ChristianityJudaismIslam Name of God GodAdoni (Hebrew for God) Allah (Arabic for God) Prophet/Founder Followers Symbol Holy Book Place of Worship Leader

Christianity Judaism Islam

Name of GodGod Adoni

(Hebrew for God)

Allah(Arabic for God)

Prophet/Founder

Followers

Symbol

Holy Book

Place of Worship

Leader

History



(Hebrew for God)


Prophet/FounderJesus Christ Moses – founder

Abraham- forefather

Followers

Symbol

Holy Book

Place of Worship



(Hebrew for God)



Abraham- forefatherMohammed

(or) Muhammed

Followers

Symbol

Holy Book

Place of Worship

ABRAHAM

Hajar (wife) Sarah (wife)

Ishmael (son) Isaac (son)

Muslims Jews & Christians



(Hebrew for God)




(or) Muhammed

Followers Christians Jews Muslims

Symbol

Holy Book

Place of Worship



(Hebrew for God)




(or) Muhammed


Symbol

†

Star of David

Holy Book

Place of Worship



(Hebrew for God)




(or) Muhammed


Symbol

†

Star of David

Holy Book Bible Torah Koran (or) Quran

Place of Worship




(or) Muhammed


Symbol

†

Star of David


Place of WorshipChurch (or) Cathedral

Synagogue (or) Temple

Mosque

(Minaret)

Leaders



Symbol

†

Star of David


Place of WorshipChurch (or) Cathedral

Synagogue (or) Temple

Mosque

(Minaret)

Leaders Pastor, Priest, Minister or

Father

Rabbi Imams

Muezzin.


Symbol

†

Star of David


Leaders Pastor, Priest, Minister or

Father

Rabbi Imams

Muezzin.

History

Developed out of Judaism

following Jesus

First monotheistic religion

3000-4000

years ago

Word of Allah as told to

Muhammad by angel Gabriel

570 AD

Christianity Judaism IslamHoly City Jerusalem Jerusalem Mecca

(Jeru)Holiest Place Church of

Holy Sepulchre

Holy Day

Holidays

Christianity Judaism IslamHoly City Jerusalem Jerusalem Mecca

(Jeru)Holiest Place Church of

Holy Sepulchre

“Wailing” or Western

WallHoly Day

Holidays


Holy City Jerusalem Jerusalem Mecca

(Jeru)

Holiest Place Church of Holy Sepulcher


Wall

Kaba (Mecca)

Dome of the Rock (Jeru)

Holy Day

Holidays


Holy CityJerusalem Jerusalem Mecca

(Jeru)

Holiest PlaceChurch of

Holy Sepulchre


Wall

Kaba (Mecca)


Holy DaySunday Sundown

Friday to sundown Saturday

Friday

Holidays


Holy CityJerusalem Jerusalem Mecca

(Jeru)

Holiest PlaceChurch of

Holy Sepulchre


Wall

Kaba (Mecca)


Holy DaySunday Sundown

Friday to sundown Saturday

Friday

Holidays

Christmas

Easter

Yom Kippur (Sept)

Chanukah (Dec)

Ramadan

(Winter)

A sheep slaughtered for Id al-Adha, the feast that ends the annual Muslim pilgrimage, the hajj,lies in the living room of a Tunisian family who have settled in a Marseille housing project. Muslim immigrants from former French colonies in North Africa have made Islam the second largest religion in France. This wave of newcomers is testing the tolerance of an avowedly secular society.

Food Catholic:

No meat on Fridays

No pork, meat and milk can’t mix, KOSHER

No Pork

No alcohol

Dress Code Only family or community restrictions

Men wear a “yarmulke”

Very Modest! Men: covered knee to navel

Women: completely

coveredLaws to live by

# of followers

Food Catholic:

No meat on Fridays


No Pork

No alcohol




Women: completely

coveredLaws to live by 10

Commandments

10

Commandments5 Pillars of

Islam

(over)

# of followers

Five Pillars of Islam (Muslim Duties)

1. Faith: Profession of faith

2. Prayer: Frequent prayer (5 times a day facing Mecca)

3. Charity: Giving Alms (giving charity to needy)

4. Fasting: in daylight hours during month of Ramadan

5. Pilgrimage: to Mecca at least once in one’s lifetime- Hajj

Food Catholic:

No meat on Fridays


No Pork

No alcohol




Women: completely

coveredLaws to live

by10

Commandments

10

Commandments

5 Pillars of Islam

(over)

# of followers 1.7 Billion 13-14million 1 Billion

Individual worktime

• INTRODUCING SOUTHWEST ASIA– Pages 374-385

• QUIZ TOMORROW– COVERS YOUR FIRST HALF OF YOU PACKET FROM “COMMON

CHARACTERISTICS” TO “COMPARING RELIGIONS”


Holy City Jerusalem Jerusalem Mecca

(Jeru)Holiest Place

Holy Day

Holidays

Food

Dress Code

Laws to live by

# of followers

YOU WILL NEED:

• No. 2 PENCIL

• COLORED PENCILS

• TEXTBOOK (RED)

1) The richest mineral resource of Southwest Asia 3792) Calls fellow Muslims to prayer from the tower of mosques (Muslim places of worship) 3813) Belief in one god 3814) Islamic holy book 3815) Ancient name for civilization which developed on plains of Tigris and Euphrates rivers 3796) The first religion centered around the belief in one god 3807) A person who follows Islam 3808) Arc of productive land between Tigris and Euphrates where first civilization developed 3799) Largest country in southwest Asia in area 37510) 90% of all Muslims 38111) Major occupation of southwest Asia 37812) Major religion of southwest Asia 38113) Abbreviation for organization that gives oil-producing nations more control over prices 37914) Migrating herders and nomads of southwest Asia 38415) Rivers originating in wet areas and crossing into desert areas 37816) Islamic god 38117) People who follow Judaism 38018) Cloth headdress worn by men that offers protection against the sun and wind 38419) Main source of oil deposits in the region 37920) Climate that covers most of southwest Asia 37821) Indifference or rejection of religion 38122) Areas of springs or wells in the desert 37823) The only “developed” country of southwest Asia 37924) Islamic prophet 380

MEDITERANEAN SEA

Dead Sea

EGYPT

SINAI

Instructions are in your packet.

SYRIA

LEBANON

SEA OF GALILEE

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