Outline of Lesson 1
1. Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion which professes that there is only one and incomparable God (Allah) and that Muhammad is the last messenger of God.
2. It is the world second largest religion.
3. It is the fastest growing religion in the world.
4. It has about 1.8 billion adherents.
5. The primary scriptures of Islam are the Quran, viewed by Muslims as the verbatim word of God, and the teachings and normative example (called the Sunnah, composed of account called hadith) of Muhammad.
