1. STATION 1 ISLAM: THE ORIGINS

2. OVERVIEW OF ISLAM 1 Today, Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion with more than 1 billion followers throughout the world

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4. ISLAM Kabba Arabians were polytheistic & came to visit Mecca to pray to the Kabba, a shrine containing idols of 360 different gods (including Allah ) Islam is a monotheistic religion that began in city of Mecca located on the Arabian Peninsula near the Byzantine Empire

5. ISLAM 1 Mohammad was born in Mecca & was interested in monotheism of Jews & Christians who traded in Mecca Allah At age 40, Mohammad had a vision that told him he was a messenger of Allah (Arabic word for “god”; the same god as Christians & Jews) Islam Muhammad called his religion Islam (“surrender to God”) & destroyed the other idols in the Kabba