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•Muhammad’s escape from Mecca to Medina is know as the:
Hajj or Hijrah?
•Submission to the will of Allah:
Islam or Muslim?
•Muhammad:
Last of the prophets or first of the prophets?
•Most important city in Islam
Medina or Mecca?
•Delivered revelations to Muhammad
Gabriel or Michael?•Define revelations:
Why did Islam spread so fast and what
Muslim beliefs spread with it ?
SOL: WHI.8aNCSS: I
Reasons for Quick Spread
1.) Byzantine and Persian Empires had weakened
2. Christians/Jews not forced to convert, but Polytheists were…
- Willing to do so because Islam promised “equality”
3. Muhammad called for “Jihad” (Holy War against non-believers)
- motivated Arab armies
•Where have we heard of Jihad before?
•Islamism?•Al-Qaeda?•Osama Bin Laden?
Beliefs & Practices of Islam
1.) 1 god – Allah
2.) Good/Evil exists
3) Free Will
4.) Final judgment day
5.) Heaven/Hell
6.) Qur’an (Koran) = Holy Book
5 Pillars of Islam
1.) Faith– “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad
is the messenger of Allah”
2.) Prayer– 5 times a day
– May assemble in Mosque – Islamic house of worship
– To bring them closer to Allah
– Pray towards Mecca
3.) Alms–Support of those less fortunate
–Religious tax
–Alms=charity
4.) Fasting– Holy month of Ramadan
• (9th month of Islamic calendar – month during which Qur’an was revealed)
– No drinking/eating between dawn/dusk– Reminds Muslims of greater needs
5.) Pilgrimage– Also known as Hajj– Made to Mecca at least once in a lifetime
Muslim way of life
• Personal lives not separated from religious lives
• Forbidden: – To eat pork – Drink alcoholic beverages
• Communal prayer on Friday afternoons – the Mosque
• No priests or central religious authority
• Imams – prayer leaders in Mosques
Sources of Authority
1. Allah – expressed his will to Muhammad through
Gabriel2. Qur’an
– Only Arabic version is true3. Sunna
– Muhammad’s exampleBest model for proper living
4. Shari’a– Body of law = family life, moral conduct,
business & community life
People of the Book• Jews & Christians &
Muslims considered “People of the Book”
• Qur’an word of Allah; same as Old Testament for Jews & New Testament for Christians
• Belief in Heaven & Hell & afterlife
• All three trace ancestry to Abraham
•What other religions have dietary restrictions?
•Judaism?•Christianity?•Hindu?
Pillar Four: Fasting
Pillar 3: Charitable Giving
“I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except God and Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger.”
Pillar One: Belief
Pillar Two: Prayer
Pillar 5: The Hajj