Islam Group


Use the websites below to answer the questions in preparation for your presentation.

Questions

  1. What are some of the major beliefs of the religion of Islam?

  2. How do Islamic beliefs compare to those of other major world religions?

  3. Who is Islam's main religious figure?  Why?  What is the main Muslim text?

  4. What was the role of Islamic fundamentalists in the overthrow of the Shah of Iran?


Websites

Introduction to Islam

http://introductiontoislam.org/index2.shtml


Knowing Allah
http://www.al-islam.org/allah-the-concept-of-god-in-islam-a-selection-yasin-al-jibouri/section-1-knowing-allah


Islam in Iran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Iran


The Life of Mohammed: A Timeline

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8660781/The-Life-of-Mohammed-a-timeline.html


Islamic Revolution of 1979

http://www.iranchamber.com/history/islamic_revolution/islamic_revolution.php


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