RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Al-Qaeda, Jahiliyyah, Medina
Document Summary
L- love life: a- accountability, m- muslim community. Types of islam: traditional- both content and form is important, spiritual relies on the content whereas form is not as important, political , military al quida, modern . Interest and power: population growth, meaning of life, security, oil- islamic countries have 55-60% of oil, created islamic civilizations. Difficulty in studying islam: the ambiguity inherent in every religion, the problem of politics, the problem of islamophobia (especially after 9/11) Islamophobia: hatred towards a person just because he/she is a muslim. Pre-islamic arabia: the era of jahiliyya: geographic context: Yathrib (medina) which was an important agricultural settlement. Only few people lived in urban cities. Principal sources of livelihood: herding, agriculture, trade, and raising from inter tribal wars. Profound effect on the social, cultural and moral structure of the aras. Ex: its effect on gender relation and the role of women in the society: women were deemed a liability rather than an asset.
