ISLA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medina, Jahiliyyah, Qarmatians

• School: McGill University
• Department: Islamic Studies
• Course: ISLA 210
• Professor: Malek Abisaab

Document Summary

Major theme is the transition, historical transition meaning change, the new system carries institutions of the old one and invents new ones. In our case, structure is society, the military, economic and religious elite. When the structure appropriated islam, the problem is not with islam, but with the structure. In the 6th century, breakdown of collective property: trade led to the accumulation of wealth, mecca became the centre of trade, keep property in the line of the family, not the tribe. B(cid:272) they did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t, (cid:271)ut they took (cid:449)hat they (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted, like veiling: veiling: it became dominant in islam. It was meant to differentiate wives from concubines. It meant curtain to differentiate the house of the prophet and public people. Veiling can be a sign of modesty. Female infanticide suggests a belief that females were flawed. Types of marriages at the brink of islam. Patrilineal, belonged in the line of the male.