Islam

What you may not know

Foundations

• Islam started in what is today Saudi Arabia

• The first person to preach it was a man named Mohammad

• He received revelations from the angel Gabriel

• He would continue to receive revelations for the next 22 years.

Foundations

• Muslims believe that their faith is no different from that of Jews and Christians

• In fact they contain many of the stories from the Torah and Bible in the Koran

• Muslims believe that Abraham and Ishmael were the founders of the faith and that people like Moses and Jesus were also prophets of this faith.

Beliefs

• 5 Pillars of Islam– Shahadah- Profession of Faith– Salah- Prayer– Zakāt- Alms for the Poor– Sawm- Fasting for Ramadan– Hajj- Pilgrimage

Spread of Islam

• Under Muhammad Islam will spread like wildfire

• He will start in his home city of Mecca and then move to Medina and back again

• Eventually Islam will spread from Spain in the West to India in the East

• Today there are over 1 Billion Muslims

Question

• What does the world think of Islam today?

• What do you think of Islam today?

• What events have swayed our ideas?