New Age3.5 million Shinto3 million Wicca1-3 million Unification Church1-3 million Aladura1 million Rastafari1 million Unitarian Universalism 800,000.

New Age3.5 million Shinto3 million Wicca1-3 million Unification Church1-3 million Aladura1 million Rastafari1 million Unitarian Universalism 800,000 Hare Krishna250,000 - 1 million Druze500,000 Scientology500,000 Christian Science400,000 Zoroastrianism200,000 New Thought160,000 Bn100,000 Nation of Islam10,000 - 100,000 GnosticismSmall modern revival groups Mayan ReligionSmall modern revival groups Christianity2.1 billion Islam1.5 billion Atheism/Agnostic/ Non-Religious 1.1 billion Hinduism1 billion Chinese Religion400 million Buddhism350 million Sikhism23 million Taoism20 million Judaism14 million Mormonism13.5 million Spiritualism11 million Falun Gong10 million Seventh-day Adventists10 million Jehovah's Witnesses7 million Jainism6 million Baha'i5 million Confucianism5 million Cao Dai4-6 million

Faith Six Articles of Faith Deeds Five Pillars of Islam

Six Articles of Faith A true Muslim believes in Allah Angels Prophets Divine Books Day of Judgement Fate

Allah 99 names of Allah: The Exceedingly Compassionate, Beneficent, Gracious, The Merciful, The King, The Sovereign, The Holy, The Divine, The Peace, The Guarantor, The Affirming

Angels and Jinn Jinn Created from smokeless fire Have free will, good and bad Can look like humans or animals (pure black dog/cat/snake) Satan is a fallen Jinn (called Iblis) Angels Made of light and have wings Dont have free will Used for communicating revelations from God, glorifying God, recording peoples actions, taking a persons soul at time of death

Quran Means the recitation Delivered by Gabriel to Muhammad in a cave in 610 AD Received revelations over 23 years

Mecca Medina

Quran Muhammad couldnt read or write, so he had to memorise and recite to his disciples Compiled 20 years after Muhammads death Consists of 114 chapters (suras) Cover ethics, history, law and theology Written as poetry and prose (some rhyming) This dialect of Arabic became the formal Arabic of the Islamic nations

Tajwid Tajwid determines how the Quran should be recited: Pronunciation Pauses and resumption Melody 10 variations

Desecration Most traditional schools require ritual ablutions Burn or bury in cloth old books Cannot recycle the paper Desecration punishable by life imprisonment in some countries and by death in Afghanistan, Somalia and Pakistan

Relation to Bible Biblical prophets are recognised Adam, Enoch, Noah, Eber, Saleh, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Jethro, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, John the Baptist, Jesus Tanakh and New Testament are non-canonical but useful as a corrupted inspired text

Hadith Collection of sayings and deeds of Muhammad as recorded by his companions Supplements and clarifies Quran

Jesus (Isa) Virgin birth Well-built, average height, broad chest, fair complexion, long slightly curly hair to his shoulders No Trinity Allah gave the ability to perform miracles Wasnt crucified or resurrected Didnt die but ascended into heaven Believe in second coming

Muhammad Muhammad Ibn Abdullah born in 570 AD in Mecca and died in 632 AD Got married at 25 to Khadija who was 40, and then had seven children Had 12 wives during his life Had 40 converts in the first 3 years Early on the ruling tribe persecuted the Muslims with beating and boycotting their business Settled in Medina, but became militant towards his later life and retook Mecca

Resurrection and Judgement Bodily resurrection Judged on good vs. bad deeds Charity, prayer, compassion towards animals Eschatology 1.Mahdi on a white horse 2.False messiah, Masih ad- Dajjal (aka Antichrist) 3.Return of Isa (Jesus) to slay Dajjal

Predestination Ye shall not will except as God wills Allah has full knowledge and control over everything Good and evil Salvation

Five Pillars of Islam ConfessionPrayerFastingCharityPilgrimage A true Muslim will undertake

Confession of Faith (Shahada) aka How Convert to Islam Everyone is a Muslim at birth, so accepting Islam reverts them back to the original condition Three honest recitations of the shahadah with an Imam and others to witness: There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God

Prayer (Salah) Focus mind on God and express gratitude and worship In Arabic, with verses from Quran Five times a day

Fasting (Sawm) Ramadan No drinking, eating, sex, smoking and chewing gum during daylight 9 July to 7 August 2013 Eid al-Fitr (Lesser Eid) 7-8 August 2013 Eid al-Adha (Greater Eid) 14-15 October 2013

Charity (Zakat) Charity given to poor Helps giver by moving them towards more holiness and submission to Allah 1/40 or 2.5% of capital assets per year

Pilgrimage (Hajj) Pilgrimage to Mecca if they are able Takes place in the last month of the Islamic calendar 13-18 October 2013 1.Walk counter clockwise around the Kaaba 2.Run back and forth between hills 3.Drink from the Zamzam Well 4.Stand in vigil at Mount Arafat 5.Throw stones at the walls of Mina 6.Shave heads 7.Animal sacrifice

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Shariah Covers Hygiene, economics, diet, theological obligations, marriage, crime, military, dress code, etc. Legal proceedings No lawyers or jury No binding precedents Priority on oral testimony Punishments Qisas, Diyya, Hudud, Tazir

Means lawful or permissible Applies to all food (animal by-products) Meat from herbivorous animal slaughtered in the name of God by a Muslim, Jew or Christian Forbidden: pork, blood, food offered to idols, carrion, alcohol Can eat non-halal if no other option

Jihad Means to strive or struggle Can be used for visible enemy, Satan, or sinful desires Greater jihad vs. lesser jihad Muhammad ordered 100 military expeditions Physically took part in 27 of these

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Madrasa Islamic educational institution 1.Memorise Quran 2.Interpret Quran 3.Shariah 4.Hadiths 5.Jurisprudence 6.Muslim history

Hijaab Say to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty Say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear; they should not display their beauty except to their husbands, fathers, husbands fathers, sons

Hijaab 1.Body should be covered Males: navel to knees Women: complete body except face and hands 2.Clothes should be loose and not reveal figure 3.Clothes should not be transparent 4.Clothes should not be glamorous 5.Clothes should not resemble opposite sex 6.Clothes should not resemble unbelievers

Islamic Veils NiqabBurqaChadorHijab

Polygamy Quran says marry only one Only religious book that provides that instruction but also says Marry women of your choice, two, or three, or four, but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly, then only one Justified by: Average lifespan of females is greater (inc. wars) Female population is greater

Polyandry Cant easily identify who the parents are Man is more polygamous by nature Easier for a man to perform his duties as husband

Women For witnessing financial transactions, either need two men, or one man and two women Women inherit half of what a man receives

Islam in Contexts

Islam in India

3 rd largest population Generally more children than Hindus Castes Ashrafs (Arab ancestry) vs Ajlafs (Hindu converts) Partition of India India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Christianity and Islam Catechism of the Catholic Church The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankinds judge on the last day. Quran Salvation for any Christians before Muhammad

Arabic Phrases In sh AllhIf God wills Allhu akbarGod is great As-salamu `alaykumPeace be unto you BismillahIn the name of God Eid MubrakBlessed Eid Eid SadHappy Eid

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