Islam Today: Key terms
• Islam: The name of the
religion followed by
Muslims. Means Peace and
submission to God
• Muslim: The people who
follow the religion of Islam
• Allah: The Arabic word for
God
• Arabic: The language the
Qur’an is written in.
• Mosque: Islamic Holy
building
• Ummah: The community or
family of Muslims world
wide.
• Makkah: Holy city
Beliefs about:
Allah: Muslims believe in only
one God. He is neither male
nor female. Allah is a force, so
cannot be drawn.
Prophets: Messengers from
God. Muslims believe that
Moses from Judaism, and
Jesus from Christianity were
very important people and
were sent by God.
Muhammad (PBUH): The last
and most important prophet in
Islam. Sent by God to bring the
Qur’an to the world (Peace Be
Upon Him is a sign of respect)
Pillar
Meaning
Shahadah Declaration of Faith in
Allah
How it affects the community
All same religion. Believing the same thing.
All promise belief in Allah. All say there is no
other God. Makes them become one: same
thoughts and feelings about Allah
Salah
Praying five times a
day
All pray at the same time and often can be in
the same place.
Sawm
Fasting in the month of
Ramadan. No eating,
drinking or smoking,
during daylight
Makes them selfless. Makes them remember
parts of the community without food.
Everyone knows what it feels like to be
hungry. May encourage people to give more
to the rest of the community. Party at the
end to share with others.
Zakah
Charity. Give a part of
their earnings to the
poor. (2.5% of spare
income)
Makes the poor people feel valued and part
of the community. It Keeps people alive and
generally helps the poor in the community.
Hajj
Pilgrimage to Makkah. All have the SAME status as Allah's servants.
This is a special
They all wear same white clothes. Can't tell
religious journey.
who's rich or poor
Holy Book
Allah
last
Muhammad
(PBUH)
final
cave
praying
wash
hands
Highest shelf
Qur’an
respect
The Qur’an
How it is treated:
• 1) Wash
• 2) Highest shelf in the
room
• 3) On a stand
• 4) wrapped up
With respect
Why:
• 1) Keep it clean, symbol of
being clean inside and
being without sin
• 2) Allah and his words are
the most important.
Symbol of nothing being
higher than God
• 3) So that it doesn't get
dirty
• 4) Keep it clean and
protect the words of God
Word of Allah
Interpreting the Qur’an
Teaching from the Qur’an
Possible meaning
Way to follow it
"And tell the believing women to draw Don't show any
• Wear a headscarf.
their headcovers over their chests and beautiful part of your • Wear a burqa and
not to display their adornment” Surah body to men
have whole body and
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face covered .
• Dress in modest ways
that don't show
certain parts of the
body.
"You may eat and drink until the white When the sun goes
thread of light becomes
down, then Muslims
distinguishable from the dark thread
can eat
of night at dawn. Then you shall fast
until sunset" Surah 2:187
Sawm: fast in the month
of Ramadan. No eating
in daylight hours
"Righteous are those who…give money
cheerfully, to the relatives, the
orphans, the needy, the traveling alien
and the beggars.
Surah 2:177
Zakah: Give part of
earnings to poor people
(2.5% of spare income)
Good people give
money to poor
people, and they
don't care whether
they come from
other countries
Jewish response to the Holocaust
The Old Testament shows Abraham making a
covenant (deal/promise/contract) with God:
Abraham is the father/founder of Judaism. The
covenant was a deal made between Abraham
and God.
God promised Abraham many descendants, a
land (Israel) and to always look after the Jews.
Jewish response to the Holocaust: Key
words/ideas
Anti-Semitism
Ghetto
Scapegoat
Propaganda
Final Solution
Shabbat
Synagogue
Hatred of Jews
Poor parts of the city where the Jews were
forced to live
Being blamed for something that was
nothing to do with you
Media used to spread hateful lies
The plan to murder all the Jews in Europe
Jewish Holy Day. A day of rest. No working
from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.
Jewish Holy Building
Kosher Rules
Food rules: Dairy and meat could not be
mixed in a meal, only certain animals, killed
in certain ways, could be eaten.
Jewish Mother
She had the role of passing on her religion
to her children. She would clean the house
for Shabbat, and would prepare the
Shabbat meal according to Kosher Rules
Religious Clothing Prayer Robes (Talits) and skull caps
(kippahs) are special clothing worn in the
synagogue and Jews are usually buried in
their religious clothing
Death Rituals
When a Jew dies, they are usually washed
and buried in their religious clothing within
24 hours. A special ceremony is often part
of the washing.
Anti-Semitism and propaganda
• Before WW2 Hitler introduced a series of laws which
encouraged people to stop associating with the Jews,
and made life unpleasant for them. These laws included:
– Jews being unable to go into public parks
– It being against the law for a Jew to be in a relationship with
a non-Jew
– Jews couldn’t own land, property or money
These were the Nuremberg Laws. There had been antiSemitism for years: from the days of Christianity when
some Jewish people were blamed for the death of Jesus,
to more recent events.
• After WW1 the Germans used the Jews as a scapegoat
and blamed them for the country being poor and for
losing WW1
Propaganda: The Nazis published posters full of lies that
made the Germans turn on the Jews
Shabbat
The Jews would have been forced to work for
A holy day of rest. From Friday
the Nazis so couldn't rest. They would have no
sunset to Saturday sunset.
synagogue to go to.
Jewish
mother
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on children.
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the religion
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Shabbat.
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she
wouldn't
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welcomes
in Shabbat.
celebrations. She's have nothing to prepare the
Shabbat meal with.
Kosher
rules
Religious
clothing
Death
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Jews were
starving
would have to eat
are strict
foodsolaws.
what they were given. The Nazis would not have
bothered with following the rules.
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wearing
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religious.
many Jewish men wear a tallit, a
prayer robe.
They wouldn’t be able to wash the bodies because
Dead bodies should be washed,
there was no running water. Clothes would be taken
dressed, put in a coffin and
from the dead bodies, they wouldn’t be able to have
buried within 24 hours.
a funeral or bury the body within 24 hours.
Keeping faith and losing faith
Reasons to keep faith
• Keeping religion was a way
of resisting (fighting back)
the Nazis
• It keeps me strong to have
something to believe in
• It wasn’t God doing this to
us, it was people
• The Nazis wanted to get rid
of all Jews, if we stop
believing then it means the
Nazis have won
Reasons to lose faith
• We haven’t abandoned
God, He has abandoned us
• Survival is more important
than religion; we needed to
focus on that
• It was too risky; if we were
found carrying out any
Jewish rituals we would be
shot
• We weren’t in an
environment where we
could carry out our duties
and didn’t have any of the
equipment necessary to
carry out our Jewish duties
(SEE JEWISH FAMILY LIFE)
The exam format
a) Is always a question about a key word e.g. What is
Shabbat ? (so learn key words)
b) Is always about your opinion e.g. Do you think religion
promotes peace? Give two reasons for your answer
(so give evidence for your view)
c) Is always an explain question e.g. Explain why a lot of
Jews gave up their faith in the concentration (you
always need lots of examples/ teachings and be able
to explain what these mean)
d) Always requires you to give your point of view on a
statement and then the opposite point of view e.g.
“Fasting during Ramadan is a good idea ”
i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer
ii) Gove reasons why other people would disagree with
you (Make sure you give evidence for your opinion, and
not just explain what your opinion is)