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Islam ("peace",
"submission" to the will of God - name of the religion)
Muslim (one who submits - a
person or something that is Muslim e.g., "Muslim beliefs",
"Muslim practices")
Early
history:
Background (Arabian religion, relation of
Arabs and Islam to Judaism & Christianity - Abraham)
Muhammad
Mecca
Medina
Ka’ba
Sources
of faith:
Koran/Qur’an
Sunna ("tradition" - practices
of Muhammad)
Hadith (stories about Muhammad)
Shari’a (Islamic law - based on Koran,
Sunna & Hadith)
People (divisions of Islam):
Shi’ite
(Iran, 15%) (fourers & twelvers, Khanafi, Ishmalite)
Sunni
(80%) (Druze)
Sufi
(mystics) (Originated in Shi’ite)
Leadership:
Caliph
Imam
Practices:
Mosque
"Five
Pillars"
Creed (recognizing God and the Prophet)
(Shahada)
Prayer (five times a day)(Salat)
Alms (Zakat)
Fasting (during month of Ramadan)(Sawm)
Pilgrimage (to Mecca)(Hajj)
Halal
(permitted)
Haram
(Prohibited)
Jihad
("Struggle", esp. internal personal spiritual struggle)
Women
in Islam
Beliefs:
God: Tawhid (strict monotheism)
Shirk (associating anything else with
God)
99 names (aspects) of God
Prophets (including beliefs about Jesus)
Spiritual Beings (Angels and Jinn)
Holy Books
Decrements (God’s omniscience and
humanity’s free will)
Afterlife: Resurrection and Judgment Day
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