Beliefs of Islam

Sunna- A way of life for Muslims based on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.

Sharia Law Quran + Sunna = Sharia Law

Beliefs of Islam

Five Pillars ( Major Duty of all Muslims)

a. Faith: b. Prayer: c. Alms:d. Fastinge. Pilgrimage

Islamic Empires

Islam: Submission to will of Allah (god)

Muslim: One who has submitted

The blending of the Muslim World can be seen best through Architecture.Domes and arches were adopted from the Byzantine Empire.

Islamic Empires

d. In early 800s, the House of Wisdom was built in Baghdad; place where different cultures worked side by side to translate texts from Greece, India, Persia and elsewhere into Arabic. This is where people translated scientific and philosophical texts into Arabic. From the Greeks was Aristotle and Plato