REL 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Ashraf, Hajj, Religious Pluralism
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Jibra"il: name for angel gabriel, talked to muhammad at age 40 as messenger from allah. Ka"aba: in mecca, building at center of the mosque, people pray here countries w/ most muslims: indonesia, india, pakistan, bangladesh. Islam during euro dark ages : muslim was a flourishing culture, large scientific development, w/o islamic kingdoms would there have been a renaissance/reformation? (euro. Edward said & orientalism: western people perceive islam/middle east as evil world. Islam & modern nation-states: in india muslims are generally more poor, Qur"an: direct words of allah, muhammad had a vision and angel gabriel spoke for allah. Hadith: stories about muhammad, passed down, arguments about authenticity, lay out what it means to be islam. Ahl al-kitab: people of the book, (jews, christians, muslims) salaam alaykum: peace be unto you greeting adhan: 1st call to prayer, aloud, call to daily prayer, done in arabic.
