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OUTLINE

• Brief Introduction
• Prophet Muhammed (pbuh)
• Islamic Spectrum
• Worship
• Holy Days
• Women in Islam
• Questions/Answers

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Islam

• Islam is the name of the religion.
• The root of the word Islam comes from SALAM
  which means peace.
• Islam also means complete submission to one God
  and living in peace with the creator, with
  yourself and with the environment

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Muslims in the World

• 1.2 billion
• 1 of 5 humans in the world is a Muslim.
• Second largest religion in the world.
• Fastest growing religion in the world.

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World Distribution of Muslim
Source  Britannica Yearbook, 1997
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Prophet Muhammed (pbuh)

• The Seal of the Prophets
• The Servant
• He was given the most exalted and noble
  character.
• His conduct was the Quran
• He was the Embodiment of the Quran
• He was the example whose whole life is imitated

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Islamic Spectrum

• SUNNI - Following the SUNNAH
• SHIA - Partisan, follower
• MAIN DIFFERENCES
• Imam

• SUNNI SCHOOLS OF LAW
• Hanafi
• Maliki
• ShafiI
• Hanbali

• SHI MADHHABS
• Ithna Ashariyyah
• Twelve-Imam Shiism
• Ismailism
• Zaydiism

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Worship

• DUA
• Supplication (Petition)
• Call me, and I will answer you.
• SALAH (SALAT)
• Prescribed Prayer (5 time prayer)
• Ritual Prayer
• IBADAH (WORSHIP)

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Holy Days

• RAMADAN EID AL FITR
• Feast of Fast Breaking
• 3 days
• EID AL ADHA
• Sacrificial Feast
• Tradition of Prophet Abraham (pbuh)
• It is not a blood atonement.
• 4 days

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Women in Islam

• Men and women are made of the same soul.
• Indeed the noblest of you on the sight of God is
  the most pious. Quran 4040
• Whoever does right, whether male or female, all
  such will anter the garden. Quran 1697
• They (your wives) are your garment and you are a
  garment for them. Quran 2187

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Women in Islam

• Islamic law makes no demand that women should
  confine themselves to household duties.
• Women have been given to right to work like men,
  however they dont have to work for living.
• A believing woman has always had the right to own
  and manage her own property.
• Men are not allowed to treat women with
  disrespect, to gaze at them, to touch them, to
  spread rumors about their chastity without four
  witnesses.

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Women in Islam

• In an Islamic Society, Women have the following
  rights
• The right and duty to obtain education.
• The right to have their own property.
• The right to work to earn money.
• Equality of reward for equal deeds.
• The right to express their opinion and be heard.
• The right to provisions from the husband for all
  her needs.