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What Muslims believe
There are about 1.3 billion Muslims in the world - nearly one in four of all the people on Earth. Five times a day, all round the world, millions of them stop whatever they are doing, turn their faces towards Mecca, and prostrate themselves in prayer.
According to the BBC, there are more than six million Muslims in America and one million in the UK. Yet many Christians know almost nothing about what they believe or how they live. 83% of Britons 'know little or nothing about Islam,' according to one recent survey.
'What Muslims believe' is a new add-on unit, written specially to go with our course on 'Facing the Challenge of Other Faiths.' It's designed to help Christians understand what Muslims believe and how this impacts the way they live.
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Unit contents:
- What does Islam teach?
- How do Muslims see Jesus and Christianity?
- The 'Five Pillars' of Islam
- the Creed
- Prayers
- Social tax
- Fasting
- Pilgrimage
Downloading the unit
This unit is only available as a download (pdf file). The download is a single file of about 250 KB in size. You will need Adobe Reader® on your computer to view and print this course.
Useful links
Basic overviews:
http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/campaigns/islam/ixislam.xml
or: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/index.shtml
Islamic perspective on Jesus:
http://www.al-sunnah.com/truth_aboutjesus.htm
and read the article titled 'The Truth about Jesus,' by M. Al-Johani.
Training courses
Cross and Crescent: www.faithtofaith.org.uk/islam.htm
'Encountering the World of Islam:' www.encounteringislam.org