REL110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 62: Kaaba, Polytheism, Quraysh
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La ilaha ill lah wa muhammmod rasul ilabi the shahada: no god except god and muhammod is the prophet of god. 3 abrahamic religions tracing to the common ancestor: abraham isaac judaism chrisianity, abraham ismael islam, all three monotheisic religions trace back to abraham. People oten ight more within their families and oten harder then with others, family in this case being the three monotheisic religions. Constanine of rome converts to chrisianity, where chrisianity becomes the posiion of poliical and social power. It is a natural human tendency when we cannot deal with tragedies we put the blame on an easy target. We are experiencing similar situaion to the holocaust with islam currently. Salaam aleikum peace be onto you, response is wa aleikum salaam- and onto you peace- it is about showing honor and respect to others: arabic is the second spoken language in halifax.
