Transcript Islam basics

KWL Islam
• Divide your paper into three sections
– Section 1- Label this section “Know.” In this
section write down what you know about Islam.
– Section 2- Label this section “Want to Know.” In
this section write down what you want to know
about Islam.
– Section 3- Label this section “Learned”. Leave this
section blank for right now. We will return to this
at the end of class.
ISLAM
What is it all about?
Muhammad
• Prophet of Islam
• Had a vision that the
angel Gabriel came
down and asked him
to spread the word of
god.
• The religions based on
his teachings is Islam.
Islam or Muslim?
• Islam = “submission to the will of Allah”
• Muslim = “one who has submitted”
• Other words to know:
– Arabic = official language of Islam
– Mosque = house of worship
– Qur’an (Koran) = holy text
– Mecca = Islam’s holiest city
– Allah = God, in Arabic
.‫آمل أن تكونوا قد ليوم عظيم‬
Five Pillars of Islam
• To be a Muslim, all believers have to carry out
these five duties
• 1. Faith – a Muslim testifies to the following:
“There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is
the Messenger of Allah”
2. Prayer
• Muslims pray five times a day facing Mecca
3. Alms
• Muslims donate money to the poor through a
special religious tax (2 ½%)
4. Fasting
Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset during the
Islamic holy month of Ramadan
5. Pilgrimage
• All Muslims who are physically and financially
able perform the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca,
at least once in lifetime
Learned
• Using the information you learned today from
lecture and the video, fill in the “Learned”
section.
– You must have at least 4 facts from the video and
4 facts from your notes. That is 8 facts in all!!