ISLA 355 Lecture 2: ISLA355 2

• School: McGill University
• Department: Islamic Studies
• Course: ISLA 355
• Professor: Malek Abisaab

Document Summary

Signi4icance of the ka"abah that it was built by ibrahim, it was a place of peace and gathering of the bedouins (where there would be no war between the clans. ) It was a place of sale with no feuds. One god = one people and no more tribal divisions. Images of the prophet given honor but not drawing his face, different approaches to drawing the prophet. These are not devotional images these are historical images, to learn about history of religion. Opposition to muhammad also grew, people were skeptical. People in the city didn"t want muhammad to keep promoting his message in the town, they did everything they could to remove him from the town or even kill him. In yathrib, the town was open to muhammad for refuge because they wanted his help in making the city more peaceful. A new community was created and for the 4irst time it was bound by faith not by blood.