WHAT WORD COMES TO
MIND WHEN I SAY ISLAM OR
MIDDLE EAST?
S T U D E N T S R E S P O N S E S WI L L S H O W O N
SOCRATIVE …
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS
PERSPECTIVE?
IS IT A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE?
LESSON OBJECTIVES
• Understand we have misconceptions about the
Middle East and Islam.
• Identify true facts and concepts that may help to
clarify and change these misconceptions.
• To begin to see Islam for the beautiful, caring
religion that it is.
WHO IS THE MAN? WHAT IS HAPPENING?
SOCRATIVE PROMPT
ABRAHAM- FATHER OF MONOTHEISM
WHICH RELIGIONS INCLUDE THE
STORIES OF ABRAHAM & ISSAC?
ANOTHER VERSION OF ABRAHAM & SON
ISHMAEL IS THE SON ABANDONED TO DIE… UNTIL..
IF SIMILAR STORY ABOUT
ABRAHAM, WHAT CAN
BE SAID ABOUT THE GOD
OF JEWS, CHRISTIAN
AND MUSLIMS?
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS FACT?
BASED ON THE TAGUL CLOUD RESPONSES?
SOCRATIVE QUESTION
WHAT OTHER EARLY
PROPHETS FOR JUDAISM
& CHRISTIANITY?
MOSES IN BOTH TORAH AND BIBLE
NOAH IS ALSO IN TORAH & BIBLE
EXTREMISM &
RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN
HISTORY…
KKK BASED THEIR RACISM ON CHRISTIAN BIBLE…
POPE AND CRUSADES..
Crusades
On November 27, 1095,
Pope Urban II makes
perhaps the most influential
speech of the Middle Ages,
giving rise to the Crusades
by calling all Christians in
Europe to war against
Muslims in order to reclaim
the Holy Land, with a cry of
"Deus vult!" or "God wills it!"
TOP THREE COUNTRIES
WITH LARGEST MUSLIM
POPULATION?
SOCRATIVE PROMPT- IN ORDER PLEASE!
TOP THREE ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
MISCONCEPTION….
WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE QURAN?
SOCRATIVE PROMPT/QUESTION
TOP THREE MOST
PRACTICED RELIGIONS
IN WORLD?
SOCRATIVE PROMPT
WHAT DID YOU FIND TO
BE THE MOST
INTERESTING?
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