1. Warm Up – September 10
Using your notes on Buddhism, answer the following review questions on the post it:
What religion was Siddhartha as a child? What was the prophecy that was given to him?
What four things did Siddhartha see when he left the palace on his 4 voyages? What did he conclude about each thing that he saw?
What are the four noble truths?
What is nirvana?
Describe two similarities and two differences between Hinduism and Buddhism

2. Unit 2: World Religions
Islam

3. Islam Basics World’s 2nd largest religion ~1.5 Billion
*Dominant in Middle East, Northern Africa

4. Islam Basics Followers called Muslims Worship in mosques
Founder = Muhammad

5. Life of Muhammad From Mecca, Saudi Arabia Lived in 600’s AD
Had a revelation
Went to a cave to pray
Angel Gabriel spoke to him
Started sharing what he heard

6. Life of Muhammad Gained followers
Mecca’s leaders didn’t like him getting powerful
They tried to kill him
Muhammad fled to Medina

7. Life of Muhammad Became leader of Medina Enemies from Mecca attacked
Defeated them, conquered most of Arabia
Died in 632; followers fought over who should become leader

9. Beliefs Monotheistic Same god as Jews, Christians
Allah = Arabic for God
God sent Moses, Jesus, as messengers
Muhammad is his final messenger

10. Beliefs Mecca = Muhammad’s hometown; most sacred city in Islam
Quran = holy text of Islam; what Angel Gabriel said to Muhammad in the cave
Ramadan = month Muhammad spent in cave; most holy time in Islam, spent fasting and praying

11. Beliefs 5 pillars of Islam
1. Proclaim belief in God, Muhammad as his messenger
2. Pray facing Mecca 5 times per day
3. Fast during Ramadan
4. Give to the poor
5. Go on pilgrimage to Mecca

12. Denominations
Based on who they think inherited leadership from Muhammad
Sunni – believe leadership went to best scholar of Islam
~75 % of Muslims
Shia – believe leadership stayed in Muhammad’s family
~25 %; mostly in Iran

13. TOD – September 10
Answer the following questions on the same post it as the warm up:
Describe two differences between Islam when compared to Hinduism and Buddhism
Describe the significance of Mecca, the Quran and Ramadan in Islam
What are the five pillars of Islam?
What are the two denominations of Islam? What does each believe in regards to who should lead the religion?
Why do images of Muhammed offend Muslims?

14. TOD: CNN Article on Images of Muhammed
Read the article “Why images of Muhammed offend Muslims” and answer the following questions on a post it:
1. If the Quran does not bar portrayals of Muhammed, why does the Islam faith discourage it?
2. How is the discouraging of portraying images of Muhammed a reaction to Christianity?
3. Why are the images of Muhammed often met with violence by Muslims?
4. Why does the ban also include Jesus and Moses?
5. What is the hadith?