What is your definition of Islam?

• There is no God but Allah• the belief in angels as messengers of Allah• only the Quran is totally trusted by Muslims.• Islam also holds a strong belief in the

prophets, Mohammed

5 observances that all Muslims follow:

• “There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is the prophet of Allah.”

• The ritual prayers performed five times a day facing Mecca.

• offering 1/40 of their income for the needy.• Their observance of Ramadan where they fast during

the daylight hours.• Their pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims

before death

History of Saudi Arabia

Established in 1932

Helped provide oil to the Allies during WWII

Capital is Mecca – Birthplace of Muhammad (Islamic Prophet)

All Muslims pray toward Mecca 5 times a day

Soviet Union invade Afghanistan

War lasts from 1979-1989

US supplies the Afghan government with weapons to fight the Soviets

Foreign extremists flock to Afghanistan to wage jihad against foreign athiests

Led by a young Saudi named Osama Bin Laden

Persian Gulf War

Iraq led by Saddam Hussein invades its neighboring country of Kuwait

The U.S. aids Kuwait and defeating Iraq

However, many Islamic Extremists became enraged with the U.S. for establishing bases in Saudi Arabia (Holy Land)

Sept. 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks

Terrorists:Al-Qaeda: - terrorist org. responsible for the attacks. (19 hijackers)

Osama Bin Laden - Head of Al-Qaeda, leader of the 9/11 attacks.

Khalid Shaik Mohammed – mastermind behind the attacks. (presented to Bin Laden in 1996)

Flight Paths

The Flights•American Airlines 11:

– Boston to L.A.

92 passengers

1st to hit WTC (North). 8:47am.

Collapses @ 10:28

World Trade Center Towers being hit

United 175: Boston to L.A.

2nd to Hit the WTC (South). 9:02

Collapses @ 9:50

64 passengers

United flight 175

American Airlines 77

Washington to L.A.

Hits the Pentagon @ 9:41am

129 Passengers on board

American Airlines 77 crashing into the Pentagon

Damage to the Pentagon

United 93

Newark, NJ to SF

Crashes @ Shanksville, Pa (10:00am)

Probable targets were Capital Building or White House

44 passengers

Flight 93 crash site

Casualties

2,977 total (not including 19 hijackers)

2,608 in NYC (24 remain missing)

125 killed at the pentagon

44 killed on flight 93 in ShanksvilleYoungest victim was 2 years old.

The Clean Up

Approx. 1,640,707 tons of debris were hauled away in 108,342 truckloads.

More than 3.1-million hours of labor were required to finish the job.

8 months and 19 days to finish the clean up

“Freedom Tower” –WTC 11776 ft. tall (The tallest building in the U.S.)

POOLS• South Pool - First Responders (441

names), WTC (695 names), Flight 93 (40 names), Flight 77 (59 names), Pentagon (125 names), Flight 175 (60 names)

• North Pool - WTC North ( 1470 names), February 26, 1993 (6 names), Flight 11 (87 names)

WATERFALLS – 30 FEET TALL

SURVIVOR TREE - Planted at the original WTC it survived the attack and was found as a 8 foot stump at Ground Zero. It was re planted in a park in NYC and nursed back to a 30 ft. tree. In March 2010 it was uprooted by severe storms but true to its name it survived. December 2010 it was returned to WTC site