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 Submission
or surrender
 Monotheistic
 Muhammad
 622
AD
 Koran
 Mosque
 Prayer
five times a day
 Friday service in the Mosque
 Eid
Al-Fitr: ends Ramadan a month of
fasting (animal sacrifice)
 Eid al-Adha: Celebrate Abraham's
willingness to sacrifice Ishmael
 Islam
is divided into three sects and the
division was caused by disagreements in
authority
 Imam
 Various schools of interpretation of the
law
 Direct descendants of Muhammad
 The
Caliph is the rightful successor and
his legitimacy guarantees proper
interpretation of divine law
 However, this legitimacy is why Islam is
split
 Mecca:
Birthplace of Muhammad
 Medina: Where Muhammad died
 Jerusalem: Where Muhammad ascended
into Heaven (the Night Journey)
 Heaven:
A place of carnal pleasures but
not seeing God face to face
 Five
Pillars:
• There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his
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prophet
Ritual prayer five times a day
Fasting during the month of Ramadan
Almsgiving
Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your life
 Must
be Muslim to reach heaven
 Believe
Jesus was a great Muslim
prophet, but not divine
• Deny crucifixion, but accept ascension
• He will come again to destroy Christianity and
the anti-Christ
 Mixture
of Christianity, Judaism and other
Arabian religions
 Cannot gamble or eat pork
 Divisions: Sunni, Shi’a, Sufism
 Veneration of saints
 Koran
teaches that God made men superior
to women
• Husbands should beat wives to keep them
submissive
• Can have four wives, but no more
• Women cannot marry unbelievers but men can
• Most women believed to go to hell
 Violence
can be used to coerce conversions
(discrepancies between Koran and
teachings)
 Leaving Islam is punishable by death
 Medicine
 Muslims
have a devotion to Mary
 Prove
Christ’s Divinity
 Casey
Kasem
 Everlast
 Iman
 Shaquille O’Neal