Topic: Islam

Aim: How did the Islamic Religion arise in Arabia?

Do Now: Make a graphic organizer on the religion Islam

Islam

Islam beginnings…

• 622 A.D.- arose in Arabia

• Monotheistic- Believe in Allah, God

• Prophet Muhhamed believes that the society he lives in is wrong

Life of Muhammad

• 570 A.D.- Muhammad born in Mecca

• Troubled by the idol worship of the Arabs

• Angel Gabriel commanded him to spread the message of Islam

Life of Muhammad

• Meccan merchants wanted to kill him

• 622- Muhammad followers go to Yathrib (Medina)

• Their journey was called the hijra (hegira)

• Hijra a turning point for Islam

• Religion grows

Five Pillars of Islam

Fast During

The holyMonth

Of Ramadan

Visit to HolyCityOf

Mecca

Daily Prayer5 timesA day

Alms (money)For the

Poor

Faith in One God

Allah

The al-Haram Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, holds the holiest shrine of Islam, the Kaaba. As the birthplace of Islam’s founder, the Prophet Muhammad, Mecca is considered a holy city. It is a pilgrimage point for Muslims worldwide, who are expected to

visit the city at least once if they are able to do so

Muslims consider the Kaaba—a small sanctuary near the center of the Great Mosque in Mecca— to be the most sacred spot on earth. Muslim legend teaches that the ancient religious patriarchs Abraham and Ishmael built the shrine using foundations first laid

by Adam. Muslims all over the world orient themselves toward the Kaaba while praying, and every able Muslim is expected to make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba at least once in his or her lifetime. This picture shows pilgrimage ceremonies, which consist of several days of rituals and festivals during the Islamic month of pilgrimages, Dhu al-

Hijja

Muslims pray in the upper gallery of a main mosque in the old walled city of Delhi, India. They are celebrating the end of Ramadan, the

holy month of fasting as ordained by the Qur’an, the sacred scriptures of Islam.

What can Muslims eat and drink

• a Muslim can eat anything that is not forbidden, and what is forbidden are animals that spontaneously die (perhaps of disease or old age), blood, pork, and animals that are not blessed in the name of Allah.

• Muslims eat meat that has been killed and blessed by Muslim standards, or that has been killed in the manner of Jewish Kosher standards. Alcohol is also forbidden by the Koran:

Sacred Text

• Qu’ran• Final authority on all

matters and provides a guide to life for Muslims

• Body of Laws- Sharia• Unites Muslims

around the worlds

Where do Muslims Worship

Mosques are laid out in accordance with Muslim prayer. They are generally organized around a courtyard, a reminder of the courtyard of Muhammad’s house, which served as the first mosque. Muslims pray facing the holy city of Mecca, a direction known as the qibla. A mihrab, or prayer niche, indicates the qibla, and the main prayer hall stands on the qibla side. Worshipers, called to prayer by a crier from the minaret, may hear a sermon delivered from the mimbar near the mihrab. A mosque that has a vaulted hall, or eyvan on each side of its courtyard, as this mosque does, is known as a four-eyvan mosque

The Spread of Islam

Muslims Today

Final Summary

Describe a major belief of each of the belief systems that follows

Hinduism:Buddhism:Confucianism:Taoism:Christianity:Islam: