Transcript World Distribution of Muslims

Islam
Ch. 22
Myth #1:
Most Muslims are Arabs
who live in the Middle East.
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Reality:
Of more than 1
billion Muslims
worldwide, only
about 1/5 are
Arabs.
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Try to Guess:
Which country has more
Muslims than any other
country in the world?
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Answer:
Indonesia - with over 200
million Muslims.
Note: The U.S. has about 5
million Muslims.
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Myth #2:
Muslims have a strange
religion and worship a
god called Allah.
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Reality:
Muslims are
monotheistic and
worship the same
one God as
Christians and Jews.
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Myth #3:
Muslims believe it is
o.k. to kill civilians
in a holy war
(“jihad”).
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Reality:
Only Muslim
extremists believe
this. (Just like most
Christians do NOT
believe in bombing
abortion clinics.)
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Myth #4:
Most Muslim women
wear veils over their
faces and are
treated very badly.
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Reality:
• Muslim women have many different styles
of dress. (Very few cultures require
women to cover their faces.)
• The treatment of women varies from
country to country and family to family.
• Some Muslim countries, like Pakistan,
have had female prime ministers. The
U.S. has never had a female president.
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Pakistani dress (left); Saudi Arabian
(right)
Shariah TV website
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Afghani women wearing burqas
International Medical Corps photo 19
Muslim girls in Texas protesting
discrimination for wearing head
scarves
http://www.cairdfw.org
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Something to think about:
Should women in a
Western country be
allowed to wear a
headscarf if they choose?
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Prophet
Muhammad
• Descendant of Ishmael, the first son of Abraham.
• Born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in the year 570 C.E.
• Received first revelation at the age 40 through angel
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Gabriel.
Died in the year 632 C.E, after preaching Islam for
23 years.
• GEORGE BERNARD SHAW said about him:
"He must be called the Saviour of Humanity. I believe that if a man like him
were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed
in solving its problems in a way that would bring it much needed peace
and happiness."
(The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936)
The Basics of Faith
• Belief in One God (Allah)
• Belief in Prophethood
• All the Divine Books as revealed by God
to various prophets
• Angels, Jinns(Demons), Life after Death
and the Day of Judgment, Heaven and
Hell
Worship and
Obedience
• Prayers (Salah)
• Charity (Zakat)
• Fasting ( Ramadan)
• Pilgrimage (Hajj)
• Confession of faith (Shahadah)
Prayers (Salah)
• Five Daily Prayers from Dawn to
Late Evening regulate a Muslim’s
day
• Prayers involve ablution, standing,
bowing, prostrating, sitting
postures
• Face Kabah, prayers in Arabic as
taught by the Prophet.
• Additional Prayers optional
World Distribution of Muslims
Africa
308,660,000
27.4%
Asia
778,362,000
69.1%
Europe
32,032,000
2.8%
Latin America
1,356,000
0.1%
North America
5,530,000
0.5%
World
1,126,325,000 100%
Source: Britannica Yearbook, 1997
World Muslims
• 1.2 billion, Muslims represent
between 19.2% and 22% of the
world's population.
• One of every five persons in the
world is a Muslim
• Second largest religion in the world
American Muslims
• 6 million (The New York Times, Feb.
21, 1989)
• About 40% African-American
• Not all Muslims are Arabs, Not all
Arabs are Muslims
Burka
Hijah
Chador
Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet
Mosque), Istanbul Turkey
http://cs.ua.edu/~greg/personal.html
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Dome of the Rock- Muhammads
spirit ascended into heaven
Wailing Wall- What is left of the
temple of King Solomon
Church of the Holy Sepulcher- built
on the site of Jesus’ crucifixion
Conflict Between Islam and the
Western World
• Causes
–Political- Our support of Israel
and involvement in Mid-East
–Economic- We are wealthy
many Islamic countries are poor
–Social- Culture conflict