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Title: Islam


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Islam
  • A few slides (excerpted from longer lecture)

Courtyard of the Great Mosque at Herat,
Afghanistan. Photo http//www.islamicity.com/
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Doctrines Pillars of Islam
  • Five main pillars of Islam
  • Shahada (faith)
  • There is no god but God. Muhammad is the
    messenger of God.
  • Prayer (salat), 5 times a day at set times
  • Almsgiving (zakat)
  • Fasting (sawm) during Ramadan
  • Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
  • 5 main doctrines of Islam
  • Faith in the unity of God
  • Angels as helpers of god
  • Belief in the scriptures the prophets
  • Final judgment
  • Divine decree (predestination)

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Major subtypes of Islam Sunnism Shiism
  • Emerged in the late 7th c. through political
    divisions over leadership of the Muslim community
  • Differences in belief
  • Shiite belief in the Imamate leadership of the
    Muslim community through familial connection to
    the Prophet
  • About 85 of the worlds Muslims are Sunni

A young Shiite woman of Iraq worshipping at the
end of the Ashura holiday commemorating the death
of Hussein in 680 C.E.
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Current Distribution of the Worlds Religions
Map Thomson/Wadsworth
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