This document provides an overview of Muslim culture by discussing several key aspects. It notes that Muslim culture describes cultural practices of historically Islamic people and generally includes practices developed around the religion of Islam. It then discusses Islam as the Abrahamic religion articulated by the Quran and teachings of Muhammad. Several topics are then summarized, including women in Islam, marriage, language and literature, Islamic art, architecture, music and belly dancing.

1. Arabic-Muslim
cultural region

2. Muslim Culture
Muslim culture is
a term primaly
used to describe
all cultural
practices
common to
historically
Islamic people.

3. Religion of Islam
Muslim culture
generally includes
all the practices
which have
developed around
the religion of
Islam. A lot of us
think of it more as
a religion than a
culture.

4. Islam
Islam is the Abrahamic religion articulated by the
Qur’an, a text considered by its adherents to be
the verbatim word of the one, incomparable God
and by the Prophet of Islam Muhammad's
demonstrations and real-life examples.

5. Women in Islam
Sharia (Islamic law)
provides for differences
between women's and
men's roles, rights, and
obligations. Majority
Muslim countries give
women varying degrees of
rights with regards to
marriage, divorce, civil
rights, legal status, dress
code, and education
based on different
interpretations.

6. Marriage
Marriage in Islam is
considered to be of the
utmost importance.
The final prophet of
Islam, Muhammed,
stated that “marriage is
a half of religion”

7. Language and literature
(the earliest period)
Early Muslim literature is in Arabic. As the
early history of the Muslim community was
focused on establishing the religion of
Islam, its literary output was religious in
character.
For example,
Qur’an, Hadith
and Sirah

8. Secular Muslim literature
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
became a part of a widespread culture

9. Modern writers
Today, classification of
writers by language is
increasingly irrelevant.
The Egyptian Nobel
laureate Naguib Mahfouz
has been translated into
English and read across
the world. Other famous
writers are Orhan Pamuk
and Salman Rushdie.

10. Islamic Art
Islamic art, a part of the
Islamic studies, has
throughout history been
mainly abstract and
decorative , portraying
geometric, floral, Arabesque,
and calligraphic designs

11. Islamic calligraphy
Forbidden to paint
humans and taught
to revere the
Qur’an, Islamic
artists developed
Arabic calligraphy
into an art form, to
express the beauty
they perceive in the
verses of Qur’an.

12. Elements of Islamic style
Islamic architecture may be adentified with
the following design elements:
1. Large courtyards
often merged with a
central prayer hall
2. Minarets of towers

13. Elements of Islamic style
3. Domes
4. Use of geometric
shapes and repetitive
art
5. Use of decorative
Arabic calligraphy
6. Use of symmetry

14. Elements of Islamic style
7. Ablution fountains
8. Use of bright color
9. Focus on the
interior space
rather than the
exterior

15. Muslim Music
Islamic music is
Muslim religious
music, as sung
or played in
public services
or private
devotions.
Because Islam is a multicultural region, the
musical expression of its adherents is
diverse.

16. Belly Dance – traditional Arabic
dance
The term "Belly dance" is a
misnomer as every part of the body
is involved in the dance. Belly
dance takes many different forms
depending on country and region,
both in costume and dance style;
and new styles have been invented
in the West as its popularity has
spread globally.

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