Rise of Islam
THE RISE OF ISLAM IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY, A NEW RELIGION TOOK IN THE MIDDLE EAST, CALLED ISLAM, LIKE JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. THE FOLLWERS OF ISLAM, CALLED MUSLIMS, BELIVEVE THAT ALLAH ( GOD ) TRANSMITTED HIS WORDS TO THE FAITHFULL THROUGH MOHAMMAD, WHOSE FOLLOWERS BEGAN TO RECORD THOSE WORDSIN WHAT CAME TO BE CALLED THE QU RAN SPELLED KORAN. ISLAM IS ALSO GUIDED BY THE CONCEPT OF JIHAD, WHICH MEANS TO STRUGGLE THIS REFERS TO BOTH THE STRUGGLE TO BE A BETTER MUSLIM AND THE STRUGGLE AGAINS NON BELIVERS. EARLY ISLAM SPLIT TWO GROUPS SHIA AND SUNNI THE SPLIT OCCURRED OVER A DISSAGREEMENT ABOUT WHO SHOULD SUCCED MOHAMMAD AS THE LEADER OF THE FAITH.