1. Islam 101

2. Outline
 Islam 101
 Clearing Misconceptions
 Around the world in 3 minutes (photo
gallery)

3. Islam 101

4. What is Islam?
• 'Islam' means 'submission', and derives from an
Arabic word meaning 'peace'. In a religious
context it means complete submission to the will
of Allah.
• 'Allah' is the Arabic name for God, which is used
by Arab Muslims and Christians alike.

5. Do Islam and Christianity have
different origins?
No
Together with Judaism, they go back to prophet
Abraham, and their three prophets are directly
descended from his sons. Muhammad from the
eldest, Ishmael, and Moses and Jesus from Isaac.

6. • According to Islam, one is not born
in “original sin’
• No one carries the sin of another
• No salvation by race
• Salvation is through one’s deeds
and Allah’s mercy
Salvation in Islam

7. • “God forbids you not, with regards to those who fight you not for
[your] faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and
justly with them; for God loveth those who are just.” (Quran, 60:8)
• Islamic law protects the privileged status of minorities and grants
freedom of worship to all religious groups.
• Freedom of conscience is laid down by the Quran itself: 'There is no
compulsion in religion'. (2:256)
• The life and property of all citizens in an Islamic state are considered
sacred whether a person is Muslim or not.
• Racism is incomprehensible to Muslims
Does Islam tolerate other beliefs?

8. 1. The Quran
Sources of Divine Guidance in Islam
This opening chapter of The Quran, the Fatihah, is central in Islamic prayer. It contains the essence of The
Quran and is recited during every prayer.

9. 2. The practice and example of the Prophet
'God has no mercy on
one who has no mercy
for others.'
'None of you truly
believes until he
wishes for his brother
what he wishes for
himself.'
'He who eats his fill
while his neighbor
goes without food is
not a believer. '
'The truthful and trusty
businessman is
associated with the
prophets the saints, and
the martyrs.'
'Powerful is not he who
knocks the other
down, indeed powerful
is he who controls
himself in a fit of
anger. '
'God does not judge
according to your
bodies and
appearances but He
scans your hearts and
looks into your deeds.'
Collected sayings of Prophet Mohammad: the hadith collections of Bukhari, Muslim, and Tirmidhi

10. Most Muslims are Arabs who live in the
Middle East.
Of more than 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide,
only about 18% are Arabs.
False
True or False?

11. Which country has the largest number of
Muslims?
Indonesia - with over 200 million Muslims.

12. Africa
450m
Asia
1,116m
Europe
51m
North America
7.5m
South America
2.5m
Oceania
0.6 m
1.6 Billion Muslims(1 in 5)
Approximately
60,000 Muslims in
Western WA

13. True or False?
In Islam, Muhammad is regarded differently
from Jesus?
In Islam, Muhammad and Jesus (pbut) are
both messengers of God.
False

14. 1. Declaration of faith
The Five Pillars of Islam
“There is no god but Allah, and
Mohammed is the messenger of
Allah."2. Five daily prayers
3. Fasting Ramadan
4. Alms: 2.5% of savings
5. Pilgrimage to Makah

15. 1. Eid -ul –Fitr
Holidays In Islam
2. Eid-ul -Adha

16. Food in Islam
“Your body has rights over you”
….Prophet Mohammad (pbuh)
• Islam forbids the consumption of
pig meat or any kind of intoxicating
drink.
• Healthy lifestyle is seen as a
religious obligation

17. Clearing Misconceptions

18. Myth
Islam is a cult and Muslims worship a god
called Allah.
Reality
Islam is an monotheistic Abrahamic faith,
and Muslims worship God same as
Christians and Jews.

19. Myth
Muslims believe it is OK to kill civilians in a
holy war (“Jihad”).
Reality
Killing anyone is a great sin for Muslims.
Allah told us in the Quran: “if anyone slay
a person - unless it be for murder or for
spreading mischief in the land - it would
be as if he slew the whole people: and if
any one saved a life, it would be as if he
saved the life of the whole people”5-32

20. Jihad = Strive or Struggle
 Struggle with oneself against evil and sins
 The greatest jihad is speaking the truth in
the face of a tyrant
 No “holy war”

21. Liberation Square, Cairo - Egypt (2011)
16441 ne 74th street

22. Reality
 Modesty in Islam is required for both
men and women
 Women wear hijab as an act of worship
Myth
Most Muslim women are :
 Forced to wear hijab (head cover)
 Oppressed by society

23. What’s the difference?

24. So, who is the Muslim in these
pictures?

25.  In Islam women and men are equal, not similar and they complement each
others.
 Women have the right to own and dispose of their property and earnings.
 A Woman has the right to choose her husband and to keep her own family name
rather than taking her husband's.
 Islam gave women their due rights and dignified status over 1400 years ago.
Women didn’t have to fight, sacrifice, or struggle to earn those rights.
 Many Muslim women are of great influence and achievements in all walks of life.
Women in Islam

26. Tawakul Karrman
Yemen
Israa AbdelFattah
Egypt
Tal Almalouhi
Syria

27. Around the World in 3
minutes

28. “Read in the name of your Lord who created. Created man, out of a
leech-like clot.”
First verse of the Quran (96:1-2) revealed in year 610
Quran and Science

29. “…then We made the
leech-like clot into a
chewed-like lump of
flesh...”
The Quran 23:14

30. Al-kawarizmi (787 – 850)
Muslim Mathematician
‘
•Introduced the
decimal positional
number system
•First systematic
solution of linear
and quadratic
equations

31. Ibn Sina or Avicenna (980 – 1037)
Muslim Physician
‘
Composed 14-volume
The Canon of
Medicine, which was a
standard medical text
in Europe and the
Islamic world up until
the 18th century

32. Malcolm X (1925 – 1965)
“America needs to
understand Islam,
because this is the one
religion that erases
from its society the
race problem”

33. Muhammad Ali (1942 -
“I believe in the
religion of Islam.
I believe in Allah
and peace”

34. Lupe Fiasco
“Well, I was born
Muslim, so Islam
plays a part in my
everything I do,
to a certain extent ”

35. Football Players at Fordson High School
Dearborn, Michigan

36. Noha Abd Rabo
Taekwondo champion from Egypt
2008 Olympics

37. Hakim Olajuwon
Houston Rockets

38. Prof. Ahmad Zewail
California Institute of Technology
Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry -1999

39. A father and son wash themselves before praying,
Srinagar, Kashmire, August 2011

40. A miniature mosque made of 21,000 pieces of wafer biscuits
Surabaya, Indonesia, August 2011

41. A boy celebrating the beginning of Ramadan
Rafah, Palestine, July 31, 2011

42. Chinese Hui boys waiting to break their fast
Beijing, CHINA, August 2011

43. Woman reading Quran, Jakarta , Indonesia ( 2009)

44. Iftar dinner at the White House
Washington DC – USA (2010)

45. Night prayers, South Sulawesi - Indonesia (2009)

46. A boy reads from the Quran, Amman – Jordan (2009)

47. Friday prayers, Beijing - China (2009)

48. A child reads from the Quran, Nairobi - Kenya (2009)

49. Children pray, Manila - The Philippines (2009)

50. Eid Prayer, Sarajevo - Bosnia (2008)

51. Ramadan Crescent, Amman - Jordan (2009)

52. Larabanga Mosque - Ghana

53. Islamic Architecture - Taj Mahal, Agra , India

54. Muhammad Ali Mosque, Cairo - Egypt

55. Beit-al-Islam Mosque, Alberta - Canada

56. Blue Mosque – Istanbul, Turkey

57. Kul Sharif Mosque, Kazan - Russia

58. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem – Palestine

59. The Prophet Mosque, Al-Medina – Saudi Arabia

60. Al-Haram Mosque, Mecca – Saudi Arabia

61. O mankind! We created you from a single soul,
male and female, and made you into nations and
tribes, so that you may come to know one
another. Truly, the most honored of you in God's
sight is the greatest of you in piety. God is All-
Knowing, All Aware (49:13)