Righteous and acts according to Quran Hadith SHIA Second-largest, 10-20% of population Muhammad appointed his son-in-law as his successor Only descendants could be Imams (leaders) Son-in-law first Imam Rejecting the legitimacy of the previous three Caliphs ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Salafi jihadist militant group Fundamentalist, Wahhabi doctorine 1999 50000 – 260000 Videos of beheadings WORLD MUSLIM POPULATION FIVE PILLARS Five basic acts Obligatory for all believers 1.) The creed 2.) Daily prayers 3.) Almsgiving 4.) Fasting during Ramadan 5.) The pilgrimage to Mecca PILGRIMAGE Performed during the Islamic Month Mecca Every able-bodied Muslim At least once in his/her lifetime Rituals of the Hajj GREAT MOSQUE OF MECCA ISLAM IN ESTONIA 1508 followers (2011) Smallest in Europe
amuse the Roman public. Gladiators stepped into plays to enact mythological com bats and actually fought to the death in the theatres. In the late 1 7 0 0 s , the puppet character of Guignol was imported from Lyons to Paris, where his brash, violent nature gave birth to a whole wave of plays known as Grand Guignol, whose object was to provide thrills of terror and shudders of hor ror with the realistic depiction of torture, beheadings, dismemberments, and other insults to the human body. Observers of the first impact of moving pictures on the public remarked on the realism and physical power of the images on the screen, causing audiences to jump back when a train approached or flinch when a gun was pointed at them for the first time in The Great Train Robbery. In the 1 9 5 0 s and ' 6 0 s , Alfred Hitchcock was known for provoking physical