PPT-ISLAM

EARLY BEGINNINGS A prophet named Muhammad was born in 570 AD He was orphaned at age 6 and raised by an uncle and grandfather Muhammads uncle was a trader and Muhammad went with him on his travels. 550 CE – 900 CE. Geography. The . Arabian Peninsula. was a desert land that lacked water sources. The people who lived in the peninsula were . nomads,. people who moved constantly to find water and food for their animals because of the hostile surroundings. . Changes in Power and Conflict. So! What did that whole Islam thing do?. Effect . on the people in Arabia?. Other religions that were practiced?. Who was in . charge of Islam?. Why was he in charge?. Under Muhammad: 610-632. By: Salman Ali Farooqi. Introduction. This power point is about how are 2 ways of conveying the message of Islam if Muhammad (SAW) was still alive. In the past Muhammad (saw) and his fellow Muslim people had great difficulty spreading Islam. The only thing thy used to spread the message of Islam was travelling from place to place on a Horse or a camel. Now we have everything and we could communicate without even travelling, just by using the technology we have today. That’s what this power point is about. . A Four-Way Comparison. India, Anatolia, West Africa, and Spain. Background…. Arab empire had all but disintegrated politically by the tenth century. Last Abbasid caliph killed when Mongols sacked Baghdad in 1258. A Prophet and His World. The Arabian Peninsula was a crossroads of trade between the Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Basin.. Meant that any religious ideas developed there would spread quickly to the rest of the world.. Islam . Is an arabic word coming from the root s-l-m (think shalom in Hebrew). . It means peace or to surrender = It is the peace that comes from surrendering to God. . Holy Book(s). Islam recognizes both the Jewish Scriptures (OT) and the Christian Scriptures (OT + NT) as sacred texts which contain the revelations of prophets. . The Life of . Muhammad . and the genesis of . Islam. Muhammad influenced the worship of a single, almighty god - Allah. Orphaned. Resided in Mecca as a trader . Married the widow Khadijah. Revelations from Allah were given to Muhammad via the angel Gabriel in 610 CE. Chapter . 13. I: A Prophet and His World. Arabian Peninsula: . harsh environment. , . Bedouins (nomadic herders, clan-based, polytheistic), . long-distance trade . (sea -> camel caravan). Link between India/China and Persia/Byzantine. Dr. Tilman Lanz. Minorities and Multilingualism Program. Department of Frisian Language and Culture. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. t.lanz@rug.nl. Hypothesis. The frequency of terrorist attacks by young Muslims in Europe suggests that there are significant problems with the integration of these youth into European societies. We may also assume that there are significant tensions among Muslims in Europe what the ‚right‘ Islam is. This is a European problem, merely aggravated by the Islamic State. . Qur’anic . B. asis for Inter-Racial . R. elationships . Inter-racial Relationships in the Life of Prophet Muhammad, . pbuh. I. nter-racial Events in Muslim Communities in History . Observations on American Islamic Race-Relations in the US – Yesterday and Today. . : . 1.2. Billion. Location. : Most reside in the countries that make up the . Middle East. Origins. Founded by Muhammad . (570 BC). Muhammad was an Arab Trader who was instructed by the Angel Gabriel to “proclaim” the word of GOD.. 600 C.E. to 1450 C.E.. From 600-1450 in the Middle East the Arabs went from decentralized clans led by Sheiks to unification under the banner of Islam. Led by a Caliph. The early Arab belief of polytheism and animism was supplanted to reflect the Abrahamic tradition of ethical . Born in Mecca. Went to Desert to pray. Angel spoke to him. Islam Grows. Muhammad preaches to public. Only one God. God requires people to submit or obey. Islam Today……. Arabic word for Submission: . U3A Wodonga 2018. In the beginning. Islam was not a new religion. Same god as the Jew (Yahweh /Allah. Jews and Christians regarded also as “people of the book” i.e. monotheists. Mohammed even sent followers to safety in Christian Ethiopia..