Justin Young

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Islams

• Justin Young
• Justin Thomas
• Taylor White

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Muhammad is the founder of Islam. It is said that
while meditating the angel Gabriel came to him in
a vision, and told him about the religion.
Muhammad
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Holy Cities

• Medina

• Mecca

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The Five Pillars of Faith

• Belief
• Worship
• Fasting
• Almsgiving
• Pilgrimage

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Book of Worship

• The Islam book of worship is called the Koran.
  It was sent directly to earth by Allah.

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Symbols of Islam

• The crescent moon with a star is the main symbol
  of Islam.

• It was the symbol of the Sassanian Empire of
  Persia (Iran today). Later on Arabs made it the
  Muslim symbol.

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Resources
Book
Edmonds, I.G.. Islam. New York, NY Franklin
Watts Inc., 1977.
Internet
Wenner, Sara. Religions of the World. September
1, 2006. http//www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/reli
gion/.
Bloom, Jonathan. Blair, Sheila. Gardner, Rob.
Islam. Sept. 5, 2006. http//www.pbs.org/empires/i
slam/.
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The End