Reporting a Concept

By jordan Lewis

Mission Statement
How much do you know about religion? We spend our lives focusing on just one preferred religion without any
thought of knowing the basics or anything of others,. This leads us to have many misconceptions bout people who
practice different faiths other than ours and conflict, a very prominent example is Muslims. We as a nation look
down upon them and there practices and deem them as threating and conflict arises. As well as militant religious
groups attacking other religious groups. But when does this stop?

The goal of this brochure is to provide background information for a handful of Common religion's practiced
around the world in hopes of perpetuating religious tolerance and peace among people.. A wise man once told me
that to understand man and find peace with him, you must understand why he does what he does and that comes

Islam
5 Pillars' of Islam

6 Articles of faith

The testimony of faith

1. One God (Allah)

Prayer

2. The angels of God

Beliefs

Giving Zakat

3. The books of God, especially the Qur'an

Fasting the month of Ramadan's

Allah- there is only one God. The name of

God is Allah

4. The prophets of God, especially Muhammad

The Pilgrimage to Makkah

Prophets- Muhammad, the founder of Islam

the last and greatest of the messengers of
God. There are others but he is the most important

6. The supremacy of God's will (or predestination)

5. The Day of Judgment (or the afterlife)

Life and Salvation main reason of life is to

live in a way that is pleasing to Allah to get
to paradise

Koran
the Word of God and sacred scripture
given to Mohammed by the Angel
Gabriel

Afterlife- There will be a day of judgment

between the eternal destinations of Paradise
and Hell.

Culture and customs

Not allowed to eat pork
Use only the right hand to eat
and drink
Pronounce gods name before
eating and drinking
5 pillar's of Islam

Buddhism
4 noble truths
8 Noble paths
right belief
right aims
right speech
right actions

Buddha= The Awakened one

The faith that is Buddhism began in present day

India after the enlightenment of Siddhrtha Gautama, the Buddha. After his death his teachings
were spread by his followers throughout India to
help others become enlighten.

right occupation

1) that suffering is universal;

2) that desire and ignorance is the
cause of suffering;
3) that suffering may be ended by the
annihilation of desire and ignorance;
4) that to end desire one must follow
the Eight-Fold Path

right endeavor
right mindfulness

right meditation

Culture
Important figures
Siddhartha Gautama
Sariputta
Mahamoggallana

Middle Way
Non extremism living in the middle between rich
and poverty
Nirvana- the state of enlightenment where individual desires and suffering go away.
the mind becomes free, radiant and joyful and at
death one is no longer subject to rebirth.
Ultimate Happiness

You are not required to

but most are vegetarian

Sikhism
Sacred Text
Important Figures

Guru Granth Sahib holy scripture

composed of religious poetry.

Dasam Granth sacred text that retells the stories of Krishna and Rama. It was written by Guru Gobind
Singh followers

Beliefs

Guru Nanak

History
The Sikh religion was founded by Guru Nanak in northeast India. In India both Hinduism and Islam were both prominent religions at the time. Guru Nanak combined
different aspects of both religions to form
Sikhism .

Ten GurusGuru Gobind Singh

Culture and Customs

Only one god

Sikhs always wear turbans

God has no form

They do not cut their hair

Anyone has access to god

Not allowed to eat halal meat

Everyone is equal before god

Alcohol and Tobacco are both forbidden

Human beings spend their time in a

cycle of birth, life, and rebirth

After birth, when the mother is able to move and

bathe the baby is named

karma

Not allowed to worship idols and images

Important figures

Judaism

Moses

1.

Belief in the existence of the Creator, who is perfect in every manner of existence and is the Primary
Cause of all that exists.
2. The belief in G-d's absolute and unparalleled unity.

Abraham
Isaac

3. The belief in G-d's non-corporeality, nor that He

will be affected by any physical occurrences, such as
movement, or rest, or dwelling.

Jacob
King Solomon

4. The belief in G-d's eternity.

Sacred Text

Culture and customs

Prayer three times a day

Men must wear hats during

prayer

Torah the first 5 books in the bible: Genesis,

Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
The Nevi'im and Ketuvim are the books of history,
prophecy, poetry, and other sacred writings.

5. The imperative to worship G-d exclusively and no

foreign false gods.
6. The belief that G-d communicates with man
through prophecy.

7. The belief in the primacy of the prophecy

of Moses our teacher.
8. The belief in the divine origin of the Torah.

The Sabbath- most important

holy days, devoted to god
himself.

9. The belief in the immutability of the Torah.

Kosher foods only

11. The belief in divine reward and retribution.

Can not have kosher meats

and kosher milk products at
the same time.

12. The belief in the arrival of the Messiah and the

messianic era.

Any defilements of a body

following death is prohibited

10. The belief in G-d's omniscience and providence.

13. The belief in the resurrection of the dead.

Hinduism
Sacred Text
Four Vedas
108 Upanishads
Sruti
Smriti
Bhagavad Gita

Important Figures
History

Brahma

Hinduism is a way of life and religion founded in South Asia. The polytheist religion
blends together aspects of tradition from the
Indus valley civilization as well as nomadic
tribes that invaded.

Vishnu
Shiva
Shankara
Ramanuja

Culture and Customs

They are vegetarians, some have exceptions to eat meat

Cows, conch shell, lotus, murtis are
sacred symbols

Purity rituals before eating

Celebration of Holi where disputes

are resolved and forgiveness

Temple for Hindus is the home of

god

Five day festival honoring Lakshmi,

goddess of good fortune and wealth

Beliefs

Religious tolerance

Life is sacred

Endless cycles of creation

Karma (cause and effect)

Purusarthas

Dharma

Yoga

Kama

Samsara

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