Introduction to Islam

1. Created by Aygun Hajiyeva

2. Basic Beliefs of Islam
1. One God ( Allah=Arabic word for God)
2. Judgment Day
3. Acceptance of all prophets, including Moses
and
Jesus.
4.Muhammad was the last prophet by God

3. All true Muslims must perform 5
duties
1.Affirmation of Faith
“There is nothing worthy of worship save
Allah, and Muhammad is the prophet of God”
3.Almsgiving( charitable
donations)
The duty to give away
alms and to help the
needy
4.Fasting
The duty to keep the fast
of Ramadan
2.Ritual Prayer
The duty to pray to
God 5 times each day
5.Pilgrimage (Hajj)
The duty to visit Mecca at
least once in a lifetime

5. Every art work tells something about
its Creator

14. Religion seeks to answer important questions such as
why we exist, why people suffer and die, and what
happens when we die,,,

15.  Religion: Islam
 Prophet: Muhammad
 Holy book: Quran
 Holy City: Mecca
 Religious place: Mosque

16. 656 AD-2 groups split over how the religious
leaders should be chosen.
_Shiite ( 10% of Muslims)
-Thought leader must be chosen from
Muhammad`s family
_Sunni( 90% of Muslims)
-Leader should be any devout Muslim that the
Muslims would accept.
2 groups fought each other: Sunni won and began
the 1st Muslim Empire.

17. 1. Islam is an evil Religion.
The concept of Jihad has been hijacked by many
political and religious groups over the ages.

18. _Jihad means “struggle” not “holy war”. It is a
central and broad Islamic concept that includes
struggle against evil within oneself, struggle to
improve the quality of life in society, for self-
defense or fighting against tyranny or
oppression. If there is no peaceful alternative,
Islam allows the use of force, but there are
strict rules of engagement. Innocents-such as
woman, children, or invalids-must never be
harmed, and any peaceful overtures from the
enemy must be accepted!

21. “ Whosoever killed a person-unless it be for
killing a person or for creating disorder in the
land- it shall be as if he killed all mankind: and
whoso gave life to one, it shall be as if he had
given life to all mankind.” ( Holy Quran)
“,,, and kill not yourselves. Surely Allah is
Merciful to you. And who does that by way of
transgression and injustice, we shall cast him
into Fire; and that easy with Allah.” ( Holy
Quran)
Suicide is unconditionally forbidden. When it is
used as a mechanism to murder others( suicide
bombing) then it becomes an even greater sin!

27. In Europe until the
19th century, women
did not have the
right to own their
own property, but
that right was
clearly established
in Islamic religion
centuries ago.

36. Why is Islam against “ Gay marriages” ???

39. _They say that the Islamic prophet was “
pedophile”. He married to Aisha when she was
6 years old.

40. The Isaba, speaking of the Prophet’s daughter Fatima,
says that she was born 5 years before the Call and was
about 5 years older than Aisha. This shows that Aisha
must have been about 10 years at the time of her
engagement, not marriage. And there is one report in
the Tabaqat that Aisha was 9 years old at the time of
engagment. Again it is a fact admitted on all hands that
the nikah of Aisha took place in the 10th year of the Call
in the month of Shawwal, while there is also evidence
as to the consummation of her marriage taking place in
the 2nd year of Hijra in the same month, which shows
that full 5 years had elapsed between the nikah(
engagement) and the marriage. Hence there is not the
least doubt that Aisha was at least 9 or 10 years of age
at the time of engagement, and 14 or 15 years at the
time of marriage.

41. In the 10th year of the Call ,, the 10 year after the
Holy Prophet Muhammad received his calling
from God to his mission of prophethood, that
his wife Khadija passed away, and the
approach was made to Abu Bakr for the hand
of his daughter Aisha. The Hijra or emigration
of the Holy Prophet to Madina took place 3
years later, and Aisha came to the household of
the Holy Prophet 2 years after Hijra. So if Aisha
was born in the year of the Call, she would be
10 years old at the time of the nikah and 15
years old at the time of the consummation of
the marriage. And women at that time were
getting married at that age, the conditions are
not the same.