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Islam's monotheistic nature is reflected in the first sentence of the Shahada, which declares belief in the oneness of God and that he is the only entity truly worthy of worship. [17] The second sentence of the Shahada indicates the means by which God has offered guidance to human beings. [22]
This is a list of films, television serials and programmes related to Islamic civilization, i.e. Islam, Islamic history and Islamic culture. For ease of classification this article defines the following terms as such: "Documentary" refers to educational films and series of an informative nature.
Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta [2] is an IMAX ("giant screen") dramatised documentary film charting the first real-life journey made by the Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta from his native Morocco to Mecca for the Hajj (Muslim pilgrimage), in 1325.
In the second half of the movie, metaphysical questions are discussed from an Islamic perspective, regarding good, evil, God, and the Devil. [3] God is presented by a Hoca , while the demons represent ʿAzāzīl , another name for Satan ( Iblīs ) in Islamic traditions.
The status of women's testimony in Islam is disputed. Muslim societies' attitudes range from completely rejecting female testimony in certain legal areas, to conditionally accepting (half-worth that of a male, or with a requirement for supporting male testimony), to completely accepting it without any gender bias. [1]
We can also rationally accept a claim on the basis of another person's testimony unless at least one of the following is found to be true: The claim is implausible; The person or the source in which the claim is quoted lacks credibility; The claim goes beyond what the person could know from his or her own experience and competence. [19]
In traditional Islamic societies, love between men and women was widely celebrated, [291] and both the popular and classical literature of the Muslim world is replete with works on this theme. [292] Throughout Islamic history, intellectuals, theologians, and mystics have extensively discussed the nature and characteristics of romantic love ...
In Islamic writings, these honorific prefixes and suffixes come before and after the names of all the prophets (of whom there are 124,000 in Islam, the last of whom is the Prophet of Islam Muhammad [2] [3]), the Imams (the twelve Imams in the Shia school of thought [4]), specially the infallibles in Shia Islam [5] and the prominent individuals ...