ISLAM

Dennis Donovan, Sam Schachter, and Kara DiOrio Per. 3

October 18, 2012

ORIGIN

Who: The Prophet Muhammad

What: The religion of Islam

Where: Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Why: To share the revelations from Allah (God)

When: A.D. 610

A collection of all the

revelations and teachings of God

written down.

SACRED TEXTS: THE QUR’AN

SACRED TEXTS: THE SHARIA

Islam law/ legislation system derived from the Qur’an.

BASIC BELIEFS

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Islam: “surrender”

Monotheism

“Whoever strays bears the full responsibility for straying.”

Judgment Day

Priests

THE FIVE PILLARS

Basic Duties of Islam Declaration of Faith Daily Prayer Charity Fasting on Ramadan Hajj

THE FIRST PILLAR--SHAHADAH

“There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God.”

Islam and other prophets

THE SECOND PILLAR--SALAH

Daily prayer

Masjids/mosques

Face Mecca

THE THIRD PILLAR--ZAKAT

Give charity to poor (2.5%)

Zakat—purification

Greediness=Antithesis

THE FOURTH PILLAR--SAWM

Fasting Sundown-sunset

Fast during Holiday Ramadan

Ramadan=month

THE FIFTH PILLAR--HAJJ

Hajj—The pilgrimage

Mecca

Kaaba shrine

JIHAD

Effort in God’s service

U.S. Stereotypes

Actual Meaning/action

DIVISIONS OF ISLAM

Similar to Judaism, Christianity

Sunni, shia are main two

SUNNI

Traditional

“Fundamentalists”

Strictly Qur’an

Modern & Popular Islam

SHIA

Members=Shiites

Ali ibn Abi Talib

Descendants = Leaders

Shia—Followers of Ali

Islam facts

Definition of Islam: the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Qur’an, the basic principle of which is the absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah

The symbol for Islam is a crescent with a star

Adopted in the 7th century

CULTURE The countries with the most followers of Islam are

Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, turkey, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria and morocco

Around 21% of the world’s population is Islamic

Islamic is the second largest world religion

It is the fastest growing religion in the world

Arabic is the official language In Arabic the word “Allah” translates to

“God” Islam's laws and thoughts in general are

based on 6 fundamental Beliefs