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12 Cards in this Set
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The Shari’s
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law of Islam, foundation of Islamic civilization, evolved over time in response to the Muslim community’s need for a legal system
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Hadith
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reports conveying the precise words or deeds of Muhammad (sunna), next to the Quran the most important basis of Islamic law.
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How a person become a Muslim
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by stating “There is no God but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God.”
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Why many new Muslim converts migrated to an urban center
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Urban areas had a large Muslim population to help them learn about their new religion and they encountered discrimination if they stayed in their Christian, Jewish, or Zoroastrian communities
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Why Muslim doctors and astronomers developed skills and theories far in advance of their European counterparts
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they built on the work of the Greek and Hellenistic civilizations facilitated by rulers who paid for translations from Greek into Arabic, built libraries, and built observatories.
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Treatment of elite women in the Muslim community
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Muslim women were veiled and secluded
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How many wives a Muslim could have
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four
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Status of women under Islamic law
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rights included the right to inherit and own property and to retain it in marriage, the right to divorce, to remarry, to testify in court, and to go on pilgrimage.
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Why was A’isha not the role model for the ideal woman
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Two stories about Muhammad’s young wife A’isha illustrate what Muslims feared most about women: sexual infidelity and meddling in politics . She had once been separated from a caravan and traveled at night with a man who found her in the desert which caused gossip and her participation in the Battle of the Camel.
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Islam’s stance on slavery
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Muslims allowed slavery but were not permitted to enslave their fellow Muslims, Jews, Christians, or Zoroastrians except when taken as prisoners of war. It was not hereditary.
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Madrasa
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religious college
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Sufi brotherhood
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mystic fraternities whose members sought union with God through rituals and training
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