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1. Five Pillars
2. The Quran
3. The Sunnah
1. Declaration of faith in the oneness of Allah & finality of
Muhammad
2. Five scheduled daily prayers
3. Almsgiving (offerings @ 2.5%)
4. Fasting (compulsory during Ramadan)
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca for those who are able
• Ablution (water or earth): washing hands, mouth, nose, arms,
face, hair, eyes, feet, x 3 in that order
• Timing:
1. Near dawn
2. Just after midday
3. In the afternoon
4. Just after sunset
5. Around nightfall
• Facing the Imam & Mecca (even after being dead & buried)
a) Lifting my hands;
b) my right hand around my left
wrist;
c) bending in my hips, my hands
on my knees;
d) standing right, to
e) fall down on my knees,
forehead and hands to the
ground;
f) lifting my upper body, sitting
on my heels, with hands on
knees;
g) bowing down again, forehead
and hands to the ground;
h) upright to a sitting position.
i) turning my head to the left
j) and right to greet the angles
and my fellows in faith
• Mosque Rules: shoes off, gender separation, cleanliness, modest
dress
• Hajj Pilgrimage: Muslims walk counter clockwise around the Kaaba 7x. It was
purportedly the original centre of worship by Adam and then reconstructed by
Abraham. Pilgrims may kiss the Black Stone (SE corner) as Muhammad did.
• A collection of revelations from
Allah to Archangel Gabriel to
Muhammad over 23 years
(starting when Muhammad was
40 till his death)
• 114 suras (chapters), compiled
by the Caliph Abu Bakr and is
about as long as the Bible’s
New Testament
• Some of the Mosaic Law,
Prophetic Books, the Psalms
and the Gospels are also
mentioned in the Quran
• In Islam, Muhammad is not divine or worshipped but is
considered to be the exemplary role model
• His words, habits, practices, and silent approvals make up the
Sunnah and are recorded in biographical reports called the
Hadiths.
• Muslims consult the Hadiths after the Quran and closely follow
Muhammad’s example
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Nature of God
One God, known as
................or Jehovah
One God who exists
as a ..............: the
Father, the Son & the
Holy Spirit
One God, known as
..................
Founder
..................
..................
..................
Holy Text
Tanakh
..................
..................
The Son of God who
paid for the
..................of man on
the cross
A prophet sent by
Allah , born of the
Virgin Mary, rose
from the dead and
will judge all on the
Day of Judgment
By grace through
..................in Jesus
Christ, complete
assurance
Through ..................
.................., no
assurance
Jesus Christ
Salvation
Through ..................
.................., no
assurance
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Nature of God
One God, known as
Yahweh or Jehovah
One God who exists
as a Trinity: the
Father, the Son & the
Holy Spirit
One God, known as
Allah
Founder
Abraham
Jesus
Muhammad
Holy Text
Tanakh
Bible
Quran
Jesus Christ
Blasphemer and
heretic
The Son of God who
paid for the sins of
man on the cross
A prophet sent by
Allah , born of the
Virgin Mary, rose
from the dead and
will judge all on the
Day of Judgment
Salvation
Through good works,
no assurance
By grace through
faith in Jesus Christ,
complete assurance
Through good works,
no assurance
• Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, AD570, Muhammad’s parents and
grandparents died early and he was raised by his uncle.
• He grew up to believe in the pure Monotheism of Abraham. At that
time, other Arabs practised Judaism, Christianity and pagan religions
as well.
• He later became a shepherd and married Khadija, a wealthy and
respected widow. He took over her business of trade caravans and
became a successful merchant.
• As time passed, Muhammad spent more time in contemplation and
meditation and would pray for extended periods of time in the caves
outside the city
1. 610 AD: Revelations in a cave at age 40 (hallucinations?)
2. Preaching Islam (oneness of Allah) in Mecca & later
persecution by the pagan authorities
3. 622 AD: Fleeing to Medina. Uniting the 8 tribes and the
growth of Islam (Animosity between Medina & Mecca)
4. 629 AD Return to and conquest of Mecca
5. Jihad (struggle to live/defend the faith) against the
neighbouring regions and the spread of Islam through Arabia
6. 632 AD Death of Muhammad (fever) & election of the first
Caliph (head of state of the Muslim community), Abu Bakr
• The Blitzkrieg of Islam & Muhammad’s three choices:
1. Believe in Islam
2. Men to be killed, women & children captured and raped
3. Become a dhimmi (slaves) and pay taxes (extortion fee)
Depicts Muhammad as being
• A Bastard
• A Paedophile
• Incestuous
• Polygamous
• Homosexual
• Mass murderer/violent
• Rapist
• Extortionist
• Mentally unstable
• Muhammad’s father died before he was born. His mother died shortly after.
• Paedophile: marriage to Aisha (aged 9, Muhammad 54)
• Incest: marriage to his adopted son’s wife Zaynab, Sura 33 (Muhammad’s
actions would thereafter ban the noble custom of adoption in Islam)
• Polygamy: marriage to many women (11 – 13 wives)
• Homosexual: Muhammad kisses the tongue and lips of a man in one of the
Hadiths. Sura 56 mentions that martyrs will enjoy an orgy of virgins and
boys. The emphasis on ‘effeminacy, handsomeness and freshness’ of the boys
implies homosexual sex
• Mass murderer, slave driver, rapist and extortionist to all those who
opposed Islam, Sura 9
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• 7.30 Report
• Sura 3:151: We will cast terror into the hearts of those who
disbelieve, because they set up with Allah that for which He has
sent down no authority, and their abode is the fire, and evil is the
abode of the unjust.
• Sura 9:111, Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons
and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise):
they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding
on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Quran
• Sura 47:4, Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight),
smite at their necks; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued
them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for)
either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens.