RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dhikr, Islamic Feminism, Hijab

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 131
• Professor: La Grone, Danielle

Document Summary

Prophet is someone who allah has revealed himself to. Eventually his principles did spread and he picked up followers. Hijrah: migration of muhammad and his family to medina, set up an islamic city-state, granted full rights of worship to other monotheistic groups (including. Jews) ****: little distinction made between political, religious and military authority. Judged to be the prime role model of religious and moral life. Muslims recognize the hebrew bible and new testament as divine revelations as well (but are flawed transmissions, not as divine as the qur"an: also recognize noah, abraham, moses and jesus as prophets. Divided into chapters called suras": moral lessons, parables, encourage good behavior. Ummah: morally good community, everyone worships the one god and respects their neighbours, became ideal to know the sacred text by heart as muhammad was illiterate, an official qur"an was introduced after muhammad"s death. Islam is concerned with ride action (orthopraxy over orthodoxy)