1. DO NOW: Islam Look at the following pictures. Generate FIVE questions about Islam.

2. BIG 12 86% PAC 12 82.8% BIG EAST 85.5%

3. OCTOPUS’S GARDEN 2 flowers = DJ Booms 4 flowers = No HW for a day 6 flowers = treat 8 flowers = movie day

4. BIG 12 91% PAC 12 86.9% BIG 10 91.3%

5. OCTOPUS’S GARDEN 2 flowers = DJ Booms 4 flowers = No HW for a day 6 flowers = treat 8 flowers = movie day

6. BIG 12 83.9% PAC 12 84.4% BIG EAST 83.6%

7. OCTOPUS’S GARDEN 2 flowers = DJ Booms 4 flowers = No HW for a day 6 flowers = treat 8 flowers = movie day

8. DO NOW: Islam Look at the following pictures. Generate FIVE questions about Islam.

9. Islam (Arabic for “surrender to God”)

10. Objectives SWBAT list important facts about Islam. SWBAT compare important facts about Islam with important facts about Judaism and Christianity.

11. Where is Islam practiced?

12. Monotheistic Religions Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad Noah, Abraham, Moses, & Jesus Noah Abraham Moses Important prophets (Messengers) Ramadan Eid al-Fitr (last day of Ramadan) Eid el-Adha (to remember Abraham’s sacrifice) Easter Christmas Passover Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Chanakkuh Major holidays MosqueChurch Synagogue Place of worship ImamPriestRabbi Clergy The Koran The Bible (Old Test. + N.T.) Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) Sacred text Mecca, Medina, & Jerusalem Jerusalem Holy city 610 CE33 CE2000 BCE Date founded 1.5 billion2.1 billion14 million Number of followers MuslimsChristiansJews Followers ONE! # of gods Point for Peace? IslamChristianityJudaismCategory

13. Mr. Booms, why do you consider the sacred texts to be a “Point of Peace”? Jews, Christians, and Muslims all read different books!

14. The Hebrew Bible, the Holy Bible, and the Koran tell many of the same stories about many of the same prophets! The Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible)

15. Common Prophets The Koran mentions _________ 25 times Adam

16. The Koran mentions _________ 43 times Common Prophets Noah

17. The Koran mentions _________ 69 times Common Prophets Abraham

18. The Koran mentions ___________ 139 times! Common Prophets Moses

19. The Koran mentions __________ 25 times Common Prophets Jesus

20. Important Prophets JEWS CHRISTIANS MUSLIMS

21. The Koran mentions Jesus 25 times –"O People of the Book! Commit no excesses in your religion: Nor say of Allah aught but the truth. Christ Jesus…was (no more than) an apostle of Allah, and His Word, which He bestowed on Mary, and a spirit proceeding from Him: so believe in Allah and His apostles. Say not "Trinity" : desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah. Glory be to Him: (far exalted is He) above having a son.” –Allah = name for God in Islam Common Prophets: Jesus

22. The Last Prophet? Who do Christians believe was the last prophet? CHRISTIANS

23. The Last Prophet? MUSLIMS Who do Muslims believe was the last prophet?

24. Objective SWBAT describe the life of Muhammad, the most important prophet in Islam.

25. Why doesn’t Muhammad have a face in these pictures? It is considered blasphemy to draw Muhammad’s face –Blasphemy = disrespect for God or holy things

26. The Last Prophet: Muhammad Muhammad was born in 570 AD in Mecca At that time, most people from Mecca were polytheistic and worshipped 360 gods –Polytheism: belief in many gods –poly = many; theo = god Muhammad was dissatisfied with his life, so he went to meditate in a cave

27. Four Important Events in Muhammad’s Life Muhammad receives message from Allah Muhammad journeys to Jerusalem Muhammad flees to Medina Muhammad returns to Mecca with army

28. Muhammad Receives Message From Allah 610 CE The angel Gabriel visited Muhammad and said: “Recite in the name of thy Lord who created! He created man from a clot of blood. Recite; and thy Lord is the Most bountiful, He who hath taught by the pen, taught man what he knew not.” –The Koran

29. The Koran Muhammad’s messages from Gabriel over the next 22 years became the Koran Muslims believe that the Koran completes the holy writings of the Jews and the Christians, but it is even holier because it is made up of Allah’s actual words

30. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan to remember the first messages Muhammad received from Allah Fast = to not eat

31. Muhammad receives first message from Allah In your notes, provide a summary for the event “Muhammad receives first message from Allah – 610 CE” Be sure to use the following words: Muhammad, Gabriel, recite, Koran

32. Homework Triple Venn Diagram

33. DO NOW: Check homework Trade and grade. Score your neighbor’s homework out of 20. (Don’t include the example in the score.)

34. Four Important Events in Muhammad’s Life Muhammad receives message from Allah Muhammad journeys to Jerusalem Muhammad flees to Medina Muhammad returns to Mecca with army

35. Muhammad’s Night Journey 620 CE “Glory to (Allah) who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque.” –The Koran

36. Muhammad was praying at the Ka’bah in Mecca when the angel Gabriel brought him a buraq The buraq carried Muhammad to a mosque in Jerusalem

37. Muhammad prayed with Jewish and Christian prophets Muhammad tethered the buraq to the Wailing Wall and then led Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus in prayer

38. Muhammad toured the seven circles of heaven –He saw an angel with 70,000 heads, each head having 70,000 mouths, each mouth having 70,000 tongues, each tongue speaking 70,000 languages; and every one singing Allah's praises That’s 24 quintillion languages! Allah told Muhammad to pray 50 times a day Moses warned Muhammad that 50 times is too much Muhammad convinced Allah to lower it to 5 times a day Muhammad rose to heaven to meet with Allah

39. Jerusalem Today Jews call this holy place The Temple Mount Muslims call this place The Noble Sanctuary The Western Wall aka the Wailing Wall Al Aqsa Mosque Dome of the Rock

43. Muhammad journeys to Jerusalem In your notes, provide a summary for the event “Muhammad journeys to Jerusalem – 620 CE” Be sure to use the following words: Key vocabulary: buraq, Jerusalem, Western Wall, Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, prayer, heaven, angel, Allah

44. Four Important Events in Muhammad’s Life Muhammad receives message from Allah Muhammad journeys to Jerusalem Muhammad flees to Medina Muhammad returns to Mecca with army

45. The Persecution of Muhammad T People traveled to Mecca from all over the world to pray to 360 gods at the Ka’bah For a while, this made Mecca very rich! However, once Muhammad started to preach about ONE god, less people came to the Ka’bah and Meccan merchants made less money. ROLE PLAY: If you sit on the right, pretend you are a Meccan merchant. If you sit on the left, pretend you are Muhammad. Meccan merchant, tell Muhammad how you feel. Muhammad, defend yourself! Meccan merchants began to dislike Muhammad, and so they boycotted Muslim businesses boycott: to refuse to buy something Meccan merchants even threatened to kill Muhammad! Review: How were the Jews persecuted? How were the Christians persecuted?

46. One Form of Persecution: Boycott Around 620 CE, Muslim businesses were boycotted. In 1933, the Germans began to boycott Jewish businesses. This is how the Holocaust began. A Nazi officer posts a sign that reads: “Germans! Defend yourselves! Do not buy from Jews!”

47. The Persecution of Muhammad Muhammad tried to convince the polytheistic Meccans that only one God exists Even after he split the moon in half, most Meccans did not believe him! So, Muhammad had to flee to Medina to save his life!

48. Don’t you people ever get confused with 360 gods? Do you have 360 gods for the 360 degrees of a circle that your head spins when you try to remember all of their names? I can hardly remember all the names of my wives much less the names of 360 gods. Do you really think that you have a better chance at getting what you want just because you have more gods? Well, I only have one God and he’s Allah need… get it? No? Okay, okay, fine, put down your swords already. I’m gonna run away to Medina for eight years, but I promise you, when I return, I’m gonna Mecca you a Muslim!

50. Muhammad and the “People of the Book” Many Jews and Christians lived in Medina Muhammad asked his followers to respect Christians and Jews Like Muslims, these “People of the Book” believed in one God In the Constitution of Medina, Muhammad declared that Muslims will be allies with Christians and Jews

51. Muhammad and the “People of the Book” In 627 CE, the polytheistic Meccans besieged Medina Muhammad believed that the Jews would betray him and take the side of the Meccans Muhammad and his followers killed 600-900 Jewish people

52. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1948 - ???

53. Muhammad flees to Medina In your notes, provide a summary for the event “Muhammad flees to Medina” Be sure to use the following words: Key vocabulary: polytheists, persecute, boycott, Medina, People of the Book

54. Four Important Events in Muhammad’s Life Muhammad receives message from Allah Muhammad journeys to Jerusalem Muhammad flees to Medina Muhammad returns to Mecca with army

55. Muhammad Returns to Mecca Eight years later, Muhammad returned to Mecca with an army of 10,000

56. Muhammad cleansed the Ka’bah of the 360 gods and replaced them with ONE god: Allah.

58. Muhammad returns to Mecca In your notes, provide a summary for the event “Muhammad flees to Medina” Be sure to use the following words: army, Mecca, Ka’bah (the big black building), 360 gods, one god

59. Muhammad died in 632 and was buried in Medina