1. Islam

2. The Five Pillars of Islam 1.No god but Allah and Muhammad is His prophet 2.Daily prayer 3.Fasting during Ramadan 4.Charity 5.Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) Jihad?

3. The Ka’aba

4. Principles of Islam Strict Monotheism –Acknowledgement of other “Peoples of the Book” (taxed Universal faith –No priestly caste –Arabic Communal devotion--Umma –“Islam”—Submission –“Muslim”—One who submits –Alms giving and expansion –Hajj Common tradition of law (Sharia) and Morals (Hadith)

5. The Expansion of Islam The Umayyad Dynasty 622-750 CE The Abbasid Dynasty 750-1258 CE

6. Divisions in Islam Sunni –Caliphs (deputies) drawn from closest followers of Prophet –Abu Bakr Shia –Ali, Prophet’s son-in-law Suffism –Mystical and ecstatic experience of God

7. Sufi Dervishes

8. The Islamic World Today