SOCIOL 2TA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: White Supremacy, Kunta Kinte, Hijab
SOCIOLOGY 2TA3 WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Lecture One
- The first successor to Mohammad was Abu Bakr
- Term Shia means to follow, Ali was son in law of Mohammad
- As Islam expanded, went into Africa, 711 they emerged into Spain
- Islam in Africa is different than in Malaysia is different based on the cultural influences around
them, blacks were more educated than the whites
- Timbuktu there were at least 25000 graduates that stemmed from here during the medieval
ages
- Mystics of Islam (the Sufis) they tried to create a special connection to God, absorb local
culture into Islam, including music for example was accepted
- Wherever they went, they brought knowledge from
- Learning is encouraged in the Quran, seek knowledge
- In the early periods, Muslims excelled in the sciences the works of many early theorists, were
transferred over to the West by Muslims, words brought over that have a source coming from
Muslims includes Algebra, Algorithm
- Around 16 and 18 century, slaves were brought over to America, 10% of these slaves were
Muslims, this was found out through the registry that was set up
- Ten million slaves were brought over at that time
- Kunta Kinte one of the Muslim slaves brought from West Africa
- Islam is a public religion, in regards to the prayers five times a day, fasting, dietary restrictions,
hijab, building mosques (in order to ensure that the generations after have a source of Islam)
- In some cases, they were forcibly converting Christians
- Muslim slaves sometimes had to marry non-Muslim women since there were not enough
Muslim women at that time, caused a decline in Muslims for the generation after
- Many Muslims also went back to Africa
- Gettysburg in 1865, Abe Lincoln made an announcement to abolish slavery in America
- There were very few Muslim immigrants coming from America, as a result Islam wasn’t very
wide spread across America during that time
- Estevan came on a ship from Spain but he was originally from Morocco in 1517 in Florida, he
was an early Muslim
- Self-signification to defy oppression, preserve your own identity, do not give in to oppression,
for slaves it meant to take pride in their Islamic and African identity
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Document Summary
The first successor to mohammad was abu bakr. Term shia means to follow, ali was son in law of mohammad. As islam expanded, went into africa, 711 they emerged into spain. Islam in africa is different than in malaysia is different based on the cultural influences around them, blacks were more educated than the whites. Timbuktu there were at least 25000 graduates that stemmed from here during the medieval ages. Mystics of islam (the sufis) they tried to create a special connection to god, absorb local culture into islam, including music for example was accepted. Wherever they went, they brought knowledge from. Learning is encouraged in the quran, seek knowledge. In the early periods, muslims excelled in the sciences the works of many early theorists, were transferred over to the west by muslims, words brought over that have a source coming from. Around 16 and 18 century, slaves were brought over to america, 10% of these slaves were.