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Islam means...
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Islam means to submit, will of allah (God)
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Holy Book
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Quran
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Mohammed born in
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570 AD
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Two types of people before Mohammed
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Bedouins
City Dwellers |
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Characteristics of Bedouins
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pastoralists- herd camels, sheep, goats
male dominated killed baby girls (infanticide) |
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Characteristics of City Dwellers
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Mecca- Quraysh Tribe
Merchants- traded incense, Kaaba- building w/ 360 idols |
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Mohammed's life
born, worked, married, had children, preaching... |
born an orpah
worked as a merchant married Khadija had daughters spoke by angel Gabriel, started to preach |
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Night of Power
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Mohammed transported from earth to heaven and given final instructions
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who thought Mohammed as dangerous
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Mecca tribe, were going to kill him
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Why did the Mecca tribe view Mohammed as dangerous
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converting people to one religion, lose money on Kaaba
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the Hegira/Hijra
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followers helped Mohammed get to Yathrib (Medina)
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start of Muslim calendar
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622 AD
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Yathrib to Medina means...
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city of prophet
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person who called people to pray
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Muezzin
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1st jihad
means, what happened what happened after |
holy war
defeated took over Mecca destroyed the idols but kept Kaaba place of worship, Muslims travel there once |
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Mohammed dies
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632 AD
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5 Pillars of Faith
for what they are |
to be a good muslim
Declaration of Faith, Prayer-Imam, Pilgrimage, Alms giving, and Fasting |
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Declaration of Faith
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declare Allah is the only god and Mohammed is the prophet
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Prayer
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Pray 5 times a day facing Mecca
holy day friday, pray in arabic |
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Imam
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prayer leader of fridays, recite chapters of Quran, not paid
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Pilgrmage
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to Mecca/Kaaba; all good muslims must visit there at least once in their life
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Alms giving
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charity, give 10% of income
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Fasting during Ramadan
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fast for entire month, from sunrise to sunset
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Sharia
is means |
Islamic Law
no separation of church and state |
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Moral Code
is in... |
Quran
no alcohol, pork, infanticide have up to four wives |
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Why can Muslim Men have up to four wives?
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protection for widows (would be killed)
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Believe in pre...
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predestination
life is determined by God, before birth |
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People of the Book
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Christians and Jews
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Caliphs in order after Mohammed
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Abu Bakr
Omar Othman Ali |
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Abu Bakr
was he related to M? |
not related to Mohammed
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Omar and Othman did
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conquered mid-east and north africa
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Ali
relation died.. |
cousin/son-in-law of Mohammed
assassinated |
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Split between
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Sunnis and Shiites
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Sunnis
majority or minority, what they believe popular in... |
majority
any leader can become caliph accept Quran and commentaries (explain Quran), popular in Iraq |
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Shiites
are, leader has to be, popular in, believe in mar.. |
conservative, leader has to be descendent of Mohammed, believe in martyrdom (died for Islam)
popular in Iran |
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who became next caliph after ali and why
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Muawiya
killed Ali's sons (Hussain) in war |
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Muawiya
started which dynasty in moved capital to |
Umayyad Dynasty 650 AD
moved to Damascus |
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What happened in 711 AD
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Muslims moved into Spain and Sicily
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What happened in 732 AD
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Battle of Tours
Charles Martel fought for France, pushed Muslims back to Spain |
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What happened in 750 AD
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end of Umayyad dynasty,
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Why did the Umayyad dynasty end
what the Caliph do counter-action |
Caliphs put heavy tax on non Muslims and non-arab muslims
Abu al-Abbas got army and defeated them |
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Abu al-Abbas moved capital to
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Baghdad
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What happened in 1492 AD
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kicked Muslims and Jews out of Spain
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Golden Age Caliphs (after 750)
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Harun al-Rashid
Al-Mamun |
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what Harun al-Rashid do?
corresponded with who, started house of (did what) made country ... |
corresponded with Charlemagne
started house of wisdom- paid scholars to thik made country wealthy |
