Holy Cities of Islam and Judaism

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Holy Cities of Islam and Judaism

• Drew Leno
• October 2008
• AP World History

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Islam

• Date founded- 622 B.C.
• Place founded- Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• Founder- Muhammad, a trade merchant from Arabia
• Adherents- 1.3 billion
• Sacred text- Koran
• Religious professionals- sheikh
• House of worship- mosque

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Beliefs of Islam

• The main beliefs of Islam are very similar to
  christianity, having a monotheistic religion, but
  is believed by muslims to be more pure. The
  koran is the written form of the message
  delivered by the angel Gabriel to the seventh and
  perfect prophet Muhammad. Islam has five major
  tennets(collumns). These are Testimony of Faith
  (Kalima), Prayer (salat), Almsgiving (zakat),
  Fasting (sawm), and Pilgrimage (hajj).

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Mecca
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Temple at Medina
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Medina
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Women in black head towards a mosque in Karbala
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Karbala
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Above, looking west from the Mount of Olives
across the Kidron Valley toward Jerusalem's
walled Old City, dominated by the Dome of the
Rock, a Muslim holy site.
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Jerusalem
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Beliefs of Judaism

• Judaism is a monotheistic religion which believes
  that the world was created by a single,
  all-knowing divinity, and that all things within
  that world were designed to have meaning and
  purpose as part of a divine order. According to
  the teachings of Judaism, God's will for human
  behavior was revealed to Moses and the Israelites
  at Mount Saini. The Torah, or commandments, which
  regulate how humans are to live their lives, were
  a gift from God so that they might live in
  according to His will.

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Jerusalem
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Hebron
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             Tiberias - The New and the Old
Together
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Tiberias
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Safed
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Similarities Between Islamic and Judaist Holy
Cities
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Differences Between Islamic and Judaist Holy
Cities
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