Volume 1, Issue 1

Times Blows Your Mind 1/6/10

All about Islam

By: Annie Truong

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Overview of the Islamic faith
Who is Muhammad? 2 What is Islam?
The Spread of Islam and Well, Islam is
Its Affects 2 considered both a
The Qur’an and Its Contents 2 religion and a complete
way of life to a fifth of
Five Pillars of Islam 3
the world's population.
History of the Islamic World 4 People who follow
Historical Events and Turning Islam follows a religion
Points in the Islamic History 4
of peace, mercy, and
forgiveness, and most
Islam’s Expansion 5
is not related to grave
Golden Age of Islam 5 events associated with
Crusaders and Mongols their faith.
Invasions 5
This is a mosque in Medina and is visited by
Who are many people, though it is not required to visit
Important Cities in the
Muslims? as part of Hajj.
Islamic World 5
One billion people from They believe in one,
Factors Contributed to the
different regions share unique, incomparable
What does ‘Islam’
Rise of Islamic Civilization 6
common grounds of God, whom created mean?
Islamic Civilization & Science 6 their Islamic faith. 18% Angels, the prophets
of these people live in The word 'Islam' is an
A Scientist who brought to mankind by
the Arab world; the Arabic word meaning
Influenced People 6 Him, the Day of
largest Muslim 'submission', which
Judgment and
What Went Wrong 7
community is located in comes from a word
individual accounted
Indonesia; meaning 'peace'. From
for their actions, God's
considerable parts of a religious context, it
complete authority over
Asia and Africa are means complete
human destiny and life
Muslim, while submission to the will
after death. Muslims
minorities are founded of God.
believe in a chain of
in the Soviet Union, prophets. God's final
China, North and message to man was
South America, and revealed to the Prophet
Europe. Muhammad through
Gabriel.
What do Muslims
believe?
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5 Arabic words Who is Muhammad?

that entered the Muhammad was born in which lead him to
Western Makkah in the year 570, intervene in disputes
Vocabulary at the time when and come up with a
Christianity was not fully solution. He was deeply
Alcohol- The established in Europe. religious and detested
quintessence of He was raised by his the corruption of his
earthly uncle from the society. He often
substances, respected tribe of meditates from time to
originally from Quraysh. As he grew time in the Cave of Hira.
alchemy older, he was known for
his truthfulness,
Arsenal- factory
generosity and sincerity,
Assassin- Hashish
user

Elixir- Medicinal The Spread of Islam and Its Affects

potion
Islam spread rapidly obligation for every Islam. Eventually, the
Mocha- named and peacefully due to Muslim man and developments of
after a city in the simplicity of its woman". The fusion of sophisticated
Yemen doctrine which called for Eastern and Western instruments to make the
faith in only one god ideas brought European voyages
worthy of worship, advancements in possible were
intrusting man to use medicine, mathematics, discovered, including
his powers of intellect physics, astronomy, the astrolabe, the
and observation. Within geography, architecture, quadrant and good
this time, great art, literature, and navigational maps.
civilizations and history. A significant
universities flourished. amount of systems
According to the (mainly mathematical)
Prophet, seeking were transmitted to
knowledge is an medieval Europe from

The Qur’an is the

The Qur’an and Its Contents
holy book for A record of the exact unique and astonishing worship, and law, but the
Muslims. They words revealed by God from which was revealed basic theme is the
believe that it was through the Angel Gabriel to Muhammad fourteen relationship between God
to the Prophet centuries ago. The Quran and His creatures whom
repeatedly revealed
Muhammad is known as is the primary source of he created. It also
from Allah to
the Qur'an. No words has every Muslim's faith and provides guidelines for a
Muhammad. been changed from the practice. It includes all just society, proper human
chapters over the concerns of human conduct and an ethical
centuries, so that it is beings: wisdom, doctrine, economic system.
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Five Pillars of Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam of Islam is that all things as growth in one's
are the framework of belong to God, and that spiritual life.
the Muslim life, which wealth is consequently
includes faith, prayer, held by human beings Pilgrimage: The
concern for the needy, in trust. Our pilgrimage to Makkah
self-purification, and the possessions are (the Hajj) occurs It is required that all
pilgrimage to Makkah purified by setting aside annually and is an Muslims must
for those who are able a proportion for those in obligation only for those donate to the poor,
to. need which encourages who are physically and because everything
new growth. Basically financially able to go. belongs to God, and
Faith: The declaration Muslims must do some About two million that wealth is held
of faith is called the good with charity. people go to Makkah by human beings in
Shahada. The only god each year from different trust.
worthy of worship is Fasting: Every year regions providing an
God and Muhammad there is a month when a opportunity to meet one
others are not Muslim Fast this is another. The annual
commendable. known as the month of Hajj begins in the
Ramadan. All muslims twelfth month of the
Prayer: The obligatory must fast from light until Islamic year (which is
prayers which are sundown, avoiding from lunar). Pilgrims wear
performed five times a food, drink, and sexual special clothes which
day is known as Salat. relations. There are are simple garments
These prayers are a exceptions for those which strip away
direct link between the who are sick, elderly, or distinctions of class and
worshipper and God. on a journey, and culture, for the reason
The prayers are led by women who are that all stand equal During Ramadan, every
a learned person who pregnant or nursing. In before God. Muslim is required to fast
knows the Quran whom return, they must make to self purify themselves
is chosen by the up an equal number of and gain growth in one’s
congregation. This is days later in the year or spiritual life.
because there is no feed a needy person for
hierarchical authority in every day missed.
Islam and no priests. All Children begin to fast
Prayers are said at from puberty, but many
dawn, noon, mid- start earlier. The fast is
afternoon, sunset, and most beneficial to the
nightfall. health and is a method
of self purification.
Zakat: Zakat means Many people gain
both 'purification' and sympathy with those
'growth'. One principles who go hungry as well
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History of the Islamic World

When and under of his grandfather, the because he was
prosecuted by many
what head of the clan of
officials who saw the
Hashim. After his
circumstances spread of Islam as an
grandfather died, his
was the prophet uncle, Abu Talib, raised abomination.
Muhammad born? Muhammad. The land of Islam
The prophet Muhammad’s when Muhammad
Muhammad was born dies
in or about the year of
migration to
570, into a clan of Medina People started getting
Quraysh, the ruling In 613 AD the Hijrah, worried, as they
tribe of Mecca. His thought Muhammad
In Mekkah, the Kabba, the migration of the
father passed away was their savior and
an ancinet cube-like prophet Muhammad such. Soon they
before he was born
building in Mekkah's and his mother passed from Makkah to realized that they had
Grand Mosque is the away when he was six. Madinah, has a lasting nothing to be afraid of,
most sacred site in This resulted the effect in the history of God is their savior and
consignment of Islam. The reason for they weren’t
Islam. During prayers,
Muhammad to the care the migration was worshipping
all Muslims must face Muhammad.
the Kaaba no matter
where they are. One of
the five pillars of Islam Historical Events and Turning Points in Islamic
requires Muslim to go
to Mekkah, where they
History
have to walk seven
In 622, Muhammad
times around the In 650, Caliph Uthman has Mongol’s invasion left a
and followers flee to deep impression in
Kaaba in a counter- the Qur’an written down
Medinah because they Islamic History. Their
clockwise direction. (first holy book) and is
were being persecuted. invasion led to
then murdered four years
(Islamic calender depopulation in 1258.
later
beings)
In the 7th century, decades
In 630, around seventy
after the prophet Ali died,
people from Madinah
Muslims began a split
declared themselves to
between majority Sunnis
be Muslim and pledged
and the minority Shiites.
to fight to protect
Muhammad against
any and all odds. This
pledge was a turning
point for Islam.