Islam is a religion that was founded in the year 622 AD by the prophet Mohammed. Mohammed founded the religion in the city of Mecca, in what is now present day Saudi Arabia. The God of Islam is referred to as Allah, which means the one true god. The holy book of Islam is the Qu'ran, which is considered to be the words of Allah as revealed to Mohammed. Islam is an Arabic word that means to submit. A Muslim is a person who submits to Allah and follows the teachings of Islam (World Religions, 2003).

Muhammad was born in 570 AD in Mecca, and Muslims believe that in 610AD he began to receive the word of Allah through the angel Gabriel. He received these messages over a 22 year period while he lived in Mecca and Medina in Arabia. Mohammed assembled these words and teachings into a book called the Qu'ran...