ISLAM
Plan of the Lecture l l l The Life and Teachings of Muhammad Essentials of Islam Historical Development of Islam
The Life and Teaching of Muhammad (570 -632) ◙vocabulary: Qur’an (“recitation”), ◙vocabulary: hadiths (“recollections”) ◙vocabulary: jinni l
The Life and Teaching of Muhammad A black meteorite located in Mecca in ◙vocabulary: Kaabah (“cube”) l
The Life and Teaching of Muhammad ◙ vocabulary: Muslims (“people who submit to God (Allah)”)
The Life and Teaching of Muhammad The central event in Islam is ◙ vocabulary: Hijra (“flight”, “migration”) l
The Life and Teaching of Muhammad l In Yathrib (now called Medina) the first ◙Vocabulary: mosque was set up
Essentials on Islam ◙ vocabulary: Islam (“surrender”, “submission”) ◙ vocabulary: Allah (“God”)
FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM: l l l 1) Creed (Shahadah) “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger” 2) Prayer (Salat): five times a day in minarets 3) Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) 4) Charity to the Poor (Zakat) 5) Fasting during Ramadan (Sawm)
Additional Islamic Religious Practices: l l l 1) Dietary Restrictions (prohibition of pork & wine) 2) Prohibition against Usury and Gambling 3) Circumcision (7 -8 age) 4) Marriage 5) Female Roles 6) Death Rituals
Scripture ◙ vocabulary: caliph (“successor”) ◙ vocabulary: sura (“chapter”)
Historical Development of Islam ◙ vocabulary: Shiites (from shia, “faction”) It refers to Ali, the son-in-the-law and cousin of Muhammad ◙ vocabulary: Sunni (from sunna, “tradition”, “example”) It refers to the entire body of traditional teachings base on the life and teachings of Muhammad, as given in the Qur’an and the authoritative hadiths
Sufism ◙ mystical dimension of Islam