Islam

Islam PDF 1

Their founder is Muhammad

Where did Muhammad first hear from an angel of God?

At a cave he would metadate at

Islams Begins

Islam is the religion, Muslims practice the religion

Muhammad

God

Muslims

Christian

Muslims had 1 god also Christians

Comparison chart

Texts

Jesus, Peter, Paul

followers of Christ (Greek christos, Messiah)

Aramaic and Greek

Catholic-Orthodox (1054); Catholic-Protestant (1500s)

Christian- Bible

Muslims- Qur'an

Jews-Hebrew Bible

Islam PDF 2

How does the Sunnah relate to Muhammad?

The first pillar is a statement of faith. The second pillar says a Muslim must pray five times daily. The third pillar is a yearly donation to charity. The fourth pillar is fasting during the holy month of Ramadan (RAH-muh-dahn). The fifth pillar is the hajj (HAJ), a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Sunnah is an important holy book and is apart of Muhammad's collection of words and actions

What two struggles does jihad refer to?

The struggle of Muslims and the struggle to defend the Muslim community.

Islams most important book is called the Qur'an

Is Shariah the only law used in Islamic countries?

Sunnis and Shia both practice the same religion in Islam, Shias believe that decedents have to come from Muhammad. Sunnis doesn't believe that.

1.6 billion muslims in the world, 90% are sunni

Day 2

Christians and Catholics believe in the same God but have different way in doing it.

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Islam PDF 3

Abu Bakr was the first caliph

I think that trade flourished in the coastal cities because the trade developed into large Muslim communities.

They trained boys from towns who were Janissary, they were enslaved and converted to Islam.

1453 the Ottomans took over Constantinople and this ended the Byzantine empire

Islam split into two groups called the Sunni and the Shia.

Spreading Islam

Why was the discovery and control of gunpowder so important?

Gunpowder alone brought such big changes in the way wars were fought that people had to change what they produced and how they built their cities.

The Osman Turks started on land granted to them by the Seljuk Turks
The ottomans were Sunni Muslims
The Safavid dynasty started with Shah Ismail
Babur was the founder of Mogul empire
and united the Hindu and Muslim kingdoms of india