ISLAM

Lesson 6: Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems

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 OBJECTIVE:
❑ Examine the brief history,
core teachings, fundamental
beliefs, practices, and related
issues of Islam.

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 WHAT IS ISLAM?
✓ Islam is promulgated by Prophet
Muhammad in the Arabian Peninsula
in the 7th century CE.

✓ An Arabic term which means,

“surrender”.
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 WHAT IS ISLAM?
✓ A believer must surrender
to the will of Allah.

✓ Allah is the sole God—creator,

sustainer, and restorer of the
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 WHAT IS ISLAM?
✓ Qur’an, the sacred scripture

✓ Symbolized today by a
crescent moon and a star
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 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM?
❑ Islam began with Prophet
Muhammad.

❑ Born in 570 CE in Mecca.

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 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM?
❑ Accepted his role as God’s
prophet and began to preach
word of one God, Allah.

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 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM?
❑ Early Muslims faced
significant persecution due
to the practice of
monotheistic religion.

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 WHO FOUNDED ISLAM?
❑ Soon the community-state
of Islam emerged.

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WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT?
✓ Qur’an (Quran/Koran)
- Central religious text of Islam
- It was a revelation from God
- Organized in 114 chapters
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WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT?
✓ Qur’an (Quran/Koran)
- Primary source of every
Muslim’s faith and practice.

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WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT?
✓ Qur’an (Quran/Koran)
- Teachings about just society,
proper human conduct,
equitable economic system.
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WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT?
✓ Hadith (Athar)
- Believe to be a record of the
words, actions, and the silent
approval of the Prophet
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WHAT IS THE SACRED TEXT?
✓ Hadith (Athar)
- Use to understand the
practice of Muhammad and
his Muslim community.
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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.
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 WHAT ARE THE CORE
TEACHINGS?
❑ The Five Pillars of Islam
- Shahada - Salat/Salah
- Zakat - Sawm/Saum
- Hajj
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 DIFFERENT ISLAM SECTS
❑ Sunni Muslims
❑ Shi’ite Muslims
❑ Sufis or Islamic Mystics

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 ISSUES IN ISLAM
❑ Gender Inequality
❑ Militant Islam
❑ Migration

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