ISLAM_Group Pitch Perfect 20231022_192711_0000.pptx

Understanding Islamic Faith

1. ISLAM

2. Islam - submission to the will of Allah

3. Establish around seventh century C.E, Islam is the youngest among the world's major religions.With more than 1.5 billion adherents comprising almost one-fourth of the entire world population, Islam is the second largest and one of the fasting going religions in the world. ISLAM

4. Majority of Muslims, the followers of Islam, live in Asia and Africa. There are 49 countries in the world that are Muslim-majority or comprise 50% of the population. The 1.2 billion Muslims in these countries equivalent to 74% of the entire Muslim population worldwide. More than 60% of the worlds Muslims can be found in Asia, including Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Iran. Indonesia is the worlds most populous Muslim-majority country with almost 87% of the population practicing the Islam religion. In Africa, sizeable Muslim Communities are found in Egypt and Nigeria.

5. Pilgrims, performing Tawaf, which means "circling". Considered as one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage, it is performed during the Haji (one of the pillars of Islam which refers to the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca) wherein Muslims walk around the Kaaba (the most sacred site in Islam found in Mecca, Saudi Arabia) seven times in a counterclockwise direction.

6. The star and crescent has become the acknowledged representation of the Islamic faith. The symbol can be seen in the national flags of states that came about following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the 20th century. Around the 1970s, it was adopted by movements that advocated Arab nationalism. Traditionally, the crescent moon or the hilal has early connections with royalty. It is also closely linked to the lunar calendar that orders the religious life of the Muslims (Bowker 1997). SYMBOLS

7. Islam began with the Arabian desert people around early seventh century C.E. These people had developed their own set of beliefs prior to the formal establishment of Islam and had been influenced by other religions for a long periods of time, including Byzantine Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

8. Judea, the home of Christianity, was not too far away from Arabia, and the great cities of Damascus, Antioch, and Alexandria were neighbors to Mecca and Medina (Hopfe 1983). Byzantine rulers, however antagonized Arab Christians that provided an impetus for their acceptance of a new Arab religion that started with the establishment of Islam. On the other hand, the Arabian people were also familiar with Judaism. For one, several desert tribes were Jewish in Origin. When the Muslim forces entered the Medina in 622 C.E, many citizens of the city were Jewish. Lastly the Muslims may have been in contact with the Persian Zoroastrians though its influence may be not as strong compared to Christianity and Judaism. •

9. Perhaps the single most important factor that accelerated the development of a new religion in the Arabian interior was the native religion practiced by Arabs. Pre-Islamic people worshipped a variety of gods. While they recognize the existence of the supreme god, local and tribal gods were mostly venerated by the people. Carvedd images were done to represent these gods that were often revered and given blood sacrifices (Hope 1983). Apart from the presence these gods, there were also angles, fairies, demonic creatures and evil spirits in the pre-Islam religion.

10. Apart from worshipping a pantheon of gods, Pre-Islamic religion was also animistic in character. Spirits found in rocks, trees, and wells had to be revered at their sanctuaries and placated for assistance. In time, the city of Mecca became a sacred shrine because of these animistic associations (Hopfe 1983). A meteoric stone that had fallen in Mecca centuries before became an object of veneration to the animistic people. Pilgrims then built an enclosure around the stone and called it Kaaba.

11. Various images and relics gradually filled the Kaaba, including a painting of Jesus and Mary. Pilgrims traveled to Mecca to worship at the shrine. The "Black Stone", which according to Muslim tradition dates back to the time of Adam and eve eventually became a very important object for the Meccans at the time when various clans struggled to control the Kaaba. Mecca, situated on the central western coast of Arabia is positioned on the major north-south caravan (Hopfe 1983).

12. "Black Stone"

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