Islam Beliefs

Introduction (Intent statement- why this why now?)

In Primary schoool In Key Stage 1 (Yrs 1-4) you shuold have EXPLORED the Agreed Syllabus (page 104) Unit 1.6 Who is a Muslim and how do they live? [God/ Tawhid/ibadah/iman  year then in Key stage 2 (Years 5-6) 7 unit you should have been CONNECTING using the Agreed Syllabus (page 104) Unit 2.9 How do festivals and worship show what matters to a Muslim? [Ibadah]

In year 7 unit you will be building on this work in primary school by  APLLYING / INTERPRETING the Agreed Syllabus (page 104) Unit.3.10 What is good and what is challenging about being a Muslim teenager in Britain today?   

Then in Year 10 you will learn to KNOW UNDERSTAND and EVALUATE in the Educas GCSE Comp 3  Unit 1 Islam Beliefs and Teachings .   It is possible to also study Islamic Practices for GCSE and beyond for Alevel and degree study although we do not teach that as part of the Marling Short or Full Course GCSE or Alevel religions course.  

In year 7 you will gain a basic understanding of Islamic beliefs and practices; the qualities and practices of Muhammad; the impact of Muhammad's life on Muslims today.  You have explored the Five Pillars of Islam, as part of your primaryschool work and we will only briefly look at these again. 

The purpose of the Year 7 Scheme of Work 

- to consider the preconceptions of Islamic beliefs and Islam in the UK.

Make sense of belief: 

• Explain the importance of the key beliefs studied (e.g. iman, ibadah, akhlaq) for Muslim ways of living in Britain today 

Understand the impact: 

• Give reasons and examples to explain how and why Muslims put their beliefs into action in different ways (e.g. Sunni/ Shi’a traditions) 

• Show how beliefs and teachings guide Muslims in responding to the challenges of life in Britain today 

Make connections: 

• Give a coherent account of the challenges and opportunities of being a Muslim teenager in Britain today, offering reasons and justifications for their responses.

Islam introduction

Islam is the second largest religion in the world with over 1 billion followers. There are around 2 millions Muslims in Britain, around 2.7% of the population.

The word 'Islam' in Arabic means submission to the will of God.

Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God)

Muslims believe that Islam was revealed over 1400 years ago in Mecca, Arabia through a man called Muhammad. Muhammad is so revered that it is usual for Muslims to say 'peace be upon him' whenever they mention his name. Muhammad is believed by Muslims to be the last prophet sent by God (Allah).

The Muslim holy book is called the Qur'an. Muslims believe this to be the word of Allah as dictated to Muhammad. A Qur’an can be found within a Mosque. Muslims worship in a building called a Mosque. On Friday at noon, the most important of the weekly services is held. When Muslims pray, they must always face Makkah.

12 Lessons - Home learning

For each lesson you will be expected to complete a short google doc workbook and a summative socratic quiz, there will be further resources such as a lesson PPT and further research resources on the google classroom. 

Lesson 1 of 12 - PK - What is a Bristish Muslim?

Intro:

In Ks2 you should have learnt about how Mulims live and what they believe. You should have a basic understanding of teh ideas of [God/ Tawhid/ibadah/iman]  

Lesson Start Task 1 What do I already know?

How much do you know about Isalm? 

Question 1 of 5. 

What was the name of the angel who revealed the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad?

• Mikail

• Jibril

• Israfil

• Maalik

Question 3 of 5.

 The ritual washing before prayer is called what?

Wudu

Minaret

Minbar

Salat

Question 4 of 5

The ninth month of the Islamic calendar when Muslims are expected to fast is called what?

Rabi al-Awwal

Rajab

Sha'ban

Ramadan

Question 5 of 5

What name is given to food that Muslims are forbidden to eat?

Halal

Hijra

Haram

Hadith

Task 2

Write down these words [God/ Tawhid/ibadah/iman]   and give definitions of each.   You can use the internet to help

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In Islam the name for God is Allah which is an Arabic word meaning the one and only God in Islam.   Muslims claim Allah is the one and only true God who created the whole universe.   

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This is the oneness of G0d. Muslims are monothesists meaning they believe in one God.   This is the central and most important concept in Islam.

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In Islam ibadah is an Arabic word meaning service, servitude, submission or devotion to God. In Islam, ibadah is usually translated as "worship" .   

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In Islam iman means faith for Sunni Muslims it referes to faith in their 6 articles and Shia faith in the 5 roots of religion.   

Task 3 - 

Discuss the question: What is a Muslim? 

Watch the video and write down five things

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfwhfg8/articles/znhjcqt 

Task 4 

1. What is British Islam?  Create a mind map, or fact file on being a British Muslim- using the title ‘Confidently Muslim and comfortably British’.

• Find examples of British Muslims creating contemporary media forms, such as British Muslim TV. 

• Use their programme list to see how British Muslims are exploring their faith in a Western context. http://www.britishmuslim.tv/ 

2. Read the guardian article-https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/what-is-it-like-to-be-a-muslim-in-britain-today

Explain what you think are the challenges of being a Muslim in Britain today.

Extension / further work Task 5

Option 1 

•Research and write about a positive news story about being a Muslim in the UK today.  You could use news sites like the BBC, sky news or ITV or newspapers e.g. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/uks-largest-muslim-youth-organisation-support-those-in-need-as-coronavirus-crisis-heightens-a4401981.html.

Option 2 

Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79w-6CCyzvg   Great British Islam- and write a review  on some of Great Britians victorian first convert to Islam Abullah Quillium and his influence on the beginnings of Islam in Bristian.

Lesson Close Task 5

What one think have you learn today- Write a sentence.

Lesson 2 of 12 - PK Whats it mean to be a Sunni or Shia Muslim in Glouctershire?

Lesson Start task.  What do I already know?

 In Year 5 and 6 you should have learn about the five pilliars of Islam. These are 5 basic duties/obligations that all Muslims have.  

Create you own illustration of the five pillars - write a sentence to explain each of them. 

Lesson Intro

The Five Pillars of Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam are an important part of Muslim life. The Five Pillars are five things that all Muslims must do so that they can live a good and responsible life. For Sunni Muslims, the Five Pillars are the core duties of Islam. Shia Muslims follow the Five Pillars plus five additional duties, and together these are called the Ten Obligatory Acts. Click on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfwhfg8/articles/znhjcqt  to learn more about The Five Pillars. or watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvpQvAIfKKI 

Task.  2 

Listen to the following video about some young British Muslims talking about their faith.

https://www.truetube.co.uk/film/five-pillars-islam  

use https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfwhfg8/articles/znhjcqt 

Complete the following filling in the banks. 

Pillar 1 

Shahadah

What does a Muslim have to say to follow this pillar? 

When does a Muslim say the Shahadah?

Why does a Muslim say the Shahadah?

Pillar 2 

Salah (Prayer)

How often does a Muslim have to pray in order to follow this pillar?

Where can people pray?

Why does a Muslim have to pray? 

Pillar 3 

Zakah (Charity)

How much does a Muslim have to pay?

When does a Muslim pay Zakah?

Why does a Muslim pay Zakah?

Where does a Muslim pay zakah? 

Pillar 4 

Sawm (Fasting)

When does a Muslim fast?

Why does a Muslim fast?

Who has to fast?

Pillar 5 

Hajj (Pilgrimage)

What is Hajj? Where does a Muslim go?

When does a Muslim go on Hajj?

Why does a Muslim go on Hajj?

Who has to go on Hajj?

The Five Pillars of Islam

The most important Muslim practices are the Five Pillars of Islam.

The Five Pillars of Islam are the five obligations that every Muslim must satisfy in order to live a good and responsible life according to Islam.

The Five Pillars consist of:

• Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith

• Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day

• Zakat: paying an alms (or charity) tax to benefit the poor and the needy

• Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan

• Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca

Why are they important?

• Carrying out these obligations provides the framework of a Muslim's life, and weaves their everyday activities and their beliefs into a single cloth of religious devotion.

• No matter how sincerely a person may believe, Islam regards it as pointless to live life without putting that faith into action and practice.

• Carrying out the Five Pillars demonstrates that the Muslim is putting their faith first, and not just trying to fit it in around their secular lives.

Task 3

Find out about the different Muslim traditions represented in Gloucestershire. 

Set the context, using the information in the 2011 census (see Guidance p.146). 

1. look at the sensus data page.  (Page 146 Agreed syllabus)

https://sites.google.com/view/marlingre/about-marling-re-department/gloucestershire-agreed-syllabus-sacre?authuser=0 

How many people live in Gloustershire?  How many are Muslims?

2. THINK WONDER PONDER

Complete

This data makes me think...   (What do you see)

This data makes me wonder.. (What do you find unsual )

This data makes me ponder... (What question would you like to ask?)      

Task 4 

Of the Mosques in Glouctershire - 6 are Sunni, 1 is Shia and 1 Is Sufi. We are going to create 3 FACT Files think about each group in turn.

Task 4 a) FACT FILE 1 - Gloustershire Islam- Tradition 1: Sunni 

Six local mosques are Sunni; (two of the larger are below)

The origins of these lie withe the introduction and growth of the Gujarati community in Glouctershire as the largest and most promininent of the Islamic traditions in the country.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/untold_stories/asian/gujurati_community.shtml 

Jamia Al Kareem Mosque All Saints Road, Gloucester GL1 4EE 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/untold_stories/asian/mahmood_moolla.shtml 

https://www.salatomatic.com/spc/6sPSeLJF6s 

Masjid-e-Noor, Mosque 44-46 Ryecroft Street, Gloucester, GL1 4LY 

http://masjidenoor.org.uk/ 

1. Explain in a sentence the dates and origins of the majority Sunni Muslims in Gousttershire.

2. look up the website of one of them and write a summary.e.g.  what sort of history, building, size of the community. 

Task 4b FACT FILE 2 - Gloustershire Islam- Tradition 2:  Shi’a 

Quedgeley community is Shi’a;

https://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/maps.php#/mosque/808 

Khoja Shi’a Muslim Community of Gloucester Wainsbridge, 69 Bristol Road, Quedgeley, Gloucester GL2 6NE 

Further information: All visitors remove shoes on entering prayer hall. Females: cover legs, arms, head. 

Website: unavailable (Often smaller organisations don't have the resources to do educational outreach)

However the BBCs untld stories gives a little of a Muslim Shia who came to Gloustershire. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/untold_stories/asian/shia_community.shtml 

1. Explain in a sentence the dates and origins of the majority Shia Muslims in Gousttershire.

2. look up the website of one of them and write a summary.e.g.  what sort of history, building, size of the community. 

Lesson 3 of 12- PK  What does it mean to be a Sufi Muslim in Glouctershire?

What is happening in the following picture.  THINK PONDER WONDER 

Task 2

Last lesson we looked at the Sunni's and Shias of Gloucestershire. There is another group which is very small- The sufis.

The Ghousia Islamic Centre is Sufi. 

https://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/maps.php#/mosque/1018 

It is the smallest of the Mosques and of the communities. Yet Sufi is a very old and important tradtion is Islam

Create a third FACT FILE 3 - Gloustershire Islam- Tradition 3: Sufi. 

Again 

1. Explain in a sentence the dates and origins of the majority Shia Muslims in Gousttershire and why they are few in number?

2. look up the website of  and write a summary.e.g.  what sort of history, building, size of the community. 

However they are few in number so finding out about the Goustershire Sufi is difficult!

Task 3 Five W's

Watch the following clip and write down five what where when why questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkuimX1bh6g  

Task 4

Read the following and answer the 10 questions

Sufi Islam

•A sufi was most often understood to be a person of religious learning who aspires to be close to Allah.  Sufism, known as tasawwuf in the Arabic-'speaking world', is a form of Islamic mysticism that emphasizes introspection and spiritual closeness with God. 

•Several origins of the word 'sufi' have been suggested.  It may derive from the word for 'wool' and the woolen garements worn by early Sufis.  It may also have connections with the word for 'purity' and another suggestion is that it has links with the Greek 'sophia' or wisdom.

•Sufism comes from both the Sunni and Shia tradition and can be traced to Muhammed. Some sources state that Sufism is the inner dimensions of the teachings of Muhammad whereas others say that Sufism emerged during the Islamic Golden Age from about the 8th to 10th centuries. In these years 'Hidden Immams' like Imam Wafi Ahmed (212 After the Hijrah) developed the Bayt al Hikma (House of wisdom) from which Sufi and other groups like the Isma'lli and Qarmations developed.  Sufi manuals by Al-Ghazali and others describing mystical practices but the ruling Abasid Caliphs of the time didn't like the way ordinary Muslims were encouraged to have a more free wheeling type of religious practice. since then there has Sufis have always been treated with suspicion and often been persecuted. 

•In Syria in Damascus there were many Sufi Muslims but when ISIS or Daesh captured the city the killed or expelled them and destroyed their Mosques. Today Sufi leaders in exile speak out against both Sunni and Shia extremism- https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/q-a-syrian-scholar-yaqoubi-on-how-daesh-exploits-religion-269196 

•In Britain there are tensions between the Muslim Council of Britain and The Sufi Muslim Council on issues like tackling extremism and authority. Both ordinary Sunni and Shia treat Sufism with suspicion that is it is a sect and not a proper form of Islam.   Sufi generally while conservative are less interested in politics and more in religious experience so other Muslims see them as undermining efforts to influence wider society. Sufies have a more multicultural live and let live mysticism but their focus on the 'private' and not a public philosophy of Islam is see as a treat by others.  

•Sufis believe that to get closer to Allah they have to be devout Muslims, praying five times a day giving to charity, fasting etc, they adhere strictly to the outward observance of Islam. But they are distinctive in nurturing theirs and others spiritual dimension. They believe that  you get closer to God by listening to music, poetry and in dancing.  The most famous of these practices is dancing- the whirling dervishes.  In the sacred dance each dervish spins around and around on the spot, with one hand raised to heaven and the other pointing down to the earth, trying to become a channel of communication between the two. 

Questions

1. What is Sufism?

2. Where does sufism come from.

3. Which part of Islam does Sufi come from?

4. How are Sufi practices different?

5. What is the Muslim name for Sufism?

6. Where did Sufism start?

7. Explain an important Sufi belief? 

8. Explain the attitude of other Muslims of Sufi?

9 Explain sadly what happened to Sufi's in Syria?

10. Explain what Sufi's believe happens and why in a whirling derish dance?  

Task 5 

Here are two Sufi Sayings by the most famous Sufi poet - Rumi. 

'Sitting under a tree, clothed in rags you are wealthier than the richest- those who own the earth, and yet are in need.'

'When you see with the eyes of your hand you are no differeny from an animal. When you see with your heart's eues all space opens up for you.'

 1. Try to explain what you think they are supposed to teach people?

2. Give a PMI response in three sentences..

What do you find Positive , Minus or negative  and what is Interesting

Lesson End task 

Finish the following

Some Sunni and Shia mught be suspicious of Sufi practices because... 

I think the way that Whirling Derishes worhsip allah is...

This is becuase...

Lesson 4 - PK/AM

• Look at Muslim artists who tackle Islamophobia, such as American photographer Ridwan Adhami (www.ridwanadhami.com). How do artists challenge stereotypes? Conduct a media survey for a week; gather evidence of stereotypes of Muslims students find in the media. How could British Muslim teenagers combat stereotypes about them? How do they? 

• Be prepared to address the question of violent fundamentalist groups commandeering Islam, such as IS and Boko Haram, etc. Be prepared to discuss mainstream Muslim rejection of their actions e.g. bit.ly/2njqxg3 

Lesson 5 - BME

• Examine the term ‘ijtihad’ to consider some different approaches to Islam in the modern world. Ijtihad is the intellectual effort of qualified scholars to employ reason and analysis of authoritative sources (Qur’an and Sunnah) to find legal solutions to new and challenging situations or where sources are ambiguous on issues. Some Muslims argue that the time for ijtihad is past and Muslims should live according to traditional ways; some Muslims argue that it is the duty of all Muslims to engage in ijtihad. Find out the arguments for different views on this continuum. Consider how far the requirement for submission in Islam incorporates the highest intellectual effort, and that submission does not bypass the brain. Consider how far this applies to all religions and beliefs. Reflect on how much effort students put into working out their own ideas.

Lesson 6 - PK

· From the starting point of British Islam, consider global Islam, such as using a map of Islamic populations globally. Discuss the main languages and cultures of global Islam: Arabic, South Asian, Central Asian, South East Asian, Russian, Eastern European, etc. Consider an image of pilgrims at the Ka’aba during Hajj. Muslims from around the globe wear the Ihram robes to eradicate their differences and stand before God.

Lesson 7 -BME

• Explore some of the similarities and key differences between the groups, e.g. Sunni/Shi’a: six articles of faith in Sunni Islam Tawhid, angels, revealed books, prophets, the Day of Judgment, predestination); five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi’a Islam (Tawhid, prophethood, guidance, resurrection); Five Pillars of Sunni Islam and Ten Obligatory Acts of Shi’a Islam. 

· Explore where Sunni and Shi’a Islam differ in subtle ways from the universal or central ‘core’ of Islamic life, such as in the six articles of Sunni faith and the five roots of Shi’a faith. Note that the idea of a ‘core’ is controversial to some as well. 

· Using prior knowledge of Islamic belief and living and the Sunni and Shi’a learning above, create a diagram showing ‘core’ Islamic belief and ‘diversity’ for Sunni and Shi’a Muslims. 

· Research Sunni and Shi’a populations around the world. Identify Saudi Arabia as the heart of the Sunni world, and Iran and Iraq as the heart of the Shi’a world. Find out what languages would be spoken in these countries. 

Lesson 8 -PK

· Review the five pillars as the basic practices. 

· Research differnent ways the five pillars are interpreted and practices by Sunni and Shia Muslims

Lesson 9 - BME

· Research famous mosques around the world, such as in Indonesia, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, London and Mali. What similar features can the class identify? What cultural ‘flavours’ can they see in the different mosques? Add ‘core’ mosque features and ‘diverse’ mosque features to the ‘core’ and ‘diversity’ diagram. 

Lesson 10- 12 - PK

Assessment

Useful websites/ articles:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/inside-the-mosque-what-do-you-need-to-know/zr3f2sg 

https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/hajj360/index.html