SRC - Staff Development Programme

Originally I was asked to provide some material about the two Eids, but that kind of expanded as it was soon realised that it was not really possible to deal with the Eids without dealing with Saum and Hajj. And if I was writing about Saum and Hajj, they really needed to be put in the perspective of the other three of the Five Pillars. And to tie them all together I wrote a brief overview and a somewhat lengthier section on the Qur'an and Sunnah. And then they thought it would be a good idea to add something about muslim concerns regarding Food & Drink, as that seemed to be the aspect of Islam with the highest priority in the eyes of most of the muslims with whom they came in contact. Finally we added a glossary, and ended up with what you have here. Anyway, teachers seemed to like what we came up with, as the pack obviously got passed around way beyond the borders of Strathclyde. I like to think that might have been because although teachers were now expected to be able to introduce their pupils to Islam in the classroom, many found it not only unintelligible but repellant, and I managed to show them a different way of seeing it and understanding it. I found teachers using it in the far north of Scotland, and in the south of Wales, and from those random discoveries I suspect it reached places around England (and who knows where else). Unfortunately the only scanner available to me wasn't really up to the job, but as teachers had obviously found the originals so useful, I decided to rebuild the pages for the website, as I think it was the words that were most important, rather than what are now some rather blurred and jaggy illustrations.

Staff Development Programme

ISLAM

1. An Overview

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2. Shahada

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3. Salaat

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4. Zakat

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5. Saum

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6. Hajj

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7. Food & Drink

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8. Qur'an & Sunnah

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9. Glossary

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