Islamic beliefs are not much different than its Jewish or Christian brothers. In fact, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all have corresponding Biblical text—to an extent. The Qur’an is believed by Islam to be the corrected version of God’s original text, where the other Christian bibles are thought to have been corrupted by man during translations. For the Islamic faith the story of Muhammad, compiled in a book called the Hadith, is held near equal to the teachings of the Qur’an. According to Fisher (2005), “The Qur’anic revelations to Muhammad emphasize the basic religious unity of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, members of the same monotheistic tradition of Abraham,” (p. 368). Allah, God, is the one and only true God of Islam. Although the teachings of Muhammad’s life story are considered important to Muslims, Allah is the only divine authority. In fact, according to Fisher (2005), “The first sentence chanted in the ear of a traditional Muslim infant is the Shahadah—‘La ilaha ill-Allah Muhammad-un Rasulu-llah’ (‘There is no god but
God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God’),” (p. 372). Islam is a social and personal faith teaching of the unity in everything. Muhammad’s teachings create a culture separated from social distinctions. Islam embraces all cultures, races, religions, and faiths as an equal part of the whole. Centuries before Western society, Islam granted equality to women and minorities alike, creating an even societal foundation for all. Social, cultural, and religious distinctions do not matter to Islamic Muslims for we are all one family through Allah. When the world ends all of Allah’s children will stand before him on Judgment Day. Each person will be judged on the way they lived, so the Qur’an teaches the goal of Islam is to encourage society to live a life of good, and avoid anything morally or ethically wrong, while