Islam Explained

Islam, everyone's talking about it. With a global community stretching from China to Timbuktu to California and everywhere between. This religion is the way of life of a quarter of humanity. But what is Islam, what do Muslim’s believe, and what is Shakira’s Law. Well let’s find out.

00:00-00:39 Intro
00:38-1:11 Demographics and Geography
1:12-1:55 Name
1:55-3:30 Drawing Muhammad
3:30-6:38 Life Of Muhammad
6:38-7:35 Sunni/Shia
7:35-8:25 Belief In One God
8:25-9:28 Belief in Divine Books and Prophets
9:28-10:32 Belief in the Day Of Judgement
10:31-12:11 The Quran
12:11-15:19 Five Pillars Of Islam
15:20-17:00 Women
17:00-17:59 Halal
17:59-20:23 Sharia Law
20:23-23:16 Outro

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Sources and Further Reading:

Rumee Ahmed - Sharia Compliant. A User’s Guide to Hacking Islamic Law (I ended up cutting most of the contents of this from the script, but I loved this book. Really interesting)
Peter Sluglett, Andrew Currie - Atlas of Islamic History
Ira M. Lapidus - A History of Islamic Societies
Wael B. Hallaq - Authority, Continuity and Change in Islamic Law
Wael B. Hallaq - An Introduction to Islamic Law
Asma Barlas, David Raeburn Finn - Believing Women in Islam
Brown, Daniel W - A New Introduction to Islam
Jonathan A.C. Brown - Misquoting Muhammad
Ruthven, Malise - Islam A Very Short Introduction
Hillenbrand, Carole - Islam a new historical introduction
John L. Esposito - What Everyone Needs to Know about Islam
Hossein Kamaly - A History of Islam in 21 Women
Kecia Ali and Oliver Leaman. - Islam - The Key Concepts
Ali, Kecia - $3xual ethics and Islam_ feminist reflections on Qur'an, hadith, and jurisprudence
S. Nurit, C.E. Bosworth - The Encyclopaedia of Islam
M. A. Cook - The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 4_ Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century
Clinton Bennett - In Search of Muhammad
Muhammad Al-Ghazali - Muslim's Character
Wael B. Hallaq - Shari’a Theory, Practice, Transformations
Joseph E. B. Lumbard - Ahmad Al-Ghazali, Remembrance, and the Metaphysics of Love
Massimo Campanini - The Qur’an The Basics
Lindsay Jones - Encyclopedia of religion
Rumi -The Book of Love Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

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[iammrbeat]

I just have to say, your religion series is gold.

[saisreenivasp]

So basically Everything religion says is save humanity. But some extremists damages the whole thing.

[lharmony]

I am a Muslim woman, and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for portraying Islam in such an objective, fair and educational way. You did it justice like the respectful fair-minded person you are, with a beautiful mind and soul, exactly the person Islam preaches us to be. During this week, I've been doing research on world religions, and have become addicted to your wonderful videos - highly educational, and lots of fun!! Keep up the great work!

[manwich]

Muhammad didn’t start islam according to Muslims. He just continued the line of prophets.

[OsamaPlayz]

“Arab has no superiority over non-Arab
White has no superiority Over Black”
-Muhhamed (S. A. W.)

[tacogodman]

I truly do love how respectful you are when speaking of Religion

[Flameboy]

Even though i m not muslim, but i have found islam quit interesting, My lots of misconceptions have cleared about islam .🙌

[muhammadalam]

Alhamdulillah! As a Muslim, I must say, I am amazed at how accurate and respectful your explanation of Islam is. A lot of times, one of the problems we Muslims face is that people don't understand our beliefs or world view. But this video shows just how much care you put into your research. I genuinely say, thank you so much for this informative and care-driven video!

[KhAnubis]

Damn, you got footage from the creation of humanity? I can barely get stock footage of anything historical!

[NaeNae]

As a 45 year old Christian with many Muslim friends, this was very educational and I learnt a lot about the religion which I was never taught or understood. Thank you.

[Britteno]

Truly informative summary of Islam. I have tried several times to learn about islam, but it seems so complicated when you search for it, and it is in bits and pieces, so i never really got it. Over time i have gotten the impression that one has to study it seriously to understand, so this was very nice, it really is a beautiful religion. It is kind of sad to see how the media focus on the "wrong" stuff and make it seem like a negative and kind of scary religion. And i must admit, i feel sorrow when i see the gratutude from the muslims in the comments for you good work. Not sad that they are grsteful, but the fact that they are so grateul that you made it so respectfully, tells me a lot about how misunderstood Islam is, and how much disrespect they must experience regarding their religion, and that kind of hurts. I'm so sorry, on behalf of my people, for that. I hope you will forgive us, it is about ignorance and fear, not evil. God bless everyone🙏❤

[rexhex]

I feel like Islam is religion with a lot of unwarranted stigma and misinformation, so thank you for this very informative video!

[aapkefather]

Man! you put so much effort on your videos, perfect animation, script, voice-over and editing. Most people can't even imagine how painstakingly you create your videos.

[jonjohns]

"Muslim Prayer Look like a Proper Workout" ... Yeah, Try doing the Taraweeh Prayers at night during Ramadan ... You won't need Cardio for a the whole month!! 😆😆

[amirali.gavidel]

Bro's still defending our religion in the comments. Massive respect brother. May Allah guide you.

[Wodenseyes]

I was raised Southern Baptist. Thought xenophobia by my father after 9/11. I very often said nuclear war should be used to remove Arab countries from the earth.
Then, one day, I found an Islamic temple, and spoke my beliefs to the patrons. An elderly man came and took me by the hand, as asked me to find in the Quran where any of my information came from. When I couldn’t, he handed it to me, and asked that I go home, and really read it. After 4 years of reading it nightly, I reverted to Islam. It’s been 10 years, and I am now an atheist, but if I were to believe, I would chose Islam. It’s a beautiful culture and religion, and I really suggest to all people to read it.

[abdelrahmanelnajar]

I went into this with high expectations already because of the other videos I've watched, and you still blew me away. That was splendid in every possible way. As a Muslim I feel the urge to thank you for how well-made and respectful this video is.

[whitestarline]

''Christians, jews and muslims dont like to visualise living things"

Christianity: *stares in statue*

[brolyone]

This video summarised only the good side of Islam.

[miskay]

As a Muslim I can honestly say that this is the best video summarizing Islam I've ever seen! So spot on!