1. Peace Through Submission and Commitment to God
ISlam
Peace Through Submission
and Commitment to God

3. Allahu Akhbar!!

4. God is Great! (2x) There is no god but God.
I bear witness that there is
no god but God (Allah). (2x) I bear witness that Muhammad is
the messenger of God. (2x)
Hurry to the prayer. (2x) Hurry to salvation. (2x) Prayer is better than sleep. (2x)
God is Great! (2x) There is no god but God.
Allahu Akhbar!!

5. Allahu Akhbar!! Intense monotheism Peace through submission
and commitment to God
“The Muslim life comes under
new management”

7. 1: Faith
“There is no god but God.
Mohammad is God’s
messenger.”

8. No “associating” anything with God.
1: Faith
No “associating” anything
with God.
Many prophets:
“each people has its Messenger”
25 named, including Adam, Ibrahim,
Musa, Dawud, Elias, Sulaiman, Isa

9. 2: Prayer
Five times per day:
Dawn
Midday
Mid-afternoon
Sunset
At retiring

10. 2: Prayer
Recitation of Qur’an verses
Postures of submission
Recitation of faith
Greeting of Peace
“Rosaries”
Free prayer – praise and petition

11. 2: Prayer
mihrab
masjid

12. 3: Fasting
Month of Ramadan
23 April – 23 May 2020
Sunup to Sundown
“Iftar” – break-fast at sundown
Eid al-Fitr – end of Ramadan

13. 4: Almsgiving
Not charity –
we are only stewards
(So: no interest allowed)
Not for masjid support
2.5% annually of net worth

14. 5: Hajj
Ka’aba – In Mecca
Ibrahim & Ismail
Adam and Hawa
All able adults – at least once
“At your service, God, at your service.”

15. 5: Hajj

16. Discuss: Do you have a place that is a focal point of your faith life?
5: Hajj
Discuss:
Do you have a place
that is a focal point
of your faith life?

17. The Qur’an
Word of God
Dictated
by Jibril
to Muhammad

18. The Qur’an Opening Sura: In the name of Allah, the entirely merciful,
the especially merciful. All praise is due
to Allah, Lord of the worlds – the entirely merciful, the especially merciful, sovereign
of the Day of Recompense.
It is you we worship and you we ask for help.
Guide us to the straight path – the path of those upon whom you have bestowed favor, not
of those who have evoked your anger or who have gone astray.

19. Choose one aya (verse), read it aloud, and discuss its meaning
The Qur’an
Choose one aya (verse), read it aloud, and discuss its meaning
and its impact on you.

20. Global Muslim Communities
Sunni – 85% worldwide
Egypt & Indonesia
Shi’i – 12% worldwide
Iran & Iraq
<Sufi>
>Druze<

21. Global Muslim Communities

22. Geopolitics and
Muslim Worldview
Dar al-Islam – regions shaped by Islam
Dar al-Harb – regions shaped by “the
sword” (not accommodating of Islam)

23. The Effort (jihad)
of Muslim Commitment
“Greater Jihad” – maintaining personal
commitment, witness, standards
“Lesser Jihad” – defending Dar al-Islam
and the community when the faith
is oppressed or under attack

24. Islam in America
Immigration:
(Forced) – African Muslim slaves (~30k)
– Lebanese/Syrian; economic
– Lebanese –> Ford Rouge
plant (Dearborn MI)
post-WWII – political refugees and
educational opportunity
1970s – Ugadan and Iranian refugees

25. Islam in America
“Indigenous”:
Nation of Islam
WD Fard & Elijah (Poole) Mohammed
Wallace/Warith Deen realigned to
orthodox Islam
Louis Farrakhan split and renewed
a separatist organization

26. Islam in America
Islamic Center
of the Quad Cities
founded 1982 (first in the QCA)
Moline masjid opened October, 2004
Sunni
Highly international – 30+ countries
Imam Bachir Djehiche (new this summer)

27. Islam in America
Islamic Center
of the Quad Cities
th Avenue, Moline
Saturday, 27 July
Prayer: 6:30 pm
Teaching: 6:45 pm
Community Dinner: 7:30 pm

28. Peace Through Submission and Commitment to God
ISlam
Peace Through Submission
and Commitment to God