Over the course of the unit, we will be going through different sections of the textbook in class. Whenever we start a reading, the questions will be due the next day and there will be a reading checkpoint made available after school for homework (unless there are other instructions). The attached Google Forms correspond to a specific topic/lesson in the textbook.
Origins and Beliefs of Islam
Today, Islam is the world’s second-most widely practiced faith, after Christianity. It emerged in the 600s in one of the harshest climate regions in the world.
If you were visiting any Muslim city in the world, you would likely wake up at dawn hearing the call to prayer chanted from one of the city’s houses of worship. In Arabic, you would hear “God is great. I bear witness that there is no God but God. I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of God. Come to worship.” This call contains the most important beliefs of Islam—belief in one all-powerful God, and belief that Muhammad was God’s final messenger to human beings.