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Islam

Islam is like many other religions, in which that there is a God. The Islam religion is the acceptance and the teachings of God, which were pasted down by his last prophet Muhammad. It is made up of many beliefs, one of which is the belief in God. They believe in only one all know, all powerful, and true deity. As in their book it says, "He is God, the One. God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs. He begets not, nor was He begotten, and there is none like Him." (Quran, 112:1-4) They can not pray to or worship any but God. Islam has many things they don't believe about God, which is that they do not believe he rested on the seventh day or that he can take on the shape of a human. They do not believe that God is Jesus. Another belief is the belief in Angels. The Muslim people do believe in angels and that they stand with God, to serve him. They believe that God revealed books to his prophets to guide mankind. One of these books was the Quran. They believed in people that acted as prophets and messengers to God. Among these people were Abraham, Moses and Jesus. They think that there will be a day of judgment

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