Get out highlighter, pencil, notebook OCTOBER 10, 2016 Get out highlighter, pencil, notebook Life of Muhammad Islam HW: Vocab Due 10/18

The Life of Muhammad: Muhammad: 570, Mecca, Arabia Arabian Peninsula Desert Crossroads of trade and cultures Mecca: sight of pilgrimage and Ka’aba

The Life of Muhammad: Merchant Meditation In 610, hears a voice speaking to him Voice of the angel Gabriel

Beginnings of Islam Message= only true god (Allah) Muhammad was a mortal What is the difference between Muhammad and Jesus? Preached a strong social justice equality and poverty Islam vs. Muslim

The beginnings of Islam Attracts poor and working class Persecution by ruling elite

The Hijrah Mohammad leaves Mecca in 622 Moves to Medina Becomes a political and military leader in addition to religious one Begins tradition of uniting religion and politics

Return to Mecca Marches on Mecca with 10,000 followers in 630 Mecca’s leaders surrender Muhammad destroys tribal polytheistic idols in the Ka’aba Converts many new followers Join the Umma (Muslim religious community)

The Five Pillars

Get out highlighter, pencil, notebook OCTOBER 10, 2016 Get out highlighter, pencil, notebook Life of Muhammad Islam HW: Vocab Due 10/18

The Five Pillars 1-Declaration of Faith (Shahada) Muslims must state that there is not God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet. 2. Daily Prayer (Salaah) Muslims must pray five times a day facing the Kaaba in Mecca.

The Five Pillars 3. Charity (Zakah) Donate to less fortunate 4. Fasting-Ramadan (Sawn) Holy month of Ramadan which celebrates the recording of the Quran.

The Five Pillars 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) Must travel to Mecca once in your lifetime https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=29HpUaJpwvI

Timelapse of praying at the Ka’aba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKI6PtbIZzM

Review Notes Create an illustration to help you remember the 5 Pillars of Islam in your notes or on your timeline

Koran (or the Qur'an) Holy Book of Islam Contains ethical guidelines and laws Many commandments, few stories Introduced life after death and heaven & hell (divine reckoning) Written in Arabic

Islamic Beliefs Honor earlier prophets (Abraham, Moses, Jesus) Accept Jewish Torah and the Christian Gospels Muhammad mortal, not divine Don’t use clergy Significance? Don’t depict Muhammad’s face in art, don’t want idolatry https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=O2P7cUYFwoc

Life as a Muslim Shari’a Law: Practice honesty and justice a set of laws which regulate many aspects of Muslim life No separation between church and state covers family life, business, government, and moral conduct Practice honesty and justice Forbidden to: gamble eat pork drink alcohol engage in dishonest behavior.

Notes Review Put a circle around similarities in your notes between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam Put a square around differences between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam Explain in your notes how the life of a Muslim is different than that of a Christian or a Jew can be a paragraph, a venn diagram, other visual image, etc. How is it similar? (repeat step above)

Period after Muhammad Muhammad dies in 632, but didn’t name a successor Muhammad’s close friend Abu Bakr becomes the first caliph Umar, Uthman, and Ali follow after him Together they are the “rightly guided” caliphs Worked to expand influence of Islam outside the Arabian peninsula

Sunni vs. Shi’a

Sunni vs. Shi’a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQMpcSQIvOk

Expansion of Islam

The Islamic Map