The messenger, the Koran and the sacred: Some notes from the Science of Religion

Abstract

Islam is one of the fastest growing religions today. Nevertheless, especially in the West, there is still some prejudice against this religion, perhaps because of the ignorance of the people regarding their true beliefs and practices. On the face of it, this article intends to reflect on the Islamic religion. To this end, we chose three significant topics to proceed with this reflection: the central message of Islam, its holy book and its "Sacred". Through the lens of the Science of Religion, we focus, first, the religious experience of its founding prophet - Muhammad. Then we did some notes about its holy book - the Koran, and finally, we discuss some aspects of its sacred, especially concerning its deity - Allah and spiritual beings in which Muslims believe. Thus, the scope of this paper is to illuminate some aspects of that religion still poorly scrutinized in Brazil, and finally, we raise some issues that we think are relevant to the subject at hand.