Please come in and take out your YELLOWYELLOW chart that we have been taking on our religion notes on. On the front desks (under the calendar) please take the “History of Christianity” reading and begin on that until I call time!

Born In the Middle East:

Islam

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Islam

• Means submission to God (Allah)

Muslims

• People who follow the religion of Islam

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Monotheism

• Belief in one all powerful God

• History Where Founded:

Saudi Arabia in 622

C.E.

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• Founder:–Muhammad

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Muhammad

• Believed that the angel Gabriel revealed a message from God (Allah)

• Asked to preach monotheism to fellow Arabs

• Facing persecution in Mecca, he and his followers escaped to Medina.

• After 10 years, returned to Mecca and converted Mecca to Islam.

The Kaaba

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Spread of Islam

• Muhammad died in 632 C.E.• Followers continued to convert

people throughout Southwest Asia, NorthernAfrica, Europeand otherparts of Asia.

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Basic Beliefs

• Belief in merciful God and evil Satan• God is Allah• Muhammad is the Prophet:

Messenger of God• Need to make the right moral

choices• Belief in paradise and hell

Practices

• Public worship on Fridays in a mosque

• Five Pillars of Islam– Profess faith in

Allah – Pray 5x a day

facing Mecca– Charity to poor– Fast during month

of Ramadan– Pilgrimage to Mecca

(hajj)

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• Sacred Book:–The Koran–Arabic–Muhammad, the

Prophet revealed the messages God gave him through the Angel Gabriel.

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Holy Days

• Friday• Month of Ramadan• Eid ul-Fitr

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Holy Places• Three holy cities:– Mecca

• The Kaaba

– Medina– Jerusalem

• Location of Religion Today:– The Middle East– North Africa– Indonesia– South Asia (Pakistan,

Bangladesh, Afghanistan)

– Growing in the United States and Europe

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Sects

• Organized religious groups.• Among Muslims there are two sects

in Southwest Asia:• The Sunnis• The Shiites or Shia

Sunnis ShiitesImam (Leader) Selected by

community based his religious and

leadership qualities

Must be a descendant of Muhammad

Demographics Majority sect - 90% of the Muslim world

Minority sect: 10% of the Muslim world (Iran southern Iraq,

Lebanon and Yemen

Sects: Sunnis and Shiites

Similarities:•Belief in Allah

•Both look to the Quran for guidance•Encourage Muslims to make the hajj

Differences:•How Islam should be incorporated in daily life?

•Status of women

HomeworkHomework• For homework, you are to complete the reading on “What is Islam” and the “History of Islam”. You need to write the following:– 3 Questions you have about EITHER

reading.– 2 unknown vocabulary words– 1 thing you learned from the reading

you felt was interesting.