Facts about Islam
1. Arabic tribes were ruled by a Sheikh
2.. Most Arabs were polytheistic but believed in a supreme god called Allah later on and became monotheistic.
3. Muhammad started the religion of Islam while meditating in the hills, he received revelations from the angel Gabriel. Soon written down in the holy book of Islam called a Quran.
4. Islam means "peace through submission to the will of Allah", Muslims practice this religion.
5. Some of the first communities to go to the Islamic belief were Madinah and Bedouin.
6. Their are 5 Pillars of Islam they are belief, prayer, charity, fasting, hajj
7. After Muhammads death his father in law, Abu Bakr was given the title caliph in 632 because Muhammad only had daughters and no male heirs.
8. Abu Bakr made justification for expansion of the Islamic Empire by the Quran which permitted jihad.
9.. In Muslim belief warriors were guaranteed a place in paradise if they died in battle.\
10. The two caliphs following Abu Bakr were assassinated. In 661 the governor of Syria, General Muawiyah became caliph.
11. Expansion of the Islamic Empire into Europe ended in 732 the Arab forces were defeated at the Battle of Tours, ending the expansion into Europe.
12. Shia Muslims accept only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam. Sunni Muslims accepted the Umayyads as the rulers of Islam.
1. Arabic tribes were ruled by a Sheikh
2.. Most Arabs were polytheistic but believed in a supreme god called Allah later on and became monotheistic.
3. Muhammad started the religion of Islam while meditating in the hills, he received revelations from the angel Gabriel. Soon written down in the holy book of Islam called a Quran.
4. Islam means "peace through submission to the will of Allah", Muslims practice this religion.
5. Some of the first communities to go to the Islamic belief were Madinah and Bedouin.
6. Their are 5 Pillars of Islam they are belief, prayer, charity, fasting, hajj
7. After Muhammads death his father in law, Abu Bakr was given the title caliph in 632 because Muhammad only had daughters and no male heirs.
8. Abu Bakr made justification for expansion of the Islamic Empire by the Quran which permitted jihad.
9.. In Muslim belief warriors were guaranteed a place in paradise if they died in battle.\
10. The two caliphs following Abu Bakr were assassinated. In 661 the governor of Syria, General Muawiyah became caliph.
11. Expansion of the Islamic Empire into Europe ended in 732 the Arab forces were defeated at the Battle of Tours, ending the expansion into Europe.
12. Shia Muslims accept only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam. Sunni Muslims accepted the Umayyads as the rulers of Islam.