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ISLAM!
I. BASIC STUFF
A. ISLAM
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B. FOLLOWERS OF ISLAM
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C. HOLY CITIES
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b. Kaaba (Ka’ba) 
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iii. Monument built around sacred black meteorite (stone)
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b.
c.
i. Checkpoints on roads, etc.
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b.
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ii. Al Aska Mosque commemorates Mohammed’s journey from Mecca
II. FOUNDER
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A. BACKGROUND
1. Father died before he was born; mother died when he was six
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3. Accompanied uncle on trips to Syria and Persia
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B. THEOLOGY
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3. Scholars suggest theology came from…
a. Monophysites
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b. Nestorians
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C. MOHAMMED’S HEGIRA (Flight)
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2. Yathrib renamed Madinat an Nabi (“City of the Prophet”)
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D. RISE TO POWER
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2, Fighting ends in 630 w/Mohammed entering Mecca
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b.
III. SACRED WRITING 
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B.
C. Mohammed dictated parts, while rest came afterwards from his followers.
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IV. MAJOR DOCTRINES:
A. GOD 
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2. Many Muslims taught that Christians are “tri-theists”
a.
3. God is transcendent and relatively impersonal
a.
B. ANGELS
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2. “Shaitan” –
3. “Djinn” –
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C. SCRIPTURE
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3. Believe Christians changed the Bible
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D. END TIMES
1. Heaven
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b.
2. Hell
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b.
E. PREDESTINATION –
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F. SALVATION
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G. SIN
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2. No original sin 
H. JESUS
1.
2. Only a messenger of Allah
3. Did NOT die for man’s sins
a.
i.
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b. Some say
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c. Others say
i. Possibly Simon of Cyrene
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4. Other prophets of Allah
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b.
I. OTHER PROHIBITIONS –
1. Food
a.
2. Activities
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b.
b.
c.
3. Belief-type things
a. Apostasy 
b. Blasphemy 
c.
V. FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
A. SHAHADAH
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B. PRAYERS
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C. ALMS
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D. RAMADAN
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4. Calendar is based on lunar cycle, so each year is only 354 days
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E. HADJ
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2. 3 main rituals
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b. Lesser Pilgrimage
i. Run between 2 small hills in Mecca 7 times
ii. remembering Hagar’s search for water for Ishmael
c. Greater Pilgrimage
i. to Mount of Mercy
ii. Site of Mohammed’s farewell sermon
VI. MISCELLANEOUS
A. NUMBERS
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2. Approximately 1 in every 5 people in world are “Muslim”
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B. IN PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES
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3. Religion, life, faith, politics 4. Historical and often bloody rivalry with Christianity
C. RELIGION OF SELF-RELIANCE AND SELF-EFFORT
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2. Christianity –
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4. Responsibility for salvation squarely on their own shoulders
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D. SUNNIS & SHIITES
1. SUNNIS
a.
b. Felt that leadership after Mohammed’s death needed to be elected from those
“capable of the task.”
c. Mohammed’s successor was the first caliph elected, namely Abu Bakr.
d. “Sunni” 
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2. SHIITES
a.
b. Felt that leadership should have stayed within Mohammed’s family
c. Mohammed’s true successor was his cousin/son-in-law, Ali
d.
e. “Shia”
i. group or supportive party of people
ii.
3. IRAQ
a.
b. Sadaam Hussein 
COUNTRIES WITH VAST MUSLIM MAJORITIES:
Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Nigeria, the Sudan, Algeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Indonesia (120 million)
OTHER ISLAMIC TERMS
Caliph Omar
Calligraphy
Mosque
Muezzin
Jihad
Iman
Hussein
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Conquered Jerusalem for Muslims in 638 A.D.
Art of hand lettering used by Muslims to decorate the Koran
Muslim temple
Caller of Muslims to prayer
Holy war
Officer of the mosque
Mohammed’s grandson
Excerpt from So What’s the Difference? By Fritz Ridenour.
A distinction needs to be drawn between the friendly image Islam projects in the West as a religion of love, tolerance and
justice with the uncompromising nature of Islam as it has consistently been practiced in history and continues to be practiced
today, as a political religion in the East. Religious leaders of Islamic countries by and large believe that if Islam is to be
practiced correctly, all of society must submit to Islamic law. This means that everyone in Islamic societies, including nonMuslims, must either conform to Islamic laws, economics, politics and customs or suffer heavy consequences.
Historically, in countries where Islam has gained political power, people of all rival religions are either wiped out or, in the
interest of “tolerance” and “open-mindedness,” permitted to exist as 2nd-class citizens. As a cultural force, political Islam
slowly squeezes non-Muslim people and crushes dissent, even though the Qur’an teaches there should be “no compulsion in
religion” (Surah 10:99). The regular and continuing persecution of Christians in Muslim countries (which has included rape
and murder) occasionally receives media attention. This persecution is part and parcel of political Islam’s determination to
force people to submit to Allah.
Enslavement of thousands of Black Christians in Sudan by Muslim Arabs is also well documented. The Arab slave masters
justify this horrific practice by claiming the Qur’an gives them the right to make slaves out of “infidels.”
This is not to say that conditions are the same in every Muslim dominated country. Islamic Law is very strict in Saudi Arabia,
Pakistan and Afghanistan. Some Muslim countries are more lenient, like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Islam in the west is completely different from Islam in Muslim-dominated countries. For one thing, Muslims who live in
Western democratic countries enjoy all the benefits and privileges of freedom and democracy. They even have protected legal
status as a minority religious group. Their civil liberties are secure; they may practice their religion freely and openly; they
may build mosques, print literature, form organizations and associations, start schools, fund media outlets and preach their
message from the street corners. Ironically, Muslims living in the US reap the benefits available in a nation founded on
biblical principles.
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