The Rise of Islam 10.1

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The Rise of Islam10.1
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Objectives

• Understand how Muhammad became the prophet of
  Islam
• Describe the teaching of Islam
• Explain how Islam helped shape the way of life of
  its believers

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Terms

• Muhammad
• Mecca
• Medina
• Quran
• Hajj
• Jihad
• Sharia

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Mecca Pre-Islam

• Crossroads
• Trade major profession
• Polytheistic

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Bedouins

• Nomads/warlike existence.
• Settled in town or oasis by 600s. Divided by
  tribal affiliations.

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Mecca

• Highly polytheistic and trade centered. Religion
  centered around the Kaaba.
• As Mecca became wealthier, greed, tensions arose
  amongst tribes/peoples.

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Kaaba
2.5 feet long 1.5 feet wide
The Black Stone
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Muhammad

• Wealthy trader/wiseman
• Gabriel and Allah
• Message Allah one and only god
• Preaches in Mecca to little results and leaves
  for Yathrib (Medina).

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Hijra

• Battled Mecca, picking up followers/Bedouin
  tribes
• 630 Muhammad returns to Mecca
• Destroyed idols in the Kaaba and declares Allah
  only true God.

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Islam

• No clergy
• Quran gods words through Muhammad
• Importance of Arabic language?
• Sharia brings all aspects of life together
  (unifying agent)
• Family, moral conduct, business/community life.

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Islam

• Five Pillars
• Faith
• Prayer
• Alms
• Fasting
• Pilgrimage (hajj)

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