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The Islam Top 18!!!

Explore the essential aspects of Islam, including its followers, Ramadan, treatment of women, the Crusades, Muhammad, Allah, the Hejira, Muezzin and Minarets, the Islamic Golden Age, the Hajj, and more.

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The Islam Top 18!!!

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  1. The Islam Top 18!!! Ten plus eight things that you’ve got to know and remember about Islam

  2. 18: Muslim • Muslim is the name for a follower of Islam

  3. 17: Ramadan • During the Islamic Holy Month, Muslims are supposed to fast (not eat or drink, or ‘enjoy earthly pleasures’) during daylight hours • Ramadan is based on a lunar calendar, and the time of year changes each year

  4. According to Islamic law, women are to be ‘protected’. In lands where ‘fundamentalist Islam’ is strong. This means that women cannot go out in public alone, hold a job outside the home, and that they must be covered. 16: Treatment of Women

  5. 16: Treatment of Women

  6. 15: Crusades and their Impact • The Crusades were holy wars started by the Roman Catholic Church to take Israel • One result of the Crusades is increased animosity against Christians by Muslims

  7. 14: Muhammad: • Muhammad was Islam’s great prophet. He is said to have heard the word of the Islamic God, Allah, and spent his life spreading that word. • Some Muslim Sects (see #7) forbid the showing or drawing of images of Muhammad

  8. Allah: • The Arabic word for ‘God’ • Some Muslim Sects (see #7) forbid the showing or drawing of images of Allah

  9. 12: The Hejira (Hjira): • Young Muhammad's journey from his birthplace of Mecca, through the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula, to the city of Medina, where Islam was first firmly established.

  10. 11: Muezzin and Minarets: • Muezzin are men who ‘call’ the faithful Muslims to prayer • The Muezzin call the faithful to prayer (Adnan,Azan) from ‘Minarets’, which are towers located outside of Mosques (see #2)

  11. 10: Islamic Golden Age • A period, starting during Abbasid rule, when the Islamic world reached a cultural ‘high period’. • Features of the Golden Age included the building of (Art and Architecture) Mosques and Palaces, Calligraphy, Drawing and Painting; (Literature) Poetry, ‘Tales’, and Philosophy; (Math and Science) Algebra, Astronomy, Medicine; (Economics) Increased Trade with other regions; increased manufacturing, and agriculture

  12. 10 cont. Islamic Golden Age

  13. 9: The Hajj • Muhammad’s return to Mecca. He and his followers destroyed idols in the Kaaba and established Islam as the main religion of the Arabian Peninsula. • Muslims are supposed to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetime.

  14. Location, Location, Location • ISLAM began in the Arabian Peninsula and soon spread throughout northern Africa, Southwest Asia, and even into Eastern Europe and Spain. • This location at the ‘old world’s crossroads’ gave the Islamic world access to great riches through trade, which supported its ‘Golden Age’

  15. Location, Location, Location

  16. Sects • After the death of Muhammad, different opinions arose over who should lead the Islamic faith. Two major sects (sections) of Islam developed: Sunni and Shiite (Shi’ite, Shia)

  17. Caliphs and Imams: • Leaders of the Islamic faith. • Whether a Muslim views a caliph or the Imam as the leader depends upon which Sect (see # 7) they belong to.

  18. Monotheism: • Islam is one of the world’s three major monotheistic religions. • It is by far the newest of the three • Muhammad called followers of the other two (Judaism; Christianity) ‘the people of the Book’ because, in his view, people of these faiths believed in the same God and followed the same original rules.

  19. The Five Pillars Muslims are to follow the Five Pillars of Faith in order to achieve salvation (heaven). The five Pillars are: • Shahadah: declaring there is no god except God, and Muhammad is God's Messenger • Salat: ritual prayer five times a day • Zakat: giving 2.5% of one’s savings to the poor and needy • Sawm: fasting and self-control during the blessed month of Ramadan • Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime if he/she is able to • You will not need to remember the names of any of these except for Hajj

  20. The Five Pillars

  21. The Qur’an (Qu’ran; Koran, Q’ran) • The ‘Word of Allah’ is the Holiest of Holy Books in Islam

  22. Mosques: • Islamic place of worship!!!

  23. 1. Jihad

  24. Jihad (J’had), Fundamentalism, and Terrorism • Jihad means ‘the Struggle’ but has come to mean ‘Holy War’ • Some Fundamentalist (back to basics) Muslims believe that Jihad means that Islam should be spread by force • This has led to Terrorism (al Qaeda, etc.) and warfare (i.e. the current struggle against Isil/Isis)

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