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- 2. Key Beliefs • Monotheism(Belief in One God). • God’s Fundamentals: Creation, Sustenance, Guidance, and Judgment. • “Humanity’s job is to make the Earth a better place.” • Humans are greedy, morally weak, and thus need prophets to teach others how to live.
- 3. Practice • Five Pillarsof Islam: 1. Shahada (Testify) 2. Salah (Prayer) 3. Seyam (Fasting) 4. Zakat (Charity) 5. Hajj (Pilgrimage) • Oneness of Lordship, Oneness of Worship, Oneness of Mankind.
- 4. The Original Islam •The Pagan Arabs. • Worshipped 360 Gods (polytheistic). • Gods represented the powers of nature, animals, sun, moon, stars, etc. • All Gods are under the control of one supreme God, or, Allah. • Allah originally was the Moon God.
- 5. Islamic Reforms • Between610 – 661 AD: Muhammad’s Mission - revolution that changed Arab societies, formed ‘New Islam’. • Reforms: Social Security, Family Structure, Slavery, Women's Rights / Ethnic Minorities, etc.
- 6. Islamic Reforms (cont.) •Muhammad preached against social evils of his day. • Condemned practices of the Pagan Arabs, Female Infanticide, Exploitation of the Poor, Usury, Murder, Fornication, Adultery, False Contracts, etc. • “Muhammad lead many social and moral reforms and changed the face of Islam to what it is now known as today.”
- 7. Extremism • Based onan extremely conservative view of Islam, emphasized by Jihad and Islam Fundamentalism. • Use of Extreme Tactics, Bombings, Assassinations, etc. • Performed in order to achieve political/social standpoints.
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