the muslim mindset- today what is now shaping islam? let this sink in!
TRANSCRIPT
Basic shape of Islam is well established in your friend’s mind
• Islam means submission and you submit to:• To the Qur’an and the Hadith• To local religious authorities and traditions• To Allah’s appointed rulers• To Allah, of course!• To the established “Pillars of Islam”
The 5 Pillars of Islamcontinue to shape HIS LIFE
• 1 Shahada -confession of faith• 2 Salat -ritual prayer – (5x daily)• 3 Zakat - obligatory alms (2.5% - net worth)• 4 Fast of Ramadan (daylight hours)• 5 Hajj - the pilgrimage to Mecca
He is looking back … at his Muslim World
• Series of Caliphs - and assassinations• Shiite/ Sunni division, other sects… Warring
Islamic nations• Folk –Islam develops, and then,…. the Ottoman
Empire … and all along … he has observed ---
• Naturally, all the preceding continues to shape the mindset of your new Muslim friend
• What conclusions must he reach if he “submits to” all those influences coming from Islam?
• How does he see you and your world?– Take a break now and answer these last two
questions before moving on to the next segment: – the Muslim mindset today.
Yes, just pause this presentation
• And try to answer those 2 questions
• 1) What conclusions must he reach if he “submits to” all those influences coming from Islam?
• 3) How does he see you and your world?
• OR, is he going to “dig in,” check out Islam and prove that he and his religion are right?
• Is the Western advance a temporary thing that he must correct?
• What does Islam teach again ?
Is he about to “give up on Islam?”
You have seen …
• the basic teachings of Islam … But you should know much more – He believes that:
• The Qur’an supersedes previous revelations “Correcting previous revelations.”
• The Bible has been corrupted – invalid-• Islam, “the pure,” supersedes all other religions,
The teachings of Islam
• Deny Christian teachings, such as:• The Deity of Christ, the death of Christ,
redemption• Omits: the holiness of God, the sinfulness of
man.• No need of redemption,… salvation is by works
In Summary ... Muslim mind set
• The last word in religion, superior, nothing to learn from Christians or others. Nevertheless, troubled by successes in the West
• So, a return to a pure Islam- “our only option!”• Yet, - questions: “the People of the Book”
• But…Disdain for the corrupt, rotten “West” with their television, families in ruins, gross sin, etc.