Transcript Introduction to Islam

Warm Up
• 1. Copy HW
• 2. Please grab a white workbook and put your name on the
binding in pen/marker
• 3. Please tear out page 49 and make it page 21 of your SS
notebook
• 4. Return your white notebook to the shelf
• 5. Be ready for a video in 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!
Essential Questions
• How does religion impact social and political
institutions?
• What happens when people of different
cultures interact with one another?
What do you know about Islam?
Please answer the 3 bullet points on
page 21 of your notebook.
1. Small checker
2. Most-Middle East and North Africa
Least- Latin (South) America
3. Middle East, because it has the highest
percentage of followers there
Arabia
Daily Life in Early Arabia
• Desert
• Oasis-green area w/ water
• People organized in tribes w/ a Sheikh as their leader
• Bedouins-desert herders
• Caravans-group of traveling merchants and animals
Geography
• Makkah (Mecca)-largest and richest town/ center of Islam
Ka’bah-built by Ibrahim (Abraham). It is stated in the Qur'an that
this was the first house that was built for humanity to worship Allah
(God).
Muhammad
• Prophet of Islam
• Born 570 AD
• 610 AD angel visits him in the hills and said”surrender to the will of Allah” and worship
only Allah
Allah
• Islamic God
• Live a good life and when the “judgment day”
arrives God will reward you
• Quran-holy book of Islam
Muhammad’s Social Message
• All people were equal
• Became popular among the poor of Arabia
A Controversial Message…
• People should be held accountable for their
actions
• Good actions = rewards
• Evil actions = punishment
• Who might have a problem with this
message?
Closure
• Please answer the following essential
question…
• How did the introduction of Islam impact the
people of Mecca?
• Make it page 23, don’t forget your name, and
hand it in before you leave
Warm-up
• COPY HW
• Please take out your notes from yesterday –
page 22 in your notebook
Opposition to Islam and Muhammad
• The wealthy thought Muhammad was a threat
taking…their power and giving away their
wealth
• Muslims were persecuted in Mecca
Hijrah
• “breaking of
relationships”-622 C.E.
Year 1 of the Muslim
calendar
• They left for Yathrib/Medina-where he started an
Islamic State-combination of church and state
Mosque
Islamic house of worship
Return to Mecca: 630 C.E.
• After several years of fighting Muhammad and
his followers, with help of many Bedouin
tribes capture the city of Mecca
How did Muhammad treat his
enemies?
• Fairly
• What impact do you think this had on the
future of the Islamic religion?
• It showed Allah was merciful and caused more
people to join…
Closure
• Imagine you lived in Mecca at the time
Muhammad started sharing the ideas of Islam.
• Please write a letter to a friend in Jerusalem that
includes the following…
– The basic teachings of Muhammad
– The mood/reaction of the people around town
– Your personal thoughts on the future of Mecca/Islam