1) Young Muslims - The Message

ooks: 1. Vinaya Pitaka: ‘Rules of Conduct’ 2. Sutta Pitaka:‘Discourses’ 3. Abhidhamma: ‘Analysis of Doctrine’SIKHISMSikhism is a non-Semitic, non-Aryan, non-Vedic religion. Someconsider it as an offshoot of Hinduism. It was founded by GuruNanak at the end of the 15th century (CE). It originated in the areaof Pakistan and North West India called Punjab. Guru Nanak wasborn in a Kshatriya (warrior caste) Hindu family but was verystrongly influenced by Islam and Muslims. Sikhism is a religion often Gurus, the first Guru being Guru Nanak and the tenth and thelast being Guru Gobind Singh. The sacred book of Sikhism is Sri GuruGranth, also called Adi Granth Sahib.ZOROASTRIANISMZoroastrianism is an ancient Aryan religion that originated in Persiamore than 2500 years ago. Though it has relatively few adherents, itis one of the oldest religions. Zoroaster was the founder ofZoroastrianism, also commonly known as Parsi-ism. It is also knownas the religion of fire worshippers and Magianism.Parsi Scripturesconsist of Dasatir and Vesta or Zend-Avesta. Dasatir is furtherdivided into two parts: Khurda Dasatir and Kalan Dasatir. Avesta isfurther divided into Khurda Avesta and Kalan Avesta also known asZend or Maha-Zend.ATHEISMThis is non-belief in the existence of God. An atheist, even thoughhe/she may belong to a religious family, uses his/her intellect todeny the existence of God; whatever concept or qualities of Godhe/she may have learnt in his/her religion may not seem to belogical to him/her. An atheist agrees with the 1 st part of theShahadah, i.e., the Islamic Creed, ‘La ilaaha’ - meaning ‘there is noGod’.Young Muslims, What they should know about Islam Page - 250