One of the world’s largest religions.

Foundations
Original Founding Early History
The islamic religion is Islam’s spread from internal issues such as
believed to have been modern Saudi Arabia disease, they were
founded in the 7th began with a civil war controlled by European
century in or around after Muhammad's powers such as Britain.
Mecca. Those who death over who should They fought for
follow the religion lead the Muslim faith. independence of their
believe it was the This civil war lasted four countries and were
religion that their years and resulted in the granted but in very
prophets, Noah, Adam, deaths of many of unstable conditions. The
Moses, etc, believed Muhammad’s relations fact that the home
even before christianity. and supporters. countries of Islam are
Muhammad was the Modern History unstable has lead to
As the islamic world
original prophet in their extremists being able to
powers fell to collapse
belief and is believed by have a political foothold
from Foreign world
historians to be the first and bring people to their
powers and from
to preach Islam. cause.
 Vocabulary

Muhammad Founder of Islam, believed
to have been sent by god
to confirm the monotheistic
teachings of Adam and
other prophets.
Jihad Jihad is the holy Allah The one God in
conflict, it can be Islamic religion. Has
split into three parts multiple similarities
(Sword, pen and to the christian God.
self)

Mosque The mosque is a place Shalat Daily prayer for

of worship in Islamic Islamic people, must
religion. It is constructed
be done a certain
the same way
throughout the world. way for it to be
considered correct.
 Teachings
The main philosophies of Islam are quite similar
to christianity. Great importance is put on treating
your neighbours with respect and being
charitable, different then christianity is that Islam
promotes much more prayer, with smaller
prayers being said five times per day and larger
ones once a week. Belief in self is also a large
theme amongst the teachings, saying specifically
that if you do not want others goods they will love
you and to tend to yourself before others as well
as to keep out of someones issues if you are not
going to help. Islam has five pillars of faith,
actions that they believe cements your honesty
and faith in allah and each of these actions has a
virtue behind it. The virtues are faith, dedication,
charity, empathy and devotion.
 Beliefs
One God
The first rule stated in
times and is associated Comparisons to
with three different
the Quran is that “You Catholicism
Muhammad shall only praise one
conflicts. The first is the
The beliefs of Islam
islamic beliefs say that conflict to have others
god, Allah. No other have some definite
their founder converted to Islam, this
entity shall be prayed to parallels to catholicism,
Muhammad was the last has happened in actual
in this religion, as belief in certain
prophet sent by god to wars such as the Fulani
opposed to catholicism characters such as
direct humanity. wars. The second is the
where we also pray to Jesus and the prophets
conflict against oneself
Jesus, they believe are quite obvious. The
Prophet Jesus Jesus was real but think
for Allah and against the
differences lie in the
In Islam they do not pray evil inclinations of your
of him as an earthly importance of such
to Jesus and do not see mind. The third is the
prophet, not the son of people. Jesus is
conflict of debate and is
him as the son of god. god. Jihad relate to the first one but believed to have been a
Instead Jesus is a In the Islam religion this prophet of God as
prophet in the Quran. is the more peaceful
word shows up a few side, a passive opposed to the son of
conversion. God.
Daily/Weekly Practices
Daily Rituals Weekly Rituals
Each day a practicing Every Friday in the
member of Islam does Islamic religion a larger
five smaller prayers. celebration in the
These prayers happen mosque is an average
in at dawn (al-fajr), occurrence and is one of
midday (al-zuhr), the ways that you must
afternoon (al-'asr), pray with others as the
sunset (al-maghrib) and Quran states. Some
evening (al-'isha). Each days are also
prayer is performed by considered more holy,
placing a prayer mat such as sunday being a
and removing your day of rest similar to the
shoes, you then speak a christian religion.
remembered phrase and
bow forward.
Scriptures
Quran The Quran is the most important scripture in the islamic religion
and is believed to have been divine revelation to the prophet
Muhammad from Allah. It contains one-hundred fourteen units,
similar to chapters in the bible.
Injil Injil is considered to be another holy word from God revealed to
Jesus. Because of the belief that Jesus was a prophet he is
considered to be one of the most important prophets second
only to Muhammad.
Zabur The Zabur is the islamic interpretation of the book of David. The
parallels are so similar between these two pieces that most
consider them to be the same piece, even the prophet that they
were revealed to are the same person.
This is the part that was revealed to Moses and is the first book
Torah in the islamic religion. This piece is present in all three major
world religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
 Symbols In Islam there is no specific symbols that encapsulate
all aspects of the religion. However two symbols are
shown more often than others and have become
recognizable symbols for foreign religions.

Star and Crescent “Allah” in Arabic Mosque

The star and crescent are For islamic countries where The mosque is
symbols that have become arabic is the first most spoken the place of
controversial in their use in language this symbol holds worship in the
heavily Islam nations as their little relevance besides being islamic religion
foundations aren’t in the religion. the name for God. In western and due to its
The star and crescent symbol and other foreign nations our unique
first became apparent during the lack of knowledge in the arabic architectural style
Ottoman empire, the world's language have tied the word to that is copied
most modern Islam world power. being related to the when new
Because of the Ottoman empires predominant religion in arabic establishments
importance in history its symbol countries, Islam. are made has
has been tied to its main religion become
recognizable.
 Festivals
Eid Al-Fitr
Eid Al-Adha Eid Al-Fitr is the second
official holiday and
This holiday lasts four begins at the end of
days, starting on the Ramadan. During this
tenth day of the final holiday it is customary to
islamic month. In this give charity throughout
holiday the celebrators the day.
usually sacrifice a sheep
and share it amongst Hajj
three groups; friends Hajj is a festival in which
family and the poor. during one time in their
lives, a believer makes a
pilgrimage, or trip, to the
founding city of Islam,
Mecca. This pilgrimage actions until sundown. It
is incredibly holy and is considered a time of
happens only during the purifying the mind, body
last month of the lunar and soul of unhealthy
calendar. It is mentalities and
considered a mandatory spiritualities. This fasting
event for Islam people. goes on for a month and
also has some unique
Ramadan religious practices
Ramadan is a month of during that time with
fasting in which people more prayer prominent.
will refrain from
ingesting and
committing certain
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