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Five Pillars of Islam

 1. Faith:

 There is no God but Allah, & Muhammad is the messenger of Allah

 2. Prayers :

 5X per day, face toward Mecca (Ka’aba)

 3. Alms:

 give $ to the poor (2.5% of income)

 4. Fasting:

 during the month of Ramadan, from dawn to sunset

 5. Pilgrimage:

 perform the hajj to Mecca

C. Religion & Society

 Sunni Islam?

 90% of Muslim world

 Shi’a Islam?

 10% of Muslim world

 Iran & eastern Iraq

 Imam:

 Arabic for “leader”

 Difference betw Sunni & Shi’a?

 Sectarian violence

III. The Region Today

A) Economic Development

 Money makers :

 Oil & gas

 Agriculture:

 Subsistence

 Pork & alcohol?

 NOT ALLOWED!

 Bedouins:

 Nomadic herders (Sunnis)