Introduction
Islam - the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah. The word Muslim means “one who submits to Allah.
The Five Pillars of Islam
These five tenets compose the framework of obedience for Muslims:
1. The testimony of faith (shahada): “la ilaha illa allah. Muhammad rasul Allah.” This means, “There is no deity but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.” A person can convert to Islam by stating this creed. The shahada shows that a Muslim believes in Allah alone as deity and believes that Muhammad reveals Allah.
2. Prayer (salat): Five ritual prayers must be performed every day.
3. Giving (zakat): This almsgiving is a certain percentage given once a year.
4. Fasting (sawm): Muslims fast during Ramadan in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. They must not eat or drink from dawn until sunset.
5. Pilgrimage (hajj): If physically and financially possible, a Muslim must make the pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia at least once. Thehajjis performed in the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar.
Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/Islam.html#ixzz3HCr8xtOU
Muslims are threatened by Islam Extremists all over the world. The United States have helped some of the Muslims to defend them against the Islamic extremists. The Yardis were some good Muslims in Iraq who had to leave their homes to get ways from Islam extremists. They went to a holy temple to pray for help. The United States sent airstrikes to help get rid of the bad Islamic terrorists. These extreme people do bad things like decapitate people that have different beliefs.
Watch the video on
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/09/muslim-condemn-extremism_n_594…
Task
Write an essay that compares the debaters different viewpoints on Muslims being able to defend themselves against Islamic Extremists.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/09/do-muslims-need-to-defe…;
Process
Read the article Do Muslims Need to Defend Their Faith Against Extremists? and the debaters opinions.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/10/09/do-muslims-need-to-defe…
Evaluation
Make a list of the debators' opnions and put the ones together that are the same.
People that think Muslims should Defend Their Faith Against Extremists and the ones who don't will be the two different sides.
Conclusion
Write a conclusion paragraph that tells if the United States would help good Muslims fight off Islam Extremists.