THE RISE OF ISLAM:
ALLAH AND THE PROPHET

Themes

• Attitude check
• world religion
• origins: Mohammed
• worldview: surrender and striving

Environment and Development

• Arab triangle
• spread
  • to 700: Egypt, Palestine, Persia, North Africa, Spain
  • to 1500: Africa, India, Southeast Asia, up into Byzantium
• development:
  • from*:
  • to:
  • Timeline:
    • Mohammed 570-632
      • hijra 622
      • hajj 632
    • conquests 632-655
    • Quran
    • civil war 655-661
    • Umayyad dynasty 661-750
    • Abbasid revolution and dynasty 750-1258

Origins: Mohammed

• Mecca
• __________ experience
• __________ message
• Medina: hijra
• raids
• Ka`ba
• teachings
  • there is no god but Allah...
  • ...and Mohammed is his prophet
  • Islam =
  • Jihad =
• accomplishments:
  • unification
  • umma
  • dar-al-Islam

Worldview

• God
• man
• Last Day
• It is the will of Allah
• Quran *
• sharia
• practice: 5 pillars
  • shahada Ottoman Topkapi Palace, Istanbul.
  • salat
  • sawm
  • zakat
  • hajj : Mecca; pilgrim tents
• conversion and expansion
  • true belief: umma
  • rapid expansion: dar-al-Islam
  • conversion versus conquest
  • Dome of the Rock (from UNF core abroad program, Paul Halsall)
  • Quseir `Amra (click on "Feudal Mode of Protection," then under that, "Feudal Syria," then under that "Umayyad and `Abbasid Syria.")

Conclusions

• summarize the main point
• comparisons and links to other religions
  • compare Mohammed to Jesus and Paul, or Buddha
  • links to Judaism and Christianity
  • Jerusalem: wailing wall and Dome of the Rock (from UNF core abroad program, Paul Halsall)

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