1. BELL WORK
Did you know that the main religion of the Arabian Peninsula is Islam? Write down everything you know about Islam.

2. I can examine and explain the elements of Islam using my own words.
OBJECTIVE & STANDARD
ISLAM
I can examine and explain the elements of Islam using my own words.
7.5 Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad, including historical connection to Judaism and Christianity.

3. I can analyze Muhammad’s life and the founding of the Islam faith.
OBJECTIVE & STANDARD
I can analyze Muhammad’s life and the founding of the Islam faith.
7.5 Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad, including historical connection to Judaism and Christianity.

4. Did you know?
At least 42 nations are almost completely Islamic.

5. There are 1 billion Muslims in the world.
Percent of Muslims by Country
The second largest religion
There are 1 billion Muslims in the world.

6. Watch and see… Who was Muhammad?

7. Muhammad Born in Mecca in 570 AD Orphaned at age 6
Taken in by grandfather and uncle
Worked in the caravan business.

8. Married Khadijah, a wealthy. widow, in 595 AD, and was
Married Khadijah, a wealthy widow, in 595 AD, and was freed from the life of a traveling merchant.
How did this marriage free him from traveling merchant life?

9. These were the first alleged revelations from Allah.
In 610 AD,
Muhammad claims that the archangel Gabriel appeared to him and told him to “recite” everything he said.
These were the first alleged revelations from Allah.
(Qur’an is the Arabic word for recite)

10. Why would this event be used to start the Islamic calendar?
In 622 AD,
Muhammad and followers flee Mecca and move to Yathrib (later known as Medina).
This event (called the “hijrah”)is used as the start of the Islamic calendar.
Why would this event be used to start the Islamic calendar?

11. Enough followers to return to Mecca in triumph
ISLAM
By AD 630,
Enough followers to return to Mecca in triumph
Islam becomes the official religion.

12. Muhammad died suddenly before appointing a successor.
ISLAM
633 AD
Muhammad died suddenly before appointing a successor.
Arguments over the rightful heir to his leadership caused the divisions within Islam that persist to this day.

13. Homework:
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Answer these questions on page 107: 1, 3, and 4