RELI 1710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Imamate, Mevlevi Order, Surah
12 Apr 2016
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Worlds of belief : believe that muhammad is fulfillement of christianity and judaism, god created the world and adam and eve, and then sent abraham, moses, david, jesus. Like jews, muslims believe that has given people direct guidance of how to live. Sunni islam: believe in the rightly guided caliphs, make up 80% of islamic world, sunnis: follow caliph and imam (simply a prayer leader) Imam = rabi = elder, educated male in community. Catholic priest becomes jesus during the eucharist: that"s why they must be male. Shi"a islam divisions: ali is fourth caliph, and first imam, all shi"a agree on the legitimacy of the first four imams, 1. First split at 5th imam: 5th zayad vs. al-baqir. Zaydis: shi"a sect who followed zayad as 5th imam: zaydis are falled fivers . Rest of shi"a follows al-baqir as 5th imam: 6th imam is jafar, but his son ismail died before his own father, 7th imam: ismail vs. musa, seveners.
