4. • ThepeoplewhopracticeIslamare
calledMuslims.
• Thereareanestimated1.2billion
Muslimsworldwide
– Approximately 1/5th
of the world's population
– Growth without missionary efforts
• WhereDoMuslimsLive?
– Only 18% of Muslims live in the Arab world
– 20% are found in Sub-Saharan Africa
– 30% in the South Asian region of Pakistan, India
and Bangladesh
– The world's largest single Muslim community is
in Indonesia
• The Top 9: 1)Indonesia, 2)Pakistan, 3)
Bangladesh, 4)India, 5)Turkey, 6)Iran, 7)
Egypt, 8)Nigeria, and9)China
7. Muhammad:
The Prophet of Islam
AprophetisamessengerofGod.
Muhammadwasbornin 570AD.
Hisparentsdiedwhenhewas7.
Likedtogooffbyhimselfandprayinthe
desert.
HeheardthevoiceoftheangelGabriel
tellinghimtoproclaimtheonetrueGod.
Muhammad's life was cut short by his sudden
death on June 8, 632 at about 60 years old
14. The Five Pillars/Obligations
1. Repetition of the Creed (Shahada)
“There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”
-processionoffaith, makesanyoneaMuslim.
2. Daily Prayer(Salat)
-pray5timesaday
3. Alms giving (Zakah)
-annualfeegiventopoorandneedy
4. Fasting (Sawm)
-fastingduringmonthofRamadan
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
- AllMuslimswanttomakeapilgrimagetotheHolyCity ofMecca
onceintheirlifetimes.
15. The Qur’an
HolyBookofIslam
“Quran” literallymeans“reading” or
“recitation.”
WritteninArabic
114Chapters(Suras),longest chapter has
286 verses, the shortest has 3 verses;
approximately 78 000 words in length.
It is a recitation of an eternal Scripture, written
in heaven and revealed, chapter by chapter, to
Muhammad.
ManyMuslimsmemorizetheQur’an
TheQur’anhastherulesMuslimsliveby.
16. The Quran:
The Main Beliefs About it
• It’stheeternalScriptureofAllahtoberecited;
• ItisthewordofGod: eternal, absolute, andirrevocable; inreciting
it, aMuslimisrecitingthewordsofGod
• ItisbelievedtobeGod’slastwordtohumanity: itsaysMuhammad
isthe“Sealoftheprophets”
• ItissaidtocontaintheexactwordsofAllahtotheProphetfrom1st
revelationtoendofhislife.
• RecitationoftheQu’ranisanimportantritualactandsourceof
Allah’sblessingbecauseitreproducesdivinespeech(writtenin
Arabic)
• MuslimsbelievethattheQu’rancanberenderedintoother
languagesbutnottranslated.
17. al-Fatihah (The Opening)
Qur’an 1: 1-7
“InthenameofAllah, MostGracious
MostMerciful. PraisebetoAllah, the
CherisherandSustaineroftheWorlds.
MostGracious, MostMerciful. Master
oftheDayofJudgment. Theedowe
worshipandThineaidweseek: Show
usthestraightway. Thewayofthose
onwhomThouhastbestowedThy
Grace, thosewhoseportionisnot
wrathandwhogonotastray.”
18. Symbols
Muslims do notuse
SYMBOLS in the way
thatfollowersofsome
other religions do.
When a symbol is
neededforIslam, the
one mostoften used
isastarandcrescent
moon.
The believer worships God directly without the intercession of priests or clergy or saints.
The believer's duties are summed up in five simple rules, the so-called Five Pillars of Islam:
MIHRAB- small arch or hole in wall indicates the direction of the Ka’bah in MeccaMINARET- high tower or dome from which a muezzin calls the faithful to prayerWUDU- cleansing process before prayer (water)IMAM- chief officer in the mosque who leads prayers
