 Submission or surrender

 Monotheistic

 Muhammad

 622 AD

 Koran

 Mosque

 Prayer five times a day  Friday service in the Mosque

 Eid Al-Fitr: ends Ramadan a month of fasting (animal sacrifice)  Eid al-Adha: Celebrate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Ishmael

 Islam is divided into three sects and the division was caused by disagreements in authority  Imam  Various schools of interpretation of the law  Direct descendants of Muhammad

 The Caliph is the rightful successor and his legitimacy guarantees proper interpretation of divine law  However, this legitimacy is why Islam is split

 Mecca: Birthplace of Muhammad  Medina: Where Muhammad died  Jerusalem: Where Muhammad ascended into Heaven (the Night Journey)

 Heaven: A place of carnal pleasures but not seeing God face to face

 Five Pillars: There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet Ritual prayer five times a day Fasting during the month of Ramadan Almsgiving Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your life  Must be Muslim to reach heaven

 Believe Jesus was a great Muslim prophet, but not divine Deny crucifixion, but accept ascension He will come again to destroy Christianity and the anti-Christ  Mixture of Christianity, Judaism and other Arabian religions  Cannot gamble or eat pork  Divisions: Sunni, Shi’a, Sufism  Veneration of saints

 Koran teaches that God made men superior to women Husbands should beat wives to keep them submissive Can have four wives, but no more Women cannot marry unbelievers but men can Most women believed to go to hell  Violence can be used to coerce conversions (discrepancies between Koran and teachings)  Leaving Islam is punishable by death

 Medicine  Muslims have a devotion to Mary

 Prove Christ’s Divinity

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