May 3, 2017 Global II Agenda: DO NOW: Term Matching NOTES #47: How have religions created conflict in the Middle East? CLASS ASSIGNMENT: “Palestinians and Arab-Israeli Wars”

How have religions created conflict in the Middle East? Notes #47

The oldest religion in the Middle East is Judaism, which was founded by Abraham in the 2000s B.C. and teaches that there is one God called Yahweh. Abraham

Jews are followers of Judaism and they read the Torah. Moses and the Ten Commandments

TEN COMMANDMENTS:

The largest religion in the Middle East is Islam, which was founded by Muhammad in 622 A.D. and teaches that there is one God called Allah. Muhammad

Muslims are followers of Islam and they read the Qur’an.

FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM: Shahada: Muslims must believe that "there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His prophet.“ Salah: Muslims must pray five times per day, facing towards Mecca. Zakat: Muslims must donate at least 2.5% of their income to charity. Saum: During the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, all Muslims must fast during daylight hours, except the very young or sick. Hajj: If possible financially, each Muslim must make a holy pilgrimage, to the city of Mecca.

During the 2nd century, Jews were driven from their homeland in Palestine, which was later controlled by Muslim Arabs in the 7th century. X  Palestine Jewish diaspora

By the late 1800s, the Zionist movement called for Jews to regain their homeland in Palestine. Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion

In 1948, the Jewish nation of Israel was created out of Palestine, which was not agreed to by the Palestinian Arabs and resulted in an ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict.