HIST 249 Lecture : Introduction to Islamicate Civilization
5 Feb 2012
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Madrasah: a way to study; where to study. Ljazah: permission (literal); degree; related to a text (usually) Ilm: knowledge; used to mean knowledge of god. Fitna: civil war among muslims that challenges the notion of community. Mamluk: slave based authority from central asia; nomads on horses. Ulamah: a person who went to madrash and gained ilm and now has a doctorate degree as a lawyer. Medieval polemics: origins of western study y there is a timetable for interest of islam, beginning with conquesta and the. Crusades y one word hostile because the monasteries teach to hate muslims: heresy. Islam is a christian heresy, because want to relate islam to christianity y y example) denial of the trinity therefore christian heresy y. Islam is a combination of christian heresies; islam is a devil s plan for. Christianity y there was a notion of the ultimate heresy, characterized in the prophet.
