FOLK 029 Study Guide - Final Guide: Simone De Beauvoir, Islamic Calendar, Jahiliyyah
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Key terms: there will a section where you will be asked to show knowledge of key terms through multiple choice. Key figures: there will be a section where you will be asked to show knowledge of key figures through multiple choice. Nb: know key dates associated with the figures and terms, when their importance was indicated during class lectures. Intersectionality- the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. Intersectionality focuses on the connection, not competition of identity signifiers. Quran (transmitted via whom, to whom)- revealed in fragments to the prophet through the angel gabriel, following muhammad"s revelation in 610. Muslims consider it to be the direct, transmitted word of god (but only in the original arabic). It included his daily practices and is a major source of guidance along with the quran.
