Islam

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Allah

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the arabic word for God

Question 1

Islam

Answer 1

literally means surrender or submission

Question 2

Ishmael

Answer 2

• First son of Abraham
• son of Hagar
• Father of Arab race

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Muhammad

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• the last; seal prophet of Allah
• born/raised in Mecca, 6th Century
• Profession-caravan trader
• employed by Khadijah becomes his wife
• significance- she was his boss/ older than him
• in a cave he heard a message from the angel Gabriel
• Muhammad heart it and recited it to his people in Mecca
• Not successful for 10 years
• Then went to Medina
• He went over there implemented is teaching and was succesful

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Koran

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means to proclaim; recite

• muhammad never wrote the Koran he spoke it
• closest thing to God
• according to muslims Koran is the holiest object there is
• they believe it’s God’s words in his actual language
• God speaks in the first person

Question 5

Mecca

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birthplace of Muhammad

-muslims are required to make a pilgrimage there

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Medina

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first place islam was put into practice

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Sufism

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mystical form of islam
mystics want a direct experience with God
-they are lovers and dervishes of God

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Whirling Dervish

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the spinning dancers of islam

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Rumi

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Best selling poets in the world

-poems about love directed toward allah

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Hajj

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pilgrammage to Mecca

• throw rocks at things
• circle the Kabu 7 times
• pray on Mount Arafat

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Ramadan

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fasting (month long) don’t eat, drink, sex

• only applies to healthy people
• no eating when sun is out

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Haram

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• impure

- name given to religious idol in Mecca before Muhammad came to the scene

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Hijra

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immigration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina

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Imam

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priest; muslim preacher

• no need to go to school or be ordained
• can have wife and kids
• just have to go and start preaching and there you go

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Jihad

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holy struggle

• or holy war most commonly called
• mostly about the effort of the struggle

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5 pillars of Islam

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Shahada
Salat
Zakat
Ramadan 
Hajj

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Shahada

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creed

• there is no God but GOd
• Muhammad is his Prophet

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Salat

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prayer 5 times a day

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zakat

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charity

2.5% of what you make

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Sufism

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the people that followed Abu Bakar

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Shi’ite

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Followed Ali the stepson

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Muhammad’s life contd

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-Before Muhammad

Mecca was immoral, chaotic, and practiced Animalistic polytheism

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Mecca

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where Muhammad was born

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Medina

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Gained a lot of converts; where Islam was practiced

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Allah

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- is one, universal (for everyone) - is immaterial (not made of stuff) - Man cant' become God

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Islamic social teaching on women

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Before muhammad women were seen as property after, women got the right to divorce, inheritence, consent to marriage (although there was still polygamy)

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Islamic social teaching on Economics

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-charity -money should move, flow, circulate (like the body)

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Islamic social teaching on force

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use of force only when necessary defense or injustice

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Islamic social teaching on Race

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-race doesn't matter | God is for everyone