Video Discussion: Islam: Empire of Faith--the Messenger According to the video, The Islamic religion thinks God is guiding the world. Perhaps one of humanity's crowning accomplishments seems to have been Islamic civilization. A global force rooted purely on faith, a spiritual revolution that will change three continents' governments and construct an empire. Islamic civilization has affected cultures throughout the world, but everything began with the life of a single ordinary person whose powerful message could impact the world everlastingly; his name was Muhammad.