Download ISLAM (“way of submission”)

ISLAM
(“way of submission”)
I.
Mohammed
A. Merchant from Mecca
1. 610 A.D.: had vision/revelation from God
2. Angel Gabriel appeared to Mohammed
3. Gabriel said “Recite!”
4. This “recitation” became the Qur’an (Koran)
**the holy book of Islam**
5. God used other prophets (Abraham, Moses, Jesus, etc.)
but M is the last and therefore truest
B. The Hijrah
1. M’s message rejected by people of Mecca
2. M had to flee to Medina
3. This event marks the beginning of the Muslim
religion/calendar
II. Spread of religion
A. spread quickly
B. Arabian Peninsula by 632 A.D.
C. After M’s death
-- Middle East (to Black Sea)
-- North Africa & Southern Spain (by 750)
--into Western India (by 800)
III. Muslim split
A. Arguments about direction after M’s death
B. Sunni
1. 90% of Muslims are Sunnis
2. They follow the Sunnah (collection of stories about
Mohammed) & the Qur’an
C. Shi’ite
1. 10% of Muslims
2. Most live in Iran & Iraq
IV. Beliefs/practices of Islam
A. The Five Pillars
1. Faith
2. Prayer
3. Alms-giving
4. Fasting
5. Pilgrimage
B. House of Worship
1. mosque
2. prayer leader: imam
C. Symbols
1. crescent moon
2. representation of animals/people discouraged
D. Holy Cities
1. Mecca
2. Medina
3. Jerusalem
E. Misconceptions
1. jihad (2 meanings/interps.)