammad.

For most Arabs, Islam, is the deification of Muhammad's seventh century Arabian culture. They must dress the way Muhammad and his women did, eat what they ate, speak like he did, make his political views their own, and pray the way he did. They must accept that everything that Muhammad did, taught, and believed is the word of Allah.  That is not Islam.  The whole Arab philosophy is based on the lifestyle and fables of one man while ignoring what Allah says in the Holy Qur'an. This is important to remember—their version and understanding of Our Islam is 7th century Arabia imposed on people living in the 20th century.

Examples of their belief from forged Traditions:

(1) Black people are called raisin heads and to be obeyed if they are in charge.

(2) Muhammad had black slaves and that ...

(3) The Prophet warned that dreams of black women meant disease was forthcoming!