Islam

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Islam

• One of the Great
• Monotheistic Religions

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Part 1 The War from the East

• Session 1.1 Is This War?
• Session 1.2 Islam One of the Great Monotheistic
  Religions
• Session 1.3 The Fight for the Soul of Islam
• Session 1.4 Dar al-Islam The House of War
• Session 1.5 The Global Caliphate
• Session 1.6 Islam Religion of Peace?
• Session 1.7 The History of the Conflict
• Session 1.8 Poverty in Islamic Nations

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Outline

• Basic Faith of Islam
• The State of Islam
• The Authority of Islam
• The Five Pillars of Islam
• Branches of Islam

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Basic Faith of Islam
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One of the Great Monotheistic Religions

• In contrast to
• Atheism No God
• Monism One undivided spirit
• Polytheism Many finite gods
• Pantheism Everything is god
• One infinite God
• Three Great Monotheistic Religions
• Judaism
• Christianity
• Islam

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Islam

• An Abrahamic faith
• Islam Etymology
• Arabic root sin-lam-mim safety and peace
• Arabic islam accept, surrender, or
  submit
• Means that peace in life can only come in
  complete submission to Allah (God Almighty)
• Islam declares that Allah is the Creator, the
  Sustainer, the Merciful, the Compassionate, the
  Judge, the Governor, the Eternal

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Mohammad

• The founder of Islam
• The final prophet Mohammad
• Born in Mecca (570)
• Died in Medina (632)
• A religious, political and military figure

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The State of Islam
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Major World Religions
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Muslim Population

• 1.5 billion people
• Indonesia 207,000,000 (largest Muslim country)
• Located In Region Of Global
• Africa 45.8 27.2
• Asia (including M.E.) 26.2 69.3
• Middle East 91.8 17.1
• Europe 6.1 3.0
• N. America 1.1 0.3
• S. America 1.1 0.3

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Spread of Islam
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The Authority of Islam
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Two Sources of Authority

• The Quran
• Means The Recitation
• Revealed to Mohammad by the angel Gabriel over 23
  years
• In the original Arabic the final revelation of
  God
• The Sunnah the trodden path
• Means the way of the prophet
• The way and deed of the prophet

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The Quran
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The Five Pillars of Islam
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The Five Common Duties of All Muslims

• Arkanud-din - The Five Pillars of Islam
• Kalima Testimony of Faith
• Salat Prayer
• Zakat Almsgiving
• Sawm Fasting
• Hajj Pilgrimage

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Kalima Testimony of Faith

• The testimony is I bear witness that there is
  no God but Allah, and I bear witness that
  Mohammad is his servant and messenger.
• This is the Muslim declaration of faith
• Explicitly establishes a Unitarian not
  Trinitarian order
• Establishes that Mohammad is the final revelation
  of God

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Salat Prayer
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Zakat Almsgiving
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Breaking the Fast
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Hajj - Pilgrimage
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Branches of Islam
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Muslim World not Monolithic

• Same essential beliefs
• Different theological and practice distinctives
• Three groups
• Sunni 85
• Shia 15
• Sufism mystical Muslims

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Shia and Sunni Muslims
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The Sunni
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Commemoration of Ashura the Martyrdom of
Mohammeds Grandson (680 AD)
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Sufism
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Islam

• One of the great monotheistic religions
• But like Christianity, it is very diverse.
• While there is a core belief, not all Muslims
  think or act alike.