ISLAM

Islam

1.6 Billion Muslims in 200+ Countries

23% of world population

2.6 Million Muslims (0.8% pop) and 1200+ mosques in US

Largest percentage in Indonesia

The world’s Muslim population is expected to increase by about 35% in the next 20 years, rising from 1.6 billion in 2010 to 2.2 billion by 2030, according to new population projections by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.

Growth of Islam

If current trends continue, however, 79 countries will have a million or more Muslim inhabitants in 2030, up from 72 countries today. A majority of the world’s Muslims (about 60%) will continue to live in the Asia-Pacific region, while about 20% will live in the Middle East and North Africa, as is the case today. But Pakistan is expected to surpass Indonesia as the country with the single largest Muslim population. The portion of the world’s Muslims living in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to rise; in 20 years, for example, more Muslims are likely to live in Nigeria than in Egypt. Muslims will remain relatively small minorities in Europe and the Americas, but they are expected to constitute a growing share of the total population in these regions.

Growth of Islam

In the United States, for example, the population projections show the number of Muslims more than doubling over the next two decades, rising from 2.6 million in 2010 to 6.2 million in 2030, in large part because of immigration and higher-than-average fertility among Muslims. The Muslim share of the U.S. population (adults and children) is projected to grow from 0.8% in 2010 to 1.7% in 2030, making Muslims roughly as numerous as Jews or Episcopalians are in the United States today. Although several European countries will have substantially higher percentages of Muslims, the United States is projected to have a larger number of Muslims by 2030 than any European countries other than Russia and France.

Islamic Center of Columbia

Sunni / Imam Muhammah Adly

“The Islamic Center of Columbia, SC, known as Masjid al-Muslimiin, is located at 1929 Gervais street in downtown Columbia, the capital city of South Carolina.

“It has been in operation since 1981 and presently serves the needs of approximately five hundred Muslims. Being in close proximity to the University of South Carolina, it also serves as a source of Islamic activity and guidance to the Muslim students, both indigenous Americans as well as students from abroad, while they pursue their undergraduate or graduate studies.” (http://www.almasjid.com/about_us)

Islamic Center of Polk County (Winter Haven)

Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area

Adil al-Aseer

“Islam”

• ISLAM – to submit, surrender, commit oneself

• “The word Islam is derived from the Arabic root ‘SLM’ which means, among other things, peace, purity, submission and obedience. In the religious sense the word Islam means submission to the Will of God and obedience to His Law”

(Hammudah Abdalati, Islam in Focus, p. 7)

Definitions

• Muslim – one who submits; a follower of Islam

• Qur’an (Koran) recitation, recital; holy book of Islam; considered as final revelation

Holy Sites

• Mecca• Medina• Jerusalem

Medina

Mecca

Jerusalem

Islamic Definitions

• Major Branches• Sunni (90%)• Shia (10%)

• Shari’ah Law• Islamic law codified

and applied throughout life and society

Six Fundamental Articles of Faith

• God (Allah)

• The Prophets

• Holy Books

• Angels

• Predestination (Qadar)

• The Day of Judgment

Five Pillars(religious duties)

• Islam’s Creed (Shahada)• “There is no God but Allah, and

Muhammad is his Prophet”

• Prayer• Five: morning, noon, mid-afternoon,

sunset, evening

Prayer Times

Today's Prayer Times (5/8/12)• Fajr 5:11 (end Sunrise 6:27)

• Dhuhr 1:21

• Asr 5:05

• Maghrib 8:14

• Isha 9:32

Five Pillars(religious duties)

• Islam’s Creed• “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is

his Prophet”• Prayer• Five: morning, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset,

evening• Giving• Assisting those in need

• Ramadan• Ninth month; fast daily from dawn to dusk

• Pilgrimage• Trip to Mecca at least once in lifetime, if able

Abraham and Ishmael build Kaaba in Mecca

Abraham and Ishmael built the House and dedicated it… (2:125-130)

?KORAN BIBLE

Jihad• Struggle, striving• internal – overcoming evil• external – holy war

“Islam is a revolutionary faith that comes to destroy any government made by man. Islam doesn’t look for a nation to be in better condition than another nation. Islam doesn’t care about the land or who owns the land. The goal of Islam is to rule the entire world and submit all of mankind to the faith of Islam. Any nation or power in this world that tries to get in the way of that goal, Islam will fight and destroy. In order for Islam to fulfill that goal, Islam can use every power available every way it can be used to bring worldwide revolution. This is jihad.” (Mawlana Obul Ala Mawdudi, quoted by Mark Gabriel, Islam and Terrorism, p. 82)

Fight Unbelievers

Fight against such of those to whom the Scriptures were given as believe neither in Allah or the Last Day, who…do not embrace the true faith (9:29)

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you (Matt. 5:44)

KORAN BIBLE

Islam: A Peaceful Religion?

“Islam is the religion of peace: its meaning is peace; one of God’s names is peace; the daily greetings of Muslims and angels are peace; paradise is the house of peace, the adjective ‘Muslim’ means Peaceful. Peace is the nature, the meaning, the emblem and objective of Islam. Every being is entitled to enjoy the peace of Islam and the kindness of the peaceful Muslims, regardless of religious or geographical or racial considerations, so long as there is no aggression against Islam or the Muslims. If non-Muslims are peaceful with the Muslims or even indifferent to Islam, there can be no ground or justification to declare war on them.”

(Hammudah Abdalati, Islam in Focus, p. 143)

Islam is based on:

• A “Prophet”• A “Revelation”

Islam: of God or of Man?