POL 1905 Midterm: Midterm review notes.docx
Document Summary
Spiritual: daily fight that man should hold with himself on daily occasion fight of values, improving yourself, good vs. evil. Political: believers should take part in holy war to promote beliefs of islam to non-islamic. Invented tradition : doesn"t matter if it happened or not, people believe the tradition. Caliphe: religious title, successor of the late prophet muhammad. Islam: to achieve peace through submission to god . Hadith: teachings based on muhammad life as a model of the qur"an, has weakness because of the manner of storytelling and sources. Sonna: describes the way of life of the prophet. Isnad: chain of transmission from hearers to reporters. Sajda or sujud: the posture of kneeling in prayer with forehead touching the ground, a niche in the wall faces towards mecca/makkah/caba. Minbar: raised platform from which a sermon is given in the friday congregational prayer. Muhammad established the dustur-al-medinah (constitution of madinah), he consulted people before making decisions.
