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THE ORIGINS OF WORLD RELIGIONS: ISLAM

THE ORIGINS OF WORLD RELIGIONS: ISLAM. History of Islam. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. CONSIDERED LAST AND GREATEST PROPHET BORN IN 570 IN MECCA ORPHANED AT AN EARLY AGE. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. CAMEL DRIVER AND CARAVAN TRADER MARRIED A WEALTHY WIDOW WOMAN – KHADIJAH HE WAS 25 AND SHE WAS 40.

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THE ORIGINS OF WORLD RELIGIONS: ISLAM

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  1. THE ORIGINS OF WORLD RELIGIONS: ISLAM

  2. History of Islam

  3. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD • CONSIDERED LAST AND GREATEST PROPHET • BORN IN 570 IN MECCA • ORPHANED AT AN EARLY AGE

  4. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD • CAMEL DRIVER AND CARAVAN TRADER • MARRIED A WEALTHY WIDOW WOMAN – KHADIJAH • HE WAS 25 AND SHE WAS 40

  5. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD • WHILE PRAYING IN THE DESERT, AN ANGEL (GABRIEL) APPEARED • TOLD TO PROCLAIM ALLAH TO THE ARAB PEOPLE

  6. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD • HE TAUGHT THAT ALLAH WAS THE ONE TRUE GOD • *ISLAM – “SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF ALLAH” • *MUSLIM - “ONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED” • *MONOTHEISTIC OR POLYETHESTIC?

  7. CROSSROADS AND TRADE • STARTED PREACHING IN MECCA IN 613 • PILGRIMS CAME TO WORSHIP AT THE KA’ABA • MANY IN MECCA THOUGHT HE WOULD END THE PILGRIMMAGES TO THE KA’ABA

  8. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD • FEARING FOR HIS LIFE HE LEFT MECCA IN 622 • HIJRAH – “FLIGHT” WENT TO “MEDINA” CITY OF THE PROPHET” • BECAME RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, & MILITARY LEADER

  9. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD • RETURNED TO MECCA AND CAPTURED THE CITY WITH 10,000 FOLLOWERS • DESTROYED IDOLS AT KA’ABA • CALLED TO PRAYER FROM ROOF OF KA’ABA

  10. THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD • HE DIED 2 YEARS LATER IN 632 AT THE AGE OF 62 • MANY ON ARABIAN PENINSULA HAD CONVERTED

  11. *ISLAM

  12. THE FAITH ISLAM • QUR’AN/KORAN IS THEIR HOLY BOOK • WRITTEN ONLY IN ARABIC • SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS LAW • MOSQUE – ISLAMIC HOUSE OF WORSHIP

  13. Practices of Islam

  14. *THE FIVE PILLARS OF FAITH • # 1 FAITH –“THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH”

  15. *THE FIVE PILLARS OF FAITH • # 2 PRAYER – *5 TIMES A DAY FACING TOWARDS MECCA

  16. *THE FIVE PILLARS OF FAITH • #3 – ALMS- GIVING • *TO THE LESS FORTUNATE • IT IS A RELIGIOUS TAX

  17. *THE FIVE PILLARS OF FAITH • #4 FASTINGNO FOOD OR DRINK FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET DURING MONTH OF RAMADAN

  18. *THE FIVE PILLARS OF FAITH • #5- HAJJ OR PILGRIMAGE – AT LEAST ONCE IN A LIFETIME A JOURNEY TO MECCA

  19. ISLAMIC WAY OF LIFE • FIVE PILLARS OF FAITH – HELP FOCUS ON ALLAH, MUHAMMAD, & POOR • MUSLIMS DO NOT SEPARATE RELIGIOUS FROM PERSONAL LIFE

  20. ISLAMIC WAY OF LIFE • SUNNA – MODEL FOR PROPER LIVING • COMES FROM EXAMPLE SET BY MUHAMMAD

  21. ISLAMIC WAY OF LIFE • *SHARIAH LAW – REGULATES FAMILY LIFE, MORAL CONDUCT, BUSINESS & COMMUNITY LIFE • COMES FROM QUR’AN AND SUNNA

  22. LINKS TO JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY • ALLAH IS SAME AS GOD WORSHIPPED BY JEWS & CHRISTIANS • JESUS IS A PROPHET

  23. LINKS TO JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY • ALL THREE BELIEVE IN HEAVEN, HELL, & JUDGEMENT DAY • SHAR’IA REQUIRES TOLERANCE OF JEWS & CHRISTIANS • *ALL THREE FOLLOW A CODE OF BEHAVIOR

  24. LINKS TO JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY • ISLAMIC DIFFERENCES: • JESUS IS NOT SON OF GOD • QUR’AN IS COMPLETION OF TORAH AND BIBLE

  25. LINKS TO JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY • *JEWS & CHRISTIANS ARE KNOWN AS “PEOPLE OF THE BOOK” TO THE MUSLIMS

  26. Quick Review • What does “Islam” mean in Arabic? • What do Muslims believe Muhammad was? • Towards what city do Muslims pray? • List the 5 Pillars of Islam • What system of law regulates the family life, moral conduct, business and community life of Muslims? • Why was the Hijrah important?

  27. 7. What is the best Muslim model for proper living? 8. Who do Muslims consider the “People of the Book” 9. How do the 5 Pillars help Muslims submit to Allah’s will? 10. The Qur’an and what other work form the shari’a, or body of Islamic law? 11. Define Muslim 12. How are Judaism, Christianity and Islam similar?

  28. Quick Review • What does “Islam” mean in Arabic? Submission to the will of Allah • What do Muslims believe Muhammad was? Last of the prophets • Towards what city to Muslims pray? Mecca • List the 5 Pillars of Islam-Faith, Alms, Fasting, Prayers, Hajj • What system of law regulates the family life, moral conduct, business and community life of Muslims? Shari’a • Why was the Hijrah important? Muhammad was accepted as a political leader in Medina

  29. 7. What is the best Muslim model for proper living? The Sunna 8. Who do Muslims consider the “People of the Book”? Jews and Christians 9. How do the 5 Pillars help Muslims submit to Allah’s will? Helping them focus on Allah, Muhammad and the poor 10. The Qur’an and what other work form the shari’a, or body of Islamic law? Sunna 11. Define Muslim-one who has submitted 12. How are Judaism, Christianity and Islam similar? Believe in the same God, all three believe in Heaven, Hell and judgment day, and all 3 follow a code of behavior

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