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• Fastest growing religion in the world
• 1.3 Billion worldwide
Indonesia (200 M) > India (180 M) > Pakistan (160 M) >
Bangladesh (120 M) > China (80 M) > Egypt (70 M)
Asian > African > Arab > Anglo-Saxon/Caucasian
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• Nubuwwah: Prophethood
Ismail
Adnan
Quraiysh
Qussaiy
Abdmanaf
Abdshams Hashem
Adbelmuttalib
Muhammad Ali
• Saum: Fasting
• “In the mosque when the call for prayer is sounded and
worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam
is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king
kneel side by side and proclaim: "God Alone is Great." I
have been struck over and over again by this indivisible
unity of Islam that makes man instinctively a brother.”
• Social Justice
Jihad: Struggle
• Jihad = Struggle (primarily against oneself) and NOT Holy
War. Jihad is a virtue.
• Hostilities must end quickly and cease if enemy seeks peace (2:192-3;
41:34)
• Gave women rights (marriage, education, hijab, divorce, inheritance) 1400 yrs ago.
• Limited the number of wives a man can marry (only book to say “marry only one”)
• Treat women with kindness and respect their rights as equal to men
• Repeated requests in both the Quran and the Hadith for seeking
knowledge, and application of rational thinking
Seek knowledge even in China
Seek knowledge from crib to grave
The ink of a scholar is superior to the blood of a martyr
Were people aware of what lies in the acquisition of knowledge, they
would endanger their lives to obtain it (grandson of the Prophet)
• Light travels in straight lines. Laws of refraction, reflection and illusion of light.
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