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- New Age3.5 million Shinto3 million Wicca1-3 million Unification
Church1-3 million Aladura1 million Rastafari1 million Unitarian
Universalism 800,000 Hare Krishna250,000 - 1 million Druze500,000
Scientology500,000 Christian Science400,000 Zoroastrianism200,000
New Thought160,000 Bn100,000 Nation of Islam10,000 - 100,000
GnosticismSmall modern revival groups Mayan ReligionSmall modern
revival groups Christianity2.1 billion Islam1.5 billion
Atheism/Agnostic/ Non-Religious 1.1 billion Hinduism1 billion
Chinese Religion400 million Buddhism350 million Sikhism23 million
Taoism20 million Judaism14 million Mormonism13.5 million
Spiritualism11 million Falun Gong10 million Seventh-day
Adventists10 million Jehovah's Witnesses7 million Jainism6 million
Baha'i5 million Confucianism5 million Cao Dai4-6 million
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- Faith Six Articles of Faith Deeds Five Pillars of Islam
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- Six Articles of Faith A true Muslim believes in Allah Angels
Prophets Divine Books Day of Judgement Fate
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- Allah 99 names of Allah: The Exceedingly Compassionate,
Beneficent, Gracious, The Merciful, The King, The Sovereign, The
Holy, The Divine, The Peace, The Guarantor, The Affirming
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- Angels and Jinn Jinn Created from smokeless fire Have free
will, good and bad Can look like humans or animals (pure black
dog/cat/snake) Satan is a fallen Jinn (called Iblis) Angels Made of
light and have wings Dont have free will Used for communicating
revelations from God, glorifying God, recording peoples actions,
taking a persons soul at time of death
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- Quran Means the recitation Delivered by Gabriel to Muhammad in
a cave in 610 AD Received revelations over 23 years
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- Mecca Medina
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- Quran Muhammad couldnt read or write, so he had to memorise and
recite to his disciples Compiled 20 years after Muhammads death
Consists of 114 chapters (suras) Cover ethics, history, law and
theology Written as poetry and prose (some rhyming) This dialect of
Arabic became the formal Arabic of the Islamic nations
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- Tajwid Tajwid determines how the Quran should be recited:
Pronunciation Pauses and resumption Melody 10 variations
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- Desecration Most traditional schools require ritual ablutions
Burn or bury in cloth old books Cannot recycle the paper
Desecration punishable by life imprisonment in some countries and
by death in Afghanistan, Somalia and Pakistan
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- Relation to Bible Biblical prophets are recognised Adam, Enoch,
Noah, Eber, Saleh, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,
Job, Jethro, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah,
Ezekiel, Zechariah, John the Baptist, Jesus Tanakh and New
Testament are non-canonical but useful as a corrupted inspired
text
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- Hadith Collection of sayings and deeds of Muhammad as recorded
by his companions Supplements and clarifies Quran
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- Jesus (Isa) Virgin birth Well-built, average height, broad
chest, fair complexion, long slightly curly hair to his shoulders
No Trinity Allah gave the ability to perform miracles Wasnt
crucified or resurrected Didnt die but ascended into heaven Believe
in second coming
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- Muhammad Muhammad Ibn Abdullah born in 570 AD in Mecca and died
in 632 AD Got married at 25 to Khadija who was 40, and then had
seven children Had 12 wives during his life Had 40 converts in the
first 3 years Early on the ruling tribe persecuted the Muslims with
beating and boycotting their business Settled in Medina, but became
militant towards his later life and retook Mecca
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- Resurrection and Judgement Bodily resurrection Judged on good
vs. bad deeds Charity, prayer, compassion towards animals
Eschatology 1.Mahdi on a white horse 2.False messiah, Masih ad-
Dajjal (aka Antichrist) 3.Return of Isa (Jesus) to slay Dajjal
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- Predestination Ye shall not will except as God wills Allah has
full knowledge and control over everything Good and evil
Salvation
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- Five Pillars of Islam ConfessionPrayerFastingCharityPilgrimage
A true Muslim will undertake
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- Confession of Faith (Shahada) aka How Convert to Islam Everyone
is a Muslim at birth, so accepting Islam reverts them back to the
original condition Three honest recitations of the shahadah with an
Imam and others to witness: There is no god but God, Muhammad is
the messenger of God
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- Prayer (Salah) Focus mind on God and express gratitude and
worship In Arabic, with verses from Quran Five times a day
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- Fasting (Sawm) Ramadan No drinking, eating, sex, smoking and
chewing gum during daylight 9 July to 7 August 2013 Eid al-Fitr
(Lesser Eid) 7-8 August 2013 Eid al-Adha (Greater Eid) 14-15
October 2013
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- Charity (Zakat) Charity given to poor Helps giver by moving
them towards more holiness and submission to Allah 1/40 or 2.5% of
capital assets per year
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- Pilgrimage (Hajj) Pilgrimage to Mecca if they are able Takes
place in the last month of the Islamic calendar 13-18 October 2013
1.Walk counter clockwise around the Kaaba 2.Run back and forth
between hills 3.Drink from the Zamzam Well 4.Stand in vigil at
Mount Arafat 5.Throw stones at the walls of Mina 6.Shave heads
7.Animal sacrifice
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- Kaaba
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- Some Terms You May Have Come Across
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- 30 10 15 28 2 12 0.5 0.2
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- Shariah Covers Hygiene, economics, diet, theological
obligations, marriage, crime, military, dress code, etc. Legal
proceedings No lawyers or jury No binding precedents Priority on
oral testimony Punishments Qisas, Diyya, Hudud, Tazir
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- Means lawful or permissible Applies to all food (animal
by-products) Meat from herbivorous animal slaughtered in the name
of God by a Muslim, Jew or Christian Forbidden: pork, blood, food
offered to idols, carrion, alcohol Can eat non-halal if no other
option
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- Jihad Means to strive or struggle Can be used for visible
enemy, Satan, or sinful desires Greater jihad vs. lesser jihad
Muhammad ordered 100 military expeditions Physically took part in
27 of these
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- Mosque
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- Madrasa Islamic educational institution 1.Memorise Quran
2.Interpret Quran 3.Shariah 4.Hadiths 5.Jurisprudence 6.Muslim
history
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- Hijaab Say to the believing men that they should lower their
gaze and guard their modesty Say to the believing women that they
should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; they should not
display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily
appear; they should not display their beauty except to their
husbands, fathers, husbands fathers, sons
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- Hijaab 1.Body should be covered Males: navel to knees Women:
complete body except face and hands 2.Clothes should be loose and
not reveal figure 3.Clothes should not be transparent 4.Clothes
should not be glamorous 5.Clothes should not resemble opposite sex
6.Clothes should not resemble unbelievers
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- Islamic Veils NiqabBurqaChadorHijab
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- Women
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- Polygamy Quran says marry only one Only religious book that
provides that instruction but also says Marry women of your choice,
two, or three, or four, but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to
deal justly, then only one Justified by: Average lifespan of
females is greater (inc. wars) Female population is greater
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- Polyandry Cant easily identify who the parents are Man is more
polygamous by nature Easier for a man to perform his duties as
husband
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- Women For witnessing financial transactions, either need two
men, or one man and two women Women inherit half of what a man
receives
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- Islam in Contexts
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- Islam in India
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- 3 rd largest population Generally more children than Hindus
Castes Ashrafs (Arab ancestry) vs Ajlafs (Hindu converts) Partition
of India India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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- Christianity and Islam Catechism of the Catholic Church The
plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator,
in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to
hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one,
merciful God, mankinds judge on the last day. Quran Salvation for
any Christians before Muhammad
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- Arabic Phrases In sh AllhIf God wills Allhu akbarGod is great
As-salamu `alaykumPeace be unto you BismillahIn the name of God Eid
MubrakBlessed Eid Eid SadHappy Eid