Religious Studies: Islam

Religious Studies: Islam

1. Pre-Islamic Arabia

   • Jahilliyya (Days of ignoranance)
   • Influences in Arabia
     • Christian
     • Zoroastrianism
     • Jewish
     • Pagan

2. The Five Pillars of Islam

   • Shahadah
   • Salah
   • Sawm
   • Zakat
   • Hajj

3. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

   • Muhammad's upbringing and his life in Makkah
   • Religious significance of the Night Journey
   • Reasons for Muhammad's migration to Al-Madinah
   • Significance of Muhammad's dual role as both Prophet and Statesman in Madinah
   • The 3 Battles and the Return to Makkah
   • Implications of the social/political environment which Muhammad lived and worked

4. Practices: worship & the Mosque (with the theological significance)

5. Beliefs about Allah and human relationships

   • Allah as Creator, Judge and Guide
   • Tawhid (Oneness of God) and Shirk (Worshiping anything but Allah)
   • Kalam Argument as proof of Allah's existence

6. The Qur'an (+ Surah 1&96 imp.)