Chapter 11

The Rise and Spread of Islam

Agree or disagree?

Religion and culture have very little to do with each other.

Does religion affect American culture?

Holidays?Work week?Recreation?Business?

Quick Facts/Notes:

Islam = Religion (e.g. Christianity)Muslim = people who practice Islam (e.g. Christian)2nd largest world religionNOT anti-U.S.

Where did Islam begin?

Founding of Islam

MuhammadA.D. 570 - Mecca

40 years old - angel Gabriel comes to himInstructed to teach others

Islam Grows

Merchant rulers were against Muhammad

Feared pilgrimages would end - KaabaMuhammad leaves Mecca for Medina - journey called hijrah

Gains followers, returns to Mecca, and turns Kaaba into center of worship for Islam (630 A.D.)

Basics of Islamic FaithNot just a religion - lifestyle

Humble lives, tolerant and generous, no pork, no alcohol

Qu’ran = word of God as revealed to Muhammad

Originally only in Arabic for fear of translation problems

Jihad = struggle to defend the faithMosque = religious temples

No furnishings or imagesMen and women separateNo clergy

5 Pillars of Islam

1) Profession of FaithAcknowledging Allah and Muhammad

2) Five Daily PrayersRitual washing, facing Mecca

3) Paying zakatAnnual tax, meant to be used for charity

4) Fast during RamadanSelf-discipline, sympathy for the poor

5) Pilgrimage to MeccaUnites Muslims throughout the worldIf possible, you are supposed to do this at least once in your lifetime

Then J esus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Mt 28:18-20

“had inflicted and are now inflicting many mistreatments upon the Indians, with great haughtiness and cruelty, for when the Indians do not obey them, they insult and strike them, tear out their hair, have them stripped and cruelly flogged, and then throw them into prison in chains and cruel irons, a thing most pitiable to hear about and much more pitiable to see.”

- Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop of Michoacan (c.1543)