1. Please come in and take out your YELLOW chart that we have been taking on our religion notes on. On the front desks (under the calendar) please take the “History of Christianity” reading and begin on that until I call time!

2. Born In the Middle East:
Islam

3. Islam
Means submission to God (Allah)

4. Muslims People who follow the religion of Islam

5. Monotheism
Belief in one all powerful God

6. History Where Founded:
Saudi Arabia in C.E.

7. Founder:
Muhammad

8. Muhammad
Believed that the angel Gabriel revealed a message from God (Allah)
Asked to preach monotheism to fellow Arabs
Facing persecution in Mecca, he and his followers escaped to Medina.
After 10 years, returned to Mecca and converted Mecca to Islam.

9. The Kaaba

10. Spread of Islam Muhammad died in 632 C.E.
Followers continued to convert people throughout Southwest Asia, Northern
Africa, Europe
and other
parts of Asia.

11. Basic Beliefs Belief in merciful God and evil Satan God is Allah
Muhammad is the Prophet: Messenger of God
Need to make the right moral choices
Belief in paradise and hell

12. Practices Public worship on Fridays in a mosque Five Pillars of Islam
Profess faith in Allah
Pray 5x a day facing Mecca
Charity to poor
Fast during month of Ramadan
Pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj)

13. Sacred Book: The Koran Arabic
Muhammad, the Prophet revealed the messages God gave him through the Angel Gabriel.

14. Holy Days Friday Month of Ramadan Eid ul-Fitr

15. Holy Places
Three holy cities:
Mecca
The Kaaba
Medina
Jerusalem

16. Location of Religion Today:
The Middle East
North Africa
Indonesia
South Asia (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan)
Growing in the United States and Europe

17. Sects Organized religious groups.
Among Muslims there are two sects in Southwest Asia:
The Sunnis
The Shiites or Shia

18. Sects: Sunnis and Shiites Similarities: Belief in Allah
Both look to the Quran for guidance
Encourage Muslims to make the hajj
Differences:
How Islam should be incorporated in daily life?
Status of women
Sunnis
Shiites
Imam (Leader)
Selected by community based his religious and leadership qualities
Must be a descendant of Muhammad
Demographics
Majority sect - 90% of the Muslim world
Minority sect: 10% of the Muslim world (Iran southern Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen

19. Homework
For homework, you are to complete the reading on “What is Islam” and the “History of Islam”. You need to write the following:
3 Questions you have about EITHER reading.
2 unknown vocabulary words
1 thing you learned from the reading you felt was interesting.