Group Questions1. What do you know about Islam? See how many

facts, beliefs, or practices you can list about this major world religion.

2. How many Muslims do you think there are in the World? In the USA? What areas of the world have the largest Muslim populations?

ISLAM in The World

~ 1.5 Billion Worldwide~ 1.5 Million USA(frequently claimed to be 7 million)

ISLAM

ISLAMFOUNDER

Muhammad (570?-632) Main sects: Sunni, Shi’ite

ISLAMFOUNDER

Muhammad (570?-632) Main sects: Sunni, Shi’ite

DATE About AD 610, in

MECCA and MEDINA

LOCATION Centered in Mecca,

Saudi ArabiaMuhammad (left) and the angel Gabriel

ISLAMFOUNDER

Muhammad (570?-632) Born -> A.D. 570 First Vision -> A.D. 610 Main Message

There is only one God Human beings are obligated to submit

to God’s will There will be a day of judgement &

people will be judged on whether or not they obeyed God.

Kaaba

ISLAM“Submission to God”

ISLAMFOUNDER

Muhammad (570?-632) Born -> A.D. 570 First Vision -> A.D. 610 Hijrah -> A.D. 622

Muslim CalendarYear 1436 A.H. will begin Oct. 25, 2014

Year 1437 A.H. will begin Oct. 15, 2015

ISLAMFOUNDER

Muhammad (570?-632) Born -> A.D. 570 First Vision -> A.D. 610 Hijrah -> A.D. 622 Died -> A.D. 632

KEY WRITINGS• Qur’an (Koran) was revealed to

Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel.

ISLAM

In principle, no translation is regarded as conveying the exact meaning of the original; although a few translations are considered acceptable, non-Arabic speaking Muslims are encouraged to learn Arabic.

KEY WRITINGS

• HADITH (Muhammad’s words and deeds)

ISLAM

Biblical Law of Moses, Psalms, and Gospel of Jesus (the Injil) are accepted by Qur’an, but Muslim scholars teach the Jews and Christians have corrupted these original revelations.

ISLAM

Confessing that Allah is the one true God and that Muhammad is his prophet.

Praying five times daily facing Mecca.

Giving alms (money).

5 Pillars of Islam:

ISLAM

Fasting during the month of Ramadan. Making Pilgrimage to Mecca (once in a lifetime).

5 Pillars of Islam:

Jacob NeusnerFalling into the hands of someone who has never seen this document before, the Mishna must cause puzzlement. From the first line to the last, discourse takes up questions internal to a system that is never introduced. The Mishna provides information without establishing context…

Jacob NeusnerFalling into the hands of someone who has never seen this document before, the Mishna must cause puzzlement. From the first line to the last, discourse takes up questions internal to a system that is never introduced. The Mishna provides information without establishing context…

KbaConsists largely of detailed and strenuously argued disagreements on the meaning and validity of both Mishnaic and biblical laws.