Religious education syllabuses are often influenced by local bodies which advise on whether they are suitable for the particular area. In Kirklees borough, where Batley Grammar School is located, the syllabus says children should be "give[n] reasons why visual representation of God and the prophets is forbidden haram in Islam," by the end of Key Stage 2.
Pupils should also understand "key religious values including democracy, human rights, rule of law, secularism, freedom of expression and tolerance" - this is taught in Key Stage 3.
Image source, Getty Images. Why does depicting the Prophet Muhammad cause offence? What does the Koran say? The same is believed to apply to Muhammad.
What does Islamic tradition say? What did artist Lars Vilks do? Lars Vilks, who has died in a car accident in Sweden. Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks dies in car crash. What other images have sparked controversy? Attacks in France. What's happened in the UK? Islam took over from Judaism the notion that Abraham in particular was the one who re discovered monotheism and rejected idolatry. Thus Muhammad sought to restore the authentic monotheism of Abraham, from which even Jews and Christians had allegedly deviated.
If he lived at all, which is doubtful, Abraham presumably flourished early in the second millennium BCE. Critical historians and archaeologists, however, argue that Israelite monotheism only developed about the time of the Babylonian Exile — well over a thousand years later. The reason why there are different conceptions of God and of gods is surely not that humans have culpably strayed from an original revelation.
Rather, these beliefs are human constructions and reconstructions that reflect our own rationalisations, hopes, fears and aspirations.
The latter include attempts by particular groups of people to defend their identity or even assert their hegemony over others on the grounds that they have been uniquely favoured by God with authentic revelation. That seems to be why some Christians deny that Allah is just another name for God.
It also explains Malaysian Muslim efforts to prevent Christians from referring to God as Allah for fear that legitimising the Christian understanding of Allah will threaten Islamic dominance in their country. Festival of Social Science — Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire. Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. Twenty-eight prophets are particularly recognized in the Quran. The Quran affirms the Virgin Birth of Jesus although not His eternal pre-existence , but teaches that the Crucifixion and Resurrection did not happen as the Bible says.
The Quran includes some of the miracles and moral teachings of Jesus but does not mention His lordship or His divinity. Muhammad is considered the last and the greatest of the prophets. He is the Seal of the Prophets, after whom no more will come. Muslims believe that he was "prepared for and attested to by all the preceding prophets.
Resurrection and the Hour of Judgment Readers of the Quran soon find that Allah is portrayed as stern and harsh rather than compassionate. Allah's harshness is intensified in the Quranic description of Judgment Day and its consequences. Muhammad's original message warned people of the terrible divine judgment that was to come. About verses of the Quran emphasize this fearful theme. Judgment Day will be preceded by signs, then announced by a trumpet blast see 1 Thessalonians The dead will arise bodily from their graves and join the living, then all will be examined one by one and assigned to Paradise or hell.
No one can escape this judgment. Pious believers in Allah can expect abundant sensual pleasures in Paradise. There will be perpetual luxury, physical comfort, food, clear water, mansions, servants, lovely maidens, and virgins. The wicked will suffer and swelter in the hot blasts, foul smoke, and molten metal of hell. Predestination The sixth belief, predestination, is not mandatory, but it is still accepted by many Muslims.
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