Essential Question How did Islam begin and grow

Essential Question How did Islam begin and grow?

Early gods • Most Arab tribes were polytheistic before 600 A. D. • Polytheistic: believe in many gods • They used idols (small statues) to represent them.

Mecca and the Kaaba Mecca was a small trading town built around the Kaaba Tribes kept idols to their gods in the Kaaba

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The message • Muhammad would be God’s messenger. • There’s one God, period. • Continued beliefs in Old Just one God. Don’t Testamentlike prophets it? Too bad!like Abraham and Moses.

Islam

The Qur’an (Koran) “The Word of Allah” The Sunna “The Words and deeds of Muhammad” (includes the Five Pillars)

Jesus Christianity • The Son of God • Saves people from their sins. • Died on the cross and resurrected to defeat sin and death. Islam • Not Son of God, just a prophet • Doesn’t provide salvation, says people don’t need it. • Never died at all, went directly into Heaven.

Five Pillars of Islam • Set of 5 rules all Muslims must live by. • Given by Muhammad in the Sunna.

Government

Spreading Islam • The ideas were not accepted peacefully. • Muhammad was kicked out of Mecca for preaching there was one God. • He went to Medina to build an army.

Military Conquests • He returned to Mecca and fought for 3 years before conquering them and destroying their idols. • The Muslims then went on to attack any tribe around them who would not change their religion. • This continued for hundreds of years until they had created a huge empire.