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LET’S LOOK AT THE old ISLAMIC EMPIRE. THE HOMELAND OF ISLAM. NOMADS!!!!. CARAVANS. QUR’AN (KORAN): ISLAM’S HOLY BOOK. IT IS SACRED AND MUST BE HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE. MANY RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS MEMORIZE THE WHOLE BOOK, LINE BY LINE. ARABIC: WRITTEN RIGHT TO LEFT JUST LIKE HEBREW!!.
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QUR’AN (KORAN): ISLAM’S HOLY BOOK IT IS SACRED AND MUST BE HANDLED WITH GREAT CARE. MANY RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS MEMORIZE THE WHOLE BOOK, LINE BY LINE.
THE 5 PILLARS OF ISLAM • DECLARING THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER • PRAY 5 TIMES A DAY, FACING EAST BECAUSE OF MECCA • FAST DURING RAMADAM • SUNRISE TO SUN DOWN • NOT EVEN WATER • DURING 9TH LUNAR MONTH • 4. GIVE 2.5% OF YOUR MONEY TO THE POOR • 5. PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA • .
MECCA IS HOME TO THE KAABA, OR WHAT MUSLIMS CONSIDER TO BE “THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE”.