Islam began in the 7th century CE with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. It is based on the belief in one God, Allah, and the Quran as the sacred text revealed to Muhammad. The core teachings of Islam are the Five Pillars: the declaration of faith, daily prayers, almsgiving, fasting during Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Islam began in the 7th century CE with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. It is based on the belief in one God, Allah, and the Quran as the sacred text revealed to Muhammad. The core teachings of Islam are the Five Pillars: the declaration of faith, daily prayers, almsgiving, fasting during Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Islam began in the 7th century CE with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. It is based on the belief in one God, Allah, and the Quran as the sacred text revealed to Muhammad. The core teachings of Islam are the Five Pillars: the declaration of faith, daily prayers, almsgiving, fasting during Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Islam began in the 7th century CE with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. It is based on the belief in one God, Allah, and the Quran as the sacred text revealed to Muhammad. The core teachings of Islam are the Five Pillars: the declaration of faith, daily prayers, almsgiving, fasting during Ramadan, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Lesson 6: Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems
2 OBJECTIVE: ❑ Examine the brief history, core teachings, fundamental beliefs, practices, and related issues of Islam.
3 WHAT IS ISLAM? ✓ Islam is promulgated by Prophet Muhammad in the Arabian Peninsula in the 7th century CE.
✓ An Arabic term which means,
“surrender”. 4 WHAT IS ISLAM? ✓ A believer must surrender to the will of Allah.
✓ Allah is the sole God—creator,
sustainer, and restorer of the world. 5 WHAT IS ISLAM? ✓ Qur’an, the sacred scripture
✓ Symbolized today by a crescent moon and a star 6 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM? ❑ Islam began with Prophet Muhammad.
❑ Born in 570 CE in Mecca.
7 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM? ❑ Accepted his role as God’s prophet and began to preach word of one God, Allah.
8 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM? ❑ Early Muslims faced significant persecution due to the practice of monotheistic religion.
9 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM? ❑ Soon the community-state of Islam emerged.
10 WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT? ✓ Qur’an (Quran/Koran) - Central religious text of Islam - It was a revelation from God - Organized in 114 chapters 11 WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT? ✓ Qur’an (Quran/Koran) - Primary source of every Muslim’s faith and practice.
12 WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT? ✓ Qur’an (Quran/Koran) - Teachings about just society, proper human conduct, equitable economic system. 13 WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT? ✓ Hadith (Athar) - Believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Prophet Muhammad. 14 WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT? ✓ Hadith (Athar) - Use to understand the practice of Muhammad and his Muslim community. 15 WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT? What is the importance of Qur’an to Muslims?
Let’s ask your classmates who
follows Islam as their religion. 16 WHAT ARE THE CORE TEACHINGS? ❑ The Five Pillars of Islam - Shahada - Salat/Salah - Zakat - Sawm/Saum - Hajj 17 18 DIFFERENT ISLAM SECTS ❑ Sunni Muslims ❑ Shi’ite Muslims ❑ Sufis or Islamic Mystics
19 20 21 ISSUES IN ISLAM ❑ Gender Inequality ❑ Militant Islam ❑ Migration
