ISLAMIt all started in the seventh century when the prophet Muhammad advised some disciples that were persecuted by the pre-Islamic inhabitants. Those disciples had to migrate to another area to the Red Sea in the Christian Kingdom of Abyssinia. This migration was called the first hijrah. Africa became the first safe haven for Muslims and the first place Islam would be practiced outside of the Arabian Peninsula. After the dead of Muhammad the islam had been expanded around all Africa. All the territories became to Islam. They built lots of mosques but they had problems, on Fridays were very crowded.
The muslims conquered Spain in the sixth century. In seven years conquered the Iberian peninsula. One reason for the rapid Muslim success was the generous surrender terms that they offered the people. Muslim rule declined after that and ended in 1492 when Granada was conquered.
The Ottoman Empire was the one of the largest and longest in Empires in history. It was an empire inspired and by Islam, and Islamic institutions.It replaced the Byzantine Empire as the major power in the Eastern Mediterranean.
BELIEFS
·Belief in Allah as the one and only God
·Belief in angels
·Belief in the holy books like the Quran
·Belief in the Prophets like Abraham
·Belief in the Day of Judgement
·Belief in Predestination
HOLY DAYS
There are only two Muslim festivals set down in Islamic law: Eid ul Fitr and Eid ul Adha.
Eid ul Fitr: The festival begins when the first sight of the new moon is seen in the sky. There are special services out of doors and in Mosques, processions through the streets, and of course, a special celebratory meal.
Eid ul Adha: The festival remembers the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. During the festival Muslims who can afford to, sacrifice domestic animals, usually sheep, as a symbol of Ibraham's sacrifice.
They also celebrate the Ramadan:
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and there are several reasons why it is considered important:
· The Quran was first revealed during this month
· The gates of Heaven are open
· The gates of Hell are closed.
PRACTICES
The most important Muslim practices are the Five Pillars of Islam.
The Five Pillars of Islam are the five obligations that every Muslim must satisfy in order to live a good and responsible life according to Islam.
The Five Pillars consist of:
-Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith
-Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day
-Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy
-Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan
-Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
MOSQUE
Muslims worship in a building called a mosque. Outside of every mosque there’s a place to leave the shoes. The main hall of a mosque is a bare room largely devoid of furniture. There are no pictures or statues. Muslims believe these are blasphemous, since there can be no image of Allah who is wholly spirit. Many mosques have a minaret which is a tall thin tower. Women can attend the mosque and when they do they sit separately from the men. This is out of modesty and to prevent any distraction. It is more usual for women to pray at home.
QURAN
The Qur'an is the holy book for Muslims, revealed in stages to the Prophet Muhammad over 23 years. There are 114 chapters in the Qur'an, which is written in the old Arabic dialect. Translations of the Qur'an exist in over 40 languages. The Qur'an is treated with immense respect by Muslims because it is the sacred word of God.
SHARI'A LAW IN AFRICA
The Shari’a law is the legal code of the islam. It talks about the marriage, the divorce and the child custody. It’s a very conservative law. Per exemple, this law in Nigeria allows to stone and kill the womans that have convicted adultery. The Shari’a can be the law of a country. It manages testaments, inheritances and bank issues.
SUFISM
It is about Islamic spirituality. It talks about affairs of the spirit, soul purification, metaphysics, the internal interpretation of Islamic precepts, the relationship between God and the Cosmos. Another main idea is the consecution of the God proximity.
Notable Muslim African Kingdoms and Sultanates
Kanem Empire (700 AD - 1376 AD)
Kingdom of Kano (1000 AD - 1805 AD)Ifat Sultunate (1285 AD - 1340 ADBornu Empire (1369 AD - 1893 AD)Sultanate of Darfur (1603 AD - 1874 AD)Kong Empire (1710 AD - 1894 AD)
QUESTIONS:
-What did you feel or think about the film?
It was very boring, slow and repetitive.
-What are the main ideas you understood from the native american guy?
He does the traditions because he believes that they are important for his life
-What do you think about Mourinho's comments?
It is a strategy to distract the press and the team because they lost. He does every time he losses and also he never speaks of football when he looses.
I chose one myth and comment it. I chose two stories and comment them and finally i put a new new and i answered the different news from other continents. But I had a problem with Ocenia because i couldn't answer their answers.
I've been looking for Islam in bbc and in wikipedia. I have posted another new and answered the other news
I've finished Islam summary and I posted a new new and I've answered questions
I've done the power point and posted the summary of Islam
What is it better, for a children to have a hungry life and difficult, but to stay with their family or to have a comfortable woman who's not their mother?
SOUTHAFRICA https://docs.google.com/viewer
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SERGI
RASTAFARI
In the Rastafarian movement, as in other prophetic and millenarian movements, dream experience represents an important source of religious inspiration. Dreams have played a considerable role in the production of Rastafarian ideology, which is based on potent biblical imagery and on the philosophy of Marcus Garvey, the Jamaican father of Pan-Africanism.
The Rastafarian movement-named after Ras Tafari (better known as Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia)-is a predominantly black form of social protest that originated in Jamaica in the early 1930s. This movement was a response to racial discrimination and to the manifestations of capitalist-imperialist domination that was the legacy of plantation slavery.
A fundamentalist approach to the Bible characterizes Rastafarian religion, which can be regarded as a form of black Zionism, with a strong emphasis on the ideology of Ethiopianism. According to Rasta, black people are to be considered the true Israelites, and have awaited the return of the Messiah, Jah Rastafari-manifested in the person of Emperor Haile Selassie I-to repatriate them to Africa. Africa is viewed in biblical terms as the ancestral Zion, which is opposed to Babylon, the white-ruled world.
The Rastafarian movement-named after Ras Tafari (better known as Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia)-is a predominantly black form of social protest that originated in Jamaica in the early 1930s. This movement was a response to racial discrimination and to the manifestations of capitalist-imperialist domination that was the legacy of plantation slavery.
A fundamentalist approach to the Bible characterizes Rastafarian religion, which can be regarded as a form of black Zionism, with a strong emphasis on the ideology of Ethiopianism. According to Rasta, black people are to be considered the true Israelites, and have awaited the return of the Messiah, Jah Rastafari-manifested in the person of Emperor Haile Selassie I-to repatriate them to Africa. Africa is viewed in biblical terms as the ancestral Zion, which is opposed to Babylon, the white-ruled world.
General information about rastafari:
http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/rastafar.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/rastafarians
Rastafari in Africa:
http://www.earthcultureroots.com/rastafarism.html
http://reggaechile.tripod.com/rastafari.htm
POWER POINT RASTAFARIAN RELIGION
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POWER POINT CONGO
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