Islam

Can anyone tell me what this is?

By Sonia Kendal

Today you are going to learn

About the Islam faith
The place of worship for the Islam
religion.

Islam is the religion of

people called Muslims.
Muslims believe that
someone is more
important than
themselves and they obey
them. Muslims believe
this person is God, whom
they call Allah.
Muslims believe that there is one God and he is
eternal.

Muslims believe
Prophets spread
the word of Allah.
The last and most
important prophet
was a man called
Muhammad.

This picture is of Muslim Children

Muslims believe that Muhammad received

messages from Allah, given to him by an angel.

Muslims believe that

these messages were
the words of Allah and
can never be changed.

They were collected together to form

the Muslims holy book which is called
the Quran.

This is the symbol

most often used for
Islam.

There are over 1.2 billion Muslims in the world

today, living in almost every country in the world.
About 3 million Muslims live in the USA, about 1.5
million live in Britain, and about 220,000 live in
Australia
In most of the countries in northern Africa and
the Middle East, over half of the population are
Muslims.
In Europe, Islam is the second largest religion
after Christianity.

Muslims pray in a place called a Mosque.

In the entrance of the mosque there is a row of
clocks to inform them of the prayer times for
the day.
Muslim take off their shoes before they enter
the mosque.
Muslims then perform wudu, washing to make
themselves fit for prayer.

Useful words
Allah. The Muslims God
Quran.- Muslim holy book
Mosque.- Place of worship
Wudu the wash before prayer
Imam Muslin leader or teacher