Assalamu Alaikum

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Assalamu Alaikum

• Peace be with you

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Islam Brief Introduction

• Mahmoud Haddara

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Outline

• Introduction
• Islam a way of life
• Islamic Doctrine
• Practice of Islam
• Islamic Law

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History

• 570 Prophet Muhammad is born
• 595 Prophet Marries Khadeeja
• 610 First revelation
• 622 Hijrah to Yathreb (Medina)
• 632 Death of Prophet Muhammad

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Current Stats

• Islam is the second largest religion in the world
• Only 20 of the 1.2 billion Muslims live in Arab
  countries
• There is about 600,000 Muslims in Canada

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Muslims in Newfoundland

• 1967 First documented presence in NL
• 1982 Decision to build a Mosque in NL
• 1990 Mosque/Islamic center opening
• There is about 600 Muslims in NL

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Muslims in Newfoundland

• Professionals
• Students
• Refugees

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Muslims in Newfoundland

• Activities
• Internal
• External

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Islam

• Islam Submission
• Slam Peace
• When his Lord said to him Surrender, he said
  I surrender to the Lord of the worlds 2131

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Islam a Way of Life

• Philosophy
• Oneness of God
• Holistic Approach

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Oneness of God

• Say He is Allah, the One! Allah, the eternally
  Besought of all! He begets not nor was begotten,
  and there is none comparable unto Him 112

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Allah

• Is the Arabic word for GOD

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Holistic

• I have not created Jinn and Human kind except to
  serve me5156
• Say all my worship, my rituals, my life, and my
  death are for Allah, the Lord of the
  Worlds6162

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Islam a Way of Life

• Underpinnings
• Enjoin goodness and prohibit evil
• Moderation
• Justice
• Equality
• Tolerance

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Enjoin goodness and forbid evil

• Let there arise out of you a group of people
  inviting to all that is good and forbidding what
  is evil, and those are the successful 3104

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Moderation

• And thus We have made you a medium nation (well
  balanced and just)2143

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Justice

• O you who believe! Be upright for Allah, bearers
  of witness with justice, and let not the hatred
  of a people incite you not to act equitably act
  equitably that is nearer to piety, and heed God.
  Surely, God is aware of what you do.58.

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Equality

• O Mankind! Surely We have created you of (a
  single pair) a male and a female, and made you
  into nations and tribes that you may get to know
  each other, surely the most honorable of you with
  Allah is that who is most God conscious. 4913

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Tolerance

• Mankind is one family.
• It is Gods will that people are different.
• Freedom of faith.
• Justice should be uphold

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Who is a Muslim

• A Muslim is a person who does not assault
  people verbally or physically.
• Saying of the Prophet

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The Doctrine

• Belief in
• One God
• The day of Judgment
• The Angels
• The Books
• The Messengers

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The Practice of Islam

• Faith is what rests deep in ones heart and
  is reflected fully on ones deeds
• saying of the prophet

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The Pillars

• Shahada (Confession of Faith)
• Salat (Prayers)
• Zakat (Poor Dues)
• Siam (Fasting)
• Hajj (Pilgrimage)

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Objectives of Islamic Law

• Protection of
• Faith
• Life
• Wealth
• Dignity (Honor)
• Intellect

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Systems

• Social
• Political
• Economic
• Legal

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Jihad or Holy War

• We shall guide the ones who strive for Us along
  Our ways. God stands by the doers of good.
  2969

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Jihad in Islam

• Jihad strive
• Strive in Gods path
• Can be spiritual, intellectual, etc.
• Many forms of strive
• Against temptations
• Against ignorance
• Against oppression

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War

• When ?
• The lesser of two evils
• Only as a last resort

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War

• Why ?
• Self Defense
• Against Oppression

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War Self Defense

• Fight those who fight against you along Gods
  way, yet do not initiate hostilities God does
  not love aggressors.2190

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War against Oppression

• Those who have been wronged are permitted to
  fight back. 2239

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War

• How ?
• Declaration of war
• No aggression against non combatants
• No use of Non-Discriminatory weapons

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Peace

• And if they incline to peace, then incline to it
  too and put your trust in God for He is the
  Hearing and Knowing. 862

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Women in Islam

• Equity between genders
• Accountability
• Rights
• Honours

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Equity Between Genders

• OPeople! Be conscious of your duty to your
  Lord, Who created you from a single being and
  created its mate of the same kind, and spread
  from them two, many men and women and be
  conscious of your duty to Allah 41

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Accountability

• Surely, the men who submit and the women who
  submit, and the believing men and the believing
  women, and the obedient men and the obedient
  women, and the truthful men and the truthful
  women, and the persevering men and the
  persevering women, and the humble men and the
  humble women, and the almsgiving men and the
  almsgiving women, and the fasting men and the
  fasting women, and the men who guard their
  chastity and the women who guard, and the men who
  remember Allah much and the women who remember-
  Allah has prepared for them forgiveness and
  mighty reward. 33 35 .

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Rights

• Right to education
• Political rights
• Legal rights
• The right to engage in business transactions
• The right of employment
• The right to choose her spouse

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Honour

• And your Lord has commanded that you shall not
  serve but Him, and show goodness to your
  parents.1723
• A mother is most worthy of ones companionship
  Prophetic tradition
• Paradise under the feet of mothers Prophetic
  tradition