RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Uthman, Hijab, Marriage
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Lecture 7 three major branches of islam. Abu bakr: omar ibn khattab, uthman ibn affan, ali. The shiites believed that ali was the rightful leader after prophet muhammad: ali didn"t rebel against what really happened because, there is power interest between both groups. Shiites believe in 2 extra principles of islam: justice, immah. These have political function in shiaism because they"re a minority. Just as with catholic church, immah allowed the function of the. Shia to unite, solidarity . it allows them to be. The month of muharram also allows the shittes to mobilize. This allowed to fight against the political system. The shittes have 3 types of marriage: 1. Regular marriage still a contract and you"re allowed to get divorced. You"re allowed to put conditions in marriage also, such as you"re allowed divorce. The only condition you can"t put is that you want to get married but deny intercourse: 2. Temporary marriage type of . called motomoto in japanese.
