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GLOBAL STUDIES

MA J OR WOR L D R E L I G I ONS

ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER, ROUGHLY 84 PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION IDENTIFY WITH A RELIGIOUS GROUP. This new series MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS covers six of the largest religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Judaism. Approximately 5.2 billion people follow one of these

religious groups, with Pew estimating that there are 2.2 billion Christians, 1.6 billion Muslims, 1 billion Hindus, 376 million Buddhists, 23 million Sikhs, and 14 million Jews living in the world today. Written in consultation with religious scholars, each book describes the important beliefs of each religion, along with information about its history, practices, and rituals. A variety of useful features supplement the texts, including glossary terms, sources for further information, links to educational videos, ideas for projects and reports, and a detailed index.

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Muslims prostrating themselves in prayer beforeGod.Prostration isnot themostmodest position,which is one reasonwhymen andwomen pray separately andmust dressmodestly for community prayer. 4 How Muslims Worship

T he whole of a Muslim’s life is worship. The five main duties—theFivePillars—are allways ofwor- shipingAllah.Muslims pray five times a day, as set down in thePillar known inArabic as salah . Muslims prefer to recite prayers together with other Muslimswheneverpossible.Themainactofworshipof the week, called jumu’ah , takes place shortly aftermidday on Fridays.This includes a sermon from the imam,who leads the prayers. Muslims also say their own private prayers during salah. Being clean in the presence of someone important is a mark of respect. Muslims pay God respect by washing before they pray, as God is the most important being in their lives. Washing also has a practical purpose. It is

Words to Understand in This Chapter

ihram— state or condition entered into to performHajj; also, thename given to the two plainwhiteunsewn clothesworn bymale pilgrims, or to themodest clothingworn bywomen pilgrims. jumu’ah— weekly communal salah (prayer), and attendance at the khutbah (speech) performed shortly aftermidday onFridays. Ka’bah— a cube-shaped structure in the center of the grandmosque inMecca; believed byMuslims to be the originalhouse built for theworship of theOne TrueGod. masjid— a place ofworship; amosque. minbar— a small set of steps in amosque fromwhich a sermon is given.

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HBK ISBN E-ISBN Buddhism..................................................... -3816-5 -7969-4 Christianity ................................................... -3817-2 -7970-0 Hinduism...................................................... -3818-9 -7971-7 Islam.................................................................. -3819-6 -7972-4 Judaism.......................................................... -3820-2 -7973-1 Sikhism................................................................. -3821-9 -7974-8

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