Les 1: Islam Introductie

ISLAM

2024-2025

Class 2b

Lesson 1: Introduction Islam

Program 

1. Salam Aleikum - ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

2. How did Islam begin?

3. 

Salam Aleikum - ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ

Translation: Peace be upon you

Common greeting for muslims around the world

What belongs to Islam?

Religion of Muslims

Holy book

Arabic for God

Messenger of God

Follower of Islam

Islam

Qur'an

Allah

Prophet

Muslim

The basics

THE Islam doesn't exist  (DE islam bestaat niet)

-> Evolved over time

-> Internally diverse

-> Embedded in cultures around the world

Basic principles that apply to most Muslims, but always exceptions

Denominations: Sunni, Shia, Sufi, Ahmadiyya, Ibadi

Islam = submission

Scholar Edward Said: "Islams rather than Islam - once one gets a tiny step beyond core beliefs and the centrality of the Quran, one has entered an astoundingly complicated world."

Arabian Peninsula around 570CE

Beginnings

• Muhammad born 570CE born in Mecca
• Final prophet
• Allah revealed himself to earlier prophets but the message was changed and corrupted
• Monotheistic 
• Oneness of God - Tawhid
• Qur'an final revelation 
• Written in Arabic -> translations are considered interpretations

Where do Muslims live?

- Dominant religion in North Africa and the Middle East

Largest Muslim populations: Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India

Islam is not only an Arab religion (and not all Arabs are Muslim)