Why It's Important to Study Islam

It's important to study Islam because it's not just a religion it was also a thriving empire.  Even if you’re not a Muslim you should know who Muhammad was and what the Ottoman Empire was. (The Turkish Empire)

The Ottoman Empire lasted from 1299–1923 that's over 600 years!  The majority of the land was the Middle East. But in 1683, the peak of the empire, they covered a lot of Europe! 

The religion of the empire was Islam. They are monotheistic, so they have one god, Allah, which literally translates into, god. Islam has some things that tie in with Christianity. For example, the Muslims claim that the father of their religion is Abraham.  And one of the Muslim’s shrines is said to have been built by Abraham. Also some of the prophets of Islam are the same, like Noah, Enoch, and Abraham. Islam teaches that Jesus was one of the most important prophets of God and was a human being. Muslims do not believe that he was the Son of God. In Islam, Jesus was a human prophet who, like all the other prophets, tried to bring the children of Israel to the worship of One God. Muslims believe that Jesus was miraculously born of the Virgin Mary. Muslims believe the creation of Jesus was similar to the creation of Adam (the first prophet of God); they were both created by God without human fathers. Muslims believe that Jesus was condemned to crucifixion and then miraculously saved from execution. They believe Allah created the world with his commands. The job of every Muslim is to spend a life worshiping Allah. They want to be favorably judged by Allah in the afterlife.

To be clear I am not supporting Islam. But you can’t study European history without studying Islam and the Ottoman Empire.