THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSLIM SOCIETY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF RELIGIOUS, MORAL AND BELIEF CHARACTERISTICS

The present study aims to highlight the superiority of the Moslem community when it was highly complied with the principles and orders of the Islamic shariah.  The structure of the divine shariah revealed by Allah to his Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him builds an integrated Islamic community where values of tolerance, respect and honesty could prevail.  Therefore, the major purpose of the current study is to focus on how the application of the principles of the Islamic sharia could improve peoples’ lives and would contribute largely to creating utopia based on tolerance and strong social bonds among Muslims. The present study has reached a number of findings, the most important of which is that the superiority of the Muslim community to other communities stems from its adherence and application to the orders and principles of the Islamic sharia, the balance between the textual orders and principles of Islamic sharia and their application to real-life   turns   the Muslim community into a highly ethical community based on a sound value system and a high degree of morality.  In addition, tolerance values in Islam do not mean to be linen with the application of the principles of the Islamic sharia.