Themes Attitude check Islamic Studies world religion origins: Mohammed worldview: surrender and striving

Ka`ba

Environment and Development

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

Origins: Mohammed

• life
  
  
• teachings
• there is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet
• Islam =
  
  
• Jihad =
  
  
• dhimmi
  
  
• impact:
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• umma
  
  
• dar-al-Islam
  
  

Worldview

• God
  
  
• man
  
  
• Last Day
  
  
• It is the will of Allah
  
  
• Quran: British Library Sacred Exhibit
  
  
• hadiths
  
  
• sharia
  
  
• 5 pillars
  • shahada
  • salat
  • sawm
  • zakat
  • hajj
• conversion and expansion
  
  

Comparisons

• compare Mohammed to Jesus and Paul, or Buddha
• links to Judaism and Christianity