W H AT D O YO U T H I N K O F W H E N I S AY I S L A M O R M I D D L E E A S T ?

STUDENT RESPONSES TO…

TAGUL CLOUD… WHY DO WE HAVE THIS PERSPECTIVE?

LESSON OBJECTIVES

• Understand we have misconceptions about the Middle East and Islam.

• Identify true facts and concepts that may help to clarify and change these misconceptions.

• To begin to see Islam for the beautiful, caring religion that it is.

S O C RAT I V E P R O M P T

WHO IS THE MAN? WHAT IS HAPPENING?

ABRAHAM- FATHER OF MONOTHEISM

WHICH RELIGIONS INCLUDE THE STORIES OF ABRAHAM & ISSAC?

WHAT OTHER EARLY PROPHETS FOR JUDAISM

& CHRISTIANITY?

MOSES IN BOTH TORAH AND BIBLE

NOAH IS ALSO IN TORAH & BIBLE

IF SAME EARLY PROPHETS & ABRAHAM,

WHAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE GOD OF JEWS & CHRISTIAN?

I S H M A E L I S T H E S O N A B A N D O N E D T O D I E … U N T I L . .

ANOTHER VERSION OF ABRAHAM!

B A S E D O N T H E TAG U L C LO U D R E S P O N S E S ?

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS FACT?

EXTREMISM & RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN

HISTORY…

KKK BASED THEIR RACISM ON CHRISTIAN BIBLE…

POPE AND CRUSADES..

Crusades

On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes

perhaps the most influential speech of the

Middle Ages, giving rise to the

Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in

order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of

"Deus vult!" or "God wills it!"

S O C RAT I V E P R O M P T- I N O R D E R P L E A S E !

TOP THREE COUNTRIES WITH LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATION?

M I S C O N C E P T I O N … .

TOP THREE ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE EAST

WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE QURAN?

S O C RAT I V E P R O M P T

TOP THREE MOST PRACTICED RELIGIONS

IN WORLD?

T I C K E T O U T

WHAT DID YOU FIND TO BE THE MOST INTERESTING?