1. A STUDY ON ISLAM
By Zack Hubbard and Connor Crump

2. ORIGIN
 Islam is an universalizing religion
 Islam was founded by Muhammad but traces back to Abraham and
other prophets
 Muhammad was a trade merchant in Arabia who claimed to
be visited by the angel Gabriel
 He was met with persecution as he began to preach
 He fled from Mecca to Yathrib where had followers
 This event is called the Hijira by the Muslims
 Muhammad gained much recognition and created an army to fight
the Meccans
 He defeated the Meccans in 630 and died in 632 after conquering
most of Arabia
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 After his death, Islam continued to spread because of the caliphs

3. WHO IS MAN?
 Man was created by Allah from a clot of
blood
 Qur'an includes the fall of Adam but does not
affirm the idea of original sin
 Everyone is born in a state of submission to
Allah
 Repentance from sin allows one to return to
this state
 Main sin is pride and the main virtue is
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islam, which means submission

4. WHY IS MAN HERE?
 Man is to submit to Allah
 Five Pillars of Islam:
 1. Shahada: reciting the Muslim profession of faith
 2. Salat: praying five times a day
 3. Zakat: giving money to the poor
 4. Sawm: Fasting during the month of Ramadam
 5. Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
 The pillars demonstrates putting faith first in their lives Connor Crump

5. WHERE IS MAN GOING?
 Islam teaches that there is life after death either in paradise or
in hell
 Last Day: world will be destroyed and Allah will raise the dead
for judgment
 Dead people wait in their graves until the Last Day
 Two exceptions
 1. Those who die fighting for Allah are immediately sent to
paradise
 2. Enemies of Islam are immediately sent to Hell
 Judgment is based on deeds Connor Crump

6. HOLY PLACES
 Holy cities in Islam include Mecca, Medina,
Jerusalem, Karbala, and Najaf
 Mecca is by far the most sacred
 The fifth pillar of Islam (Hajj) requires a Muslim to
make a pilgrimage to Mecca
 They perform many rituals including circling the
Kaaba seven times, throwing stones at pillar that
symbolizes the devil, and drinking from the well of
Zamzam
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7. HOLIDAYS
 The major holiday for the Islamic
faith is Ramadan, a month of obligatory
daily fasting.
 Fasting lasts from dawn until sunset.
 The entire Quran is recited in
Mosques.
 This holiday allows Followers of
Islam to grow close to Allah.
 Ramadan ends with a day-long
celebration called Eidul- Zack Hubbard

8. PLACES OF WORSHIP
 A mosque is the house of prayer in Islam.
 There is no specific way for a Mosque to be
built, accept a few key points: an indication to the
direction Mecca, a mihrab (a niche on the wall). A
mosque must have a roofed area in front of the
mihrab and there cannot be any doors on the wall
where the mihrab is placed, but for other walls,
there can be as many as they want.
 There are two types of mosques: The main
mosque is called jamaca and the other type of
mosque is called a masjid.
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9. BURIAL PRACTICES
 When a Muslim is near death, those around
him or her are called upon to give comfort. They
may recite verses from the Qur'an, give physical
comfort, and encourage the dying one to recite
words of remembrance and prayer.
 The family or other members of the
community will wash and shroud the body.
 Only the men of the community accompany
the body to the gravesite.
 The deceased is laid in the grave facing
Mecca.  Zack Hubbard

10. CONFLICTS
 The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars
launched by the Christian states of Europe
against the Muslims.
 The reason for the crusades was a war
between Christians and Moslems which
centered around the city of Jerusalem. The
City of Jerusalem held a Holy significance to
the Christian religion.
 In recent history, Muslims have faced the
United States in conflicts due to the terrorists
attacks on September 11th.  Zack Hubbard

11. SYNCRETISM
 Sufism (Sufism) may be best described as a
mystical practice that emphasizes certain unique
rituals for guiding spiritual seekers into a direct
encounter with God. Muhammad is considered
their chief prophet and many consider Sufism to
be a mystical brand of Islam.
 Bishr ibn al–Harith has said that, “the sufi is
he whose heart is sincere towards God.”
Thus, one of the words from which Sufism is
supposed to have derived is safa meaning pure --
this due to the purity of the sufis’ heart.
 Zack Hubbard

12. SOURCES
 http://www.islam101.com/ramadan/
 http://worldreligions2.tripod.com/id
14.html
 http://islam.about.com/cs/elderly/a/
funerals.htm
 http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/the-
crusades.htm
 http://www.allaboutreligion.org/sufis
m.htm