-Fatwa; a death sentence pronounced by a cleric,not backed up by Qur'an, pronounced on Salmon Rushdie for writing "The Satanic Verses".
-Shariah-book of laws written a couple hundred years after Muhammads death(like the Jewish Talmud)
--All 5pilars of Islam can be found in pre-Islamic religions.
-name of Allah originally the name of a pagan moon god.
-prayer toward Mecca 5 times a day was also previously done by pagans.
-the idea of charity existed before Islam but there is no specific 2 1/2% in pagan religion.
-Ramadan existed in pagan religion.
-Also pilgrimage to Mecca existed in pagan religion.
--After Muhammad dies he left no instructions as to who would take over, so people had to decide who would take over.Because of that there are the two basic sects of Islam the Sunnis, and Shi'ites .
--Sunnis(suna-"Tradition")--
-group of people who followed Abu Bakr(one of Muhammad's father-in-law)
-their beliefs are based on written tradition(more conservative)(the shariah)
-Sunnis make up 85% of Muslims
-More like Judaism, and Catholicism.
--Shi'ites--
-decided Abu Bakr was a bad choice so they followed Ali(who was Muhammad's cousin)
-their beliefs are based on clerical interpretation guided from heaven.
-Shi'ites make up 10% of Muslims.
-More like charismatics(pentecostals) think they hear directly from God.
--There is also a third group called the Sufis that make up about 5% of Muslims, they are considered the mystical branch.