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Islam:

Islam:. Myths and Reality. Terminology:. The religion is called ISLAM . The people are MUSLIMS. 3. Myth #1:. Most Muslims are Arabs who live in the Middle East. 3. Reality:. Of more than 1 billion Muslims worldwide , only about 1/5 are Arabs. 4. Try to Guess:.

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Islam:

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  1. Islam: Myths and Reality

  2. Terminology: The religion is called ISLAM. The people are MUSLIMS. 3

  3. Myth #1: Most Muslims are Arabs who live in the Middle East. 3

  4. Reality: Of morethan1billionMuslimsworldwide, only about 1/5 are Arabs. 4

  5. Try to Guess: • Which country has more Muslims than any other country in the world? 5

  6. Answer: • Indonesia - with over 200 million Muslims. • Note: The U.S. has about 5 million Muslims. 6

  7. http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/arthistory/ah369/islam_map.jpghttp://www.skidmore.edu/academics/arthistory/ah369/islam_map.jpg 7

  8. Myth #2: Muslims have a strange religion and worship a god called Allah. 8

  9. Reality Muslims are monotheistic just like Christians and Jews. 9

  10. Note: ‘Allah’ is the Arabic word for ‘God.’ 10

  11. Myth #3: Muslims believe it is o.k. to kill civilians in a holy war (“jihad”). 11

  12. Reality: Only Muslim extremists believe this. (Just like most Christians do NOT believe in bombing abortion clinics.) 12

  13. Myth #4: Most Muslim women wear veils over their faces and are treated very badly. 13

  14. Reality: • Muslim women have many different styles of dress. (Very few cultures require women to cover their faces.) • The treatment of women varies from country to country and family to family. • Some Muslim countries, like Pakistan, have had female prime ministers. 14

  15. Pakistani dress (left); Saudi Arabian (right) Shariah TV website 15

  16. Iranianwoman Green Cine.com 16

  17. Somali (left); West African (right) Shariah TV website 17

  18. Malaysian (left); Indian/Bangladeshi (right) 18 Shariah TV website

  19. Afghani women wearing burqas International Medical Corps photo 19

  20. Muslim girls in Texas protesting discrimination for wearing head scarves http://www.cairdfw.org 20

  21. Something to think about: Should women in a Western country be allowed to wear a headscarf if they choose? 21

  22. Main Beliefs of Islam 5PillarsofIslam 22

  23. Faith: Belief in oneGod and that Muhammad is Hisprophet. 23

  24. “There is no god but God, and Muhammad is his prophet.”

  25. Prayer 5timesaday – facing Mecca http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/galleries/salah/images/5.jpg 24

  26. Alms Givingmoneyto the poor is REQUIRED, not optional 25

  27. Fasting During the month of Ramadan, Muslims cannoteat or drinkanythingduring the daylighthours. 26

  28. Pilgrimage Once in their lives – IF they can afford it, Muslims make a pilgrimagetoMecca 27

  29. In Mecca during the pilgrimage www.thefaithclub.com 28

  30. Vocabulary: MOSQUE: a Muslimplaceofworship 29

  31. Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia http://islamicbooks.info/H-21-Madh'habs 30

  32. Mohammed Ali mosque, Cairo, Egypt http://www.solarnavigator.net/geography/egypt.htm 31

  33. Inside the Mohammed Ali Mosque http://www.ask-aladdin.com 32

  34. Dome of the Mohammed Ali mosque http://www.ask-aladdin.com 33

  35. Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Mosque), Istanbul Turkey 34 http://cs.ua.edu/~greg/personal.html

  36. Interior of the Blue Mosque http://www.britannica.com 35

  37. Dome of a mosque, Esfahan, Iran http://www.perceptivetravel.com/issues/1106/maclean.html 36

  38. Interior of a mosque in Iran http://www.worldisround.com/articles/73022/photo621.html 37

  39. Mosque in Djenne, Mali (West Africa) http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/17028.html 38

  40. North African mosque http://www.galenfrysinger.com/tunis.htm 39

  41. Indonesian mosque http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Brunei/index.html 40

  42. Islamic architecture in Spain 41

  43. Muslim mosque and tombstone in Sarajevo, Bosnia Yugoslavia: Republics and Provinces 42

  44. Mosque in Tempe, Arizona http://www.4uth.gov.ua/usa/english/society/muslimlife/mosques.htm 43

  45. Mosque in Murfreesboro

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