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Islam. What you may not know. Foundations. Islam started in what is today Saudi Arabia The first person to preach it was a man named Mohammad He received revelations from the angel Gabriel He would continue to receive revelations for the next 22 years. Foundations. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Islam
What you may not know
Foundations
• Islam started in what is today Saudi Arabia
• The first person to preach it was a man named Mohammad
• He received revelations from the angel Gabriel
• He would continue to receive revelations for the next 22 years.
Foundations
• Muslims believe that their faith is no different from that of Jews and Christians
• In fact they contain many of the stories from the Torah and Bible in the Koran
• Muslims believe that Abraham and Ishmael were the founders of the faith and that people like Moses and Jesus were also prophets of this faith.
Beliefs
• 5 Pillars of Islam– Shahadah- Profession of Faith– Salah- Prayer– Zakāt- Alms for the Poor– Sawm- Fasting for Ramadan– Hajj- Pilgrimage
Spread of Islam
• Under Muhammad Islam will spread like wildfire
• He will start in his home city of Mecca and then move to Medina and back again
• Eventually Islam will spread from Spain in the West to India in the East
• Today there are over 1 Billion Muslims
Question
• What does the world think of Islam today?
• What do you think of Islam today?
• What events have swayed our ideas?