Birth of Islam
An Arab trader named Muhammad was the founding prophet of Islam. He lived in Mecca, a busy trading
town in Arabia (now called Saudi Arabia). Mecca had temples built to honor various pagan gods. Pilgrims visited these temples to worship statues of the gods. One day while fasting in a cave.
message. He said there is only one god, not many, and no one should warship idols (statues of gods). He called on the people of mecca to surrender themselves to Allah, as he called God.