Topic: Religion & Belief

Shia // Sunni – What are the differences between Shia and Sunni Muslims? When Fatimah (a Shia Muslim) stops to help Abubakr (a Sunni Muslim) recover from his asthma attack, they get talking. Then the argument begins.

Curriculum Mapping

TrueTube films are designed for use in a number of ways. Some ideas of where this film could link to your curriculum are below:

AQA

Component 1: The study of religions: beliefs, teaching and practices –Key beliefs - Islam - Sunni and Shi’a core beliefs - The six articles of faith in Sunni Islam and five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi’a Islam, including key similarities and differences.

Edexcel

Section 1: Muslim Beliefs - Islam -The six Beliefs of Islam: their nature, history and purpose including Kitab al-iman 1: 4; how they are understood and expressed in Sunni and Shi’a Muslim
communities today; the importance of these principles for Muslims.

OCR

Component Group 1 - Islam - The importance of practices • Islam as a way of life, lived in total submission to Allah • The importance of the Five Pillars of Islam to Sunni Muslims • The meaning of the Five Pillars: •• Shahadah: sincerely reciting the Muslim profession of faith •• Salat: performing ritual prayers in the proper way five times each day •• Zakat/Zakah: paying an alms (or charity) tax to be nefit the poor and the needy •• Sawm: fasting during the month of Ramadan •• Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca • The analogy of the house and pillars • The importance of the Ten Obligatory Acts to Shi’a Muslims • The meaning of the Ten Obligatory Acts: •• Salat Prayer •• Sawm: Fast •• Zakat/Zakah: similar to Sunni Islam, it applies to money •• Khums: an annual taxation of one-fifth of gains in a year •• Hajj: Pilgrimage •• Jihad: Struggle •• Amr-bil-Maroof: commanding what is good •• Nahi Anil: Munkar forbid what is evil •• Tawalla: expressing love towards good •• Tabarra: expressing disassociation from evil

Eduqas

Component 1 (Route A) Religious, Philosophical and Ethical Studies in the Modern World - Theme 2: Issues of Life and Death - Beliefs about death and the afterlife - Diversity of views between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims regarding worship at graves. Theme 1: Issues of Relationships -Relationships - Diversity of beliefs between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims regarding temporary unannounced marriage Component 3 (Route A) Option 3: Islam -Beliefs and teachings - Angels (Malaikah) ➢ The significance of angels in Islam: Qur’an 2:97-98,Qur’an 2:285 ➢ Diversity in belief between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims regarding angels and free will

Transcript

Shia // Sunni

Fatimah You need to sit up straight.

Abubakr Salaam alaikum.

Fatimah Alaikum salaam.

Abubakr Forgot mine. Thanks.

Fatimah No problem.

Abubakr Oh, sorry.

Abubakr Are you on your way to the mosque.

Fatimah Yeah. We're gonna be late.

Abubakr Oh, yeah. Oh.

Fatimah It's okay, just wait.

Abubakr I don't know you. What's your name?

Fatimah Fatimah. You?

Abubakr Abubakr.

Fatimah Oh.

Abubakr Wait. Are you Shia? You're Shia, innit? I'll see you later.

Fatimah What?

Abubakr I'm only messing with you, man.

Fatimah What's your problem?

Abubakr No, no, there's no problem. Hey.

Fatimah If you've got something to say, then, then say it.

Abubakr No, I mean, well, it's like you've all got chips on your shoulders.

Fatimah What?

Fatimah No, it's a chip on your shoulder, and I haven't.

Abubakr You have.

Fatimah I haven't.

Abubakr So why are you all up in my face then?

Fatimah You're always making out you're better than us.

Abubakr Who?

Fatimah Sunnis. You're always making out that Sunnis are better than Shias.

Abubakr That's because we are better than you.

Fatimah We're all Muslim. Just because there's more of you doesn't mean you're more right.

Abubakr Well..

Fatimah We do everything you do. We believe the Qur'an is Allah's words, we believe in the same prophets, we eat Halal, we give to charity, we fast during Ramadan, we say the five prayers every day.

Abubakr Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, that is just so wrong that I can't even begin to explain.

Fatimah What?

Abubakr First of all- Man, I don't even know where to begin. First of all, Shias only pray three times a day. That's just wrong.

Fatimah No we don't.

Abubakr Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said that we should be praying five times a day.

Fatimah We say the five prayers, we just pair them up. We do dhuhr and 'asr together in the middle of the day and maghrib and isha in the evening. Sunnis are allowed to do that too.

Abubakr Yeah, but that's totally different.

Fatimah How is that totally different?

Abubakr Because we don't do that all the time. We only do it when we miss one. And you do that thing with a brick.

Fatimah What brick?

Abubakr You know, the brick, the brick. The brick that you pray on. When we pray, we put our heads to the floor. You put your heads on a brick.

Fatimah It's not a brick, it's a-

Abubakr What?

Fatimah Okay. Okay. It's a brick. But it's because Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam prayed on the ground and not on a carpet.

Abubakr Yeah, okay.

Fatimah Other than that, we pray exactly the same.

Abubakr No you don't. We cross our arms whilst we pray. You guys just put your hands by your sides.

Fatimah Right? Apart from that.

Abubakr You fast wrong in Ramadan.

Fatimah We fast wrong?

Abubakr Yeah. Why do you always start a day after us?

Fatimah Why do you always start a day before us?

Abubakr The month of Ramadan starts, yeah, when we see the new moon in the sky, so it should be the same for every single Muslim.

Fatimah Sunnis don't all start on the same day, some of you start when Pakistan says so, some of you start when Saudi Arabia says so. We always start when Iran says so.

Abubakr Yeah, but what about at sunset? You know, when you're allowed to eat, you lot just take it a little bit further. What are you trying to prove, that you can fast longer than us?

Fatimah No. We just want to make sure the sun is definitely set. We don't want to cheat.

Abubakr Cheat? So I'm a cheat now am I? Getting a little bit personal? Are we? Why? Because you're losing the argument.

Fatimah Oh, you're such a man. Not everything has to be a competition.

Abubakr Okay, sister, whatever you say, yeah.

Fatimah Don't sister me. I'm not your sister. And we're not children. I told you my name, so use it.

Abubakr Okay, sister.

Fatimah Stop it. Stop picking on me.

Abubakr I'm not picking on you. It's just a bit of banter. Don't be a martyr about it.

Fatimah That's not funny.

Abubakr What? Woah!

Fatimah I'm so sorry. Are you okay?

Abubakr Do I look okay?

Fatimah Come on. Don't just stand there.

Abubakr Okay, where were we?

Fatimah What? You need to go get dry.

Abubakr If I go now, you've won. I can't let you win by pushing me into the pond.

Fatimah I saved your life. No. Before with the inhaler.

Abubakr How did you clock me as a Sunni, anyway?

Fatimah Your name?

Abubakr Oh, yeah.

Fatimah You wouldn't be Shia with that name.

Abubakr Oh, you want to go there, do you? Abubakr, Muhammad's best friend. Right.

Fatimah Well...

Abubakr No, no, no, no, no, we're sorting this out. Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam was the last and greatest prophet of Allah, right?

Fatimah Yeah.

Abubakr Yes, so when he died, the first Muslims had to decide on a new leader, right?

Fatimah Yeah. But they-

Abubakr No, no, no, hear me out. You pushed me into the pond, yeah? Now hear what I got to say, the first Muslims had to decide on a new leader, and they had to choose somebody who was good at it, somebody who was there from the very start with Muhammad. Abubakr, who ended up becoming caliph, the successor.

S1 But that's not what Muhammad wanted. He said that Ali should be the new leader after he died. Ali, what?

Fatimah But that's not what Muhammad wanted. He said that Ali should be the new leader after he died.

Abubakr Ali.

Fatimah What?

Abubakr You lot are all so obsessed with Ali. Like he's important, yeah, but he's not that important. He's quite important. But he's not the most important. He's important yeah but-

Fatimah What are you talking about?

Abubakr You think he was a prophet? That's just wrong.

Fatimah No we don't.

Abubakr Yes, you do.

Fatimah Don't tell me what I believe.

Abubakr You add his name to the call to prayer. It should be (says call to prayer in Arabic). What do you say?

Fatimah The same.

Abubakr And

Fatimah (speaks in Arabic)

Abubakr Exactly. That's just wrong.

Fatimah It's not. Wrong. It's just different. Ali wasn't a prophet, but he was married to Fatimah, Muhammad's daughter. He was a son in law and his cousin, his closest relative. That's why Mohammed chose him to be the new leader. Abubakr took over, while Ali and the rest of the family were still at the funeral.

S1 Wrong. It's just different. Ali wasn't a prophet, but he was married to Fatimah, Muhammad's daughter. He was a son in law and his cousin, his closest relative. That's why Mohammed chose him to be the new leader. Abu Bakr took over, while Ali and the rest of the family were still at the funeral.

Abubakr You make it sound like it was some sort of conspiracy theory, like it was our plan to cut Ali out, Abubakr was chosen. Yeah, because he was the best man for the job, end of.

Fatimah Ali should have been the new leader. Mohammed chose him, end of.

Abubakr No, he didn't.

Fatimah Yes, he did.

Abubakr He didn't.

Fatimah He did.

Abubakr He didn't!

Fatimah Did!

Abubakr But, Ali got to be caliph later anyway. So, what's your problem?

Fatimah You murdered Hussein.

Abubakr Oh, I haven't murdered anyone.

Fatimah Hussein? Ali's son, Muhammad Alaihi Wasallam's grandson. He was murdered at Gobela by Sunnis.

Abubakr That had nothing to do with us. The guy who killed him wasn't even Muslim. But you guys won't ever let that go. And every year on the day that Hussein died, you do that wailing and that grieving, whipping your own backs, cutting yourselves with razors. That's just crazy, man.

Fatimah We don't all do that. I don't do that. Does it look like I do that? That's just.

Abubakr That's what I'm saying.

Fatimah Yeah. What? I'm not disagreeing with you.

Abubakr Oh.

Fatimah Aren't you cold?

Abubakr No.

Abubakr My granddad says when he first came to the UK, Sunnis and Shias used to live on the same streets and go to the same mosques. You don't call it a mosque, though, do you? What do you call it again?

Fatimah Imambara.

Abubakr Even though you're wrong-

Fatimah I'm not.

Abubakr You are. This has been good, right? I haven't had a proper discussion like this, like, ever. Never got this at Koran school. Man, them days were long. Coming home from school, running over to the mosque.

Fatimah Learning the prayers, learning the Arabic, reading the Qur'an.

Abubakr Over and over and over again.

Fatimah I liked it. I thought it was pretty easy.

Abubakr Yeah, you would, wouldn't you? Uh, okay. Uh, I should go.

Fatimah Yeah. You're gonna get ill.

Abubakr Yeah. My mate lives just there so I can get some clothes off him.

Fatimah Good.

Abubakr It was nice meeting you.

Fatimah You too.

Abubakr Thanks for saving my life. Yeah.

Fatimah No problem. You have to sit together. Asthma sufferers.

Abubakr Salaam alaikum.

Fatimah Alaikum salaam.

Abubakr I gave you your inhaler, didn't I?

Fatimah Yeah, yeah. Thank you. I better head off to mosque. I'm gonna be late.

Abubakr Which way are you going?

Fatimah That way.

Abubakr Oh, I'm going that way.

Fatimah Right then.

Abubakr Yeah.

Shia // Sunni

Video length - 9.30

Published date - Sep 2016

Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

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Charlie and Blue Hear all about Hindu Worship – Zippity-zip, let’s go on a trip! Charlie and her favourite soft toy (and best friend) Blue visit a Hindu Mandir where Geetha shows them how Hindus use their senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell in worship.

Curriculum Mapping

TrueTube films are designed for use in a number of ways. Some ideas of where this film could link to your curriculum are below:

AQA

Component 1: The study of religions: beliefs, teaching and practices: Hinduism - Worship and festivals: places of worship - The importance of places of worship - Worship in the home, the temple, outdoors (such as shrines, and in the space of the heart.

Edexcel

Area of Study 2 – Hinduism - Section 3: Living the Hindu Life - The importance of Hindu places of worship: the nature, features of use and purpose of worship in different places, including in the temple, in the home, outside, including shrines and festival celebration and in the space of the heart, with reference to interpretations of Bhagavad Gita 9.13–27; the benefits for Hindus of having different places to worship in.

OCR

Component Group 1 -Hinduism- Beliefs and teachings & Practices - Approaching deity •Different Hindu understandings of the role,f orms and importance of the following types of worship: •• Havan or homa •• Puja •• Meditation •• Japa •• Bhajan or kirtan •• Darshan • The nature and importance of sacred places and spaces for Hindu worship: •• Temples •• Shrines •• Sites of pilgrimage •• Outdoors •• Hills and rivers

WJEC

2.1 Unit 1 PART A - Hinduism - Core beliefs, teachings and practices -Practices - Worship  Features and importance of daily puja in the home: (Bhagavad Gita 3:19, 4:38)  Features and importance of congregational puja in the mandir (including devotions to the murti, arti and havan)  Diversity in Vaishnavite and Shaivite worship  Significance of bhakti  Role, importance and features of pilgrimage to Varanasi

Eduqas

Component 3 (Route B) - Option 2: Hinduism - Beliefs and teachings -Practices -Places of worship in Britain and elsewhere ➢ Features and importance of daily puja in the home ➢ Features and importance of congregational puja in the mandir ➢ Diversity of views and practices: Vaishnava and Shaiva bhakti ➢ Hindu mandirs in Britain compared to those in India ➢ Features and importance of worship at outdoor shrines Worship/meditation ➢ The significance of different forms of worship/meditation; havan, puja, arati, darshan Bhagavad Gita 9.26, bhajan/kirtan, japa: Bhagavad Gita 3.19, 4.38, 6.11–12

Transcript

Charlie and Blue Hear All About Hindu Worship

Charlie Wake up blue.

Blue Hello, Charlie. Hello, you.

Blue It's dancing time.

Charlie Blue. Blue!. Sorry, Blue. Did I scare you?

Blue What do you think? Did you want something?

Charlie I just wanted to know what you were listening to.

Blue Oh, why didn't you ask?

Charlie I tried, but you didn't hear me. Hmm.

Blue Why are our senses so important?

Charlie Because without them, we wouldn't be able to see, or hear, or feel, or anything. Hindus use all of their senses when they go to the temple to pray to God. I learned about it in school today. This is a picture of a Hindu god called Ganesha in a shrine. That's a special place for praying to God.

Blue What do they do with all those things?

Charlie Why don't you come with me and find out?

S3 Zippity zip. Let's go on a trip.

Geetha Hello, Charlie. Hello, blue.

Charlie and Blue Hello, Geetha.

Geetha Welcome to the Sri Ganapathy temple. Now, when we normally come to the temple, we always wear some special clothes. So would you like to have some as well?

Charlie Yes, please.

Blue Yes, please.

Geetha Right. So for Charlie we've got a lovely shawl. And it's blue as well. Then we've got a special shawl for Blue. Two bangles. We have a special bindi or pottu that we put on our forehead. Now, would you like to come in and see the temple?

Charlie and Blue Yes, please.

Geetha Come on.

Blue Who's that?

Geetha This is Lord Ganesha. As Hindus, we believe that God comes in many different forms and he's one of the most important ones, because all Hindus pray to him, and we pray to him to remove all the problems that we have in our lives. Many Hindus will have a statue of him in their homes.

Blue Why does he have an elephant's head?

Geetha Well, when we think of elephants, we always think of them as being kind and strong and wise, and hopefully we will try and bring those things in ourselves as well. And we know that he'll be strong enough and wise enough to help us remove all those problems in our lives.

Blue Why is there so much stuff all around him?

Geetha Well, this is a special place called a shrine, and it's where we worship God. And all the things that you see in front of you are the things that we offer to him, when we do our prayers. And we use all our senses so that we can concentrate fully on our prayers to him.

Blue What are senses?

Geetha Well, they're the things that help us make sense of the world, um, and so we have five of them, and they are sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell.

Blue So I can see the statue.

Geetha Yes, it's called a murti. It's an image of God, and you can see all the beautiful flowers and the lamps, the garlands and the clothes and the beautiful jewellery. It makes our sense of sight happy. What can you smell?

Blue So I can smell something smoky and sweet and flowery.

Geetha Well, that's the incense, and also the strings of flowers, which we call garlands.

Blue But I can't hear anything.

Geetha Well, it's quiet now, but when we do our service, then we might play music, or we may sing, or we'll have the bell ringing, or we might blow a conch.

Blue What's a conch?

Geetha Well, it's a seashell which is found in India, which is where our religion began, and if you blow in it hard, it can make a really loud sound like a trumpet.

Blue What do you touch?

Geetha Well, in our shrines at home, we're allowed to touch the murtis. Here at the temple. We're not allowed to do so, but the priests will touch them. And we treat them as the most important person in our lives, so we bathe them daily. We put new beautiful clothes on them and all the garlands to make them look beautiful. We also put special powder on our forehead, which is called a bindi or a potu, um, and then we also put our hands together in prayer and that makes our sense of touch happy.

Blue What do you taste?

Geetha Well, that's the bit that everybody enjoys. We make special sweets, which we offer to God, and also all the sorts of fruits that we can think of. And once it's been blessed, then we give it to everybody to share, and it's called prasad.

Blue Yummy.

Charlie Time to go home now, blue.

Blue Thank you for answering my questions.

Geetha You're welcome. This is a special flower to remind you of your visit to the temple.

Blue Thank you.

Charlie What did we learn today?

Blue Well, today we went to a mandir that's a Hindu temple. And we learnt that, Hindus believe that God can be seen in many different forms. Murtis are statues of gods that Hindus use in worship. Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch are all used when Hindus worship.

Blue Shh. Guess who.

Charlie Blue, I told you before, this game doesn't work when there's only the two of us!

Blue I wish I knew why.

Charlie Good night. Blue.

Blue Night, Charlie.

Charlie and Blue Hear all about Hindu Worship

Video length - 7.17

Published date - Jun 2016

Keystage(s) - 1

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