Authored by Gregory M. Davis, this short course — Islam 101 — is meant to help people become better educated about the fundamentals of Islam and to help the more knowledgeable better convey the facts to others.To even begin to have a discussion about Islamic terrorism, we should have at least a basic understanding of Islam itself.
1) The Basics
a) The Five Pillars of Islam
b) The Quran — the Book of Allah
c) The Sunnah — the "Way" of the Prophet Muhammad
i. Battle of Badrd) Sharia Law
ii. Battle of Uhud
iii. Battle of Medina
iv. Conquest of Mecca
2) Jihad and Dhimmitude
a) What does "jihad" mean?
b) Muslim Scholar Hasan Al-Banna on jihad
c) Dar al-Islam and dar al-harb: the House of Islam and the House of War
i) Taqiyya — Religious Deceptiond) Jihad Through History
i) The First Major Wave of Jihad: the Arabs,e) The Dhimma
622-750 AD
ii) The Second Major Wave of Jihad: the Turks,
1071-1683 AD
f) Jihad in the Modern Era
3) Conclusion
a) What about the Crusades?
b) If Islam is violent, why are so many Muslims peaceful?
c) What about the violent passages in the Bible?
d) Could an Islamic "Reformation" pacify Islam?
e) What about the history of Western colonialism in the Islamic world?
f) How can a violent political ideology be the second-largest and fastest-growing religion on earth?
g) Is it fair to paint all Islamic schools of thought as violent?
h) What about the great achievements of Islamic civilization?
Islam 101 was written by Gregory M. Davis, author of Religion of Peace?: Islam's War Against the World, and the producer/director of Islam: What the West Needs to Know.
2 comments:
I found Islam 101 on JihadWatch, and thought it was very good. It is brief, and to the point. But it is one large web page. On the site, the author, Gregory M. Davis, gives anyone permission to reprint it.
So I reprinted it in separate sections with a linked outline so I would be better able to use it, and I thought the Infidel Bloggers would be able to use it too.
I've found it very helpful to have specific aspects of Islam in discrete units that I could link to. So when I mention religious deception, for example, I can now link to the piece about that in case my reader doesn't know what I mean. And the reader won't have to scroll through a bunch of stuff to find that one section.
Anyway, I hope you find it useful.
Very interesting reading, thank you!
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