HISB61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ridda Wars, Jihadism, The Persians
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The prophet and the revelation of the quran. Non-normative approach to history and religious studies: a more objective approach when you state something, you do not state it as a fact. (cid:862)musli(cid:373)s (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e that moha(cid:373)(cid:373)ed (cid:449)as the last true prophet(cid:863) Normative approach: stating something as a fact. (cid:862)the prophet of moha(cid:373)(cid:373)ed (cid:449)as the last true prophet(cid:863) Areas of islam: syria, jordan, western iran, north africa, etc, no(cid:449) it"s pakista(cid:374), i(cid:374)dia, (cid:455)ria, et(cid:272). Depending on what clan/kind of protection that you belonged to. Although mohammed was made fun of, he never suffered as a result of his beliefs. A substantial portion of the population converted into islam. Conflicts with jewish tribes who opposed had fought against the prophet (mohammed) Mohammed died in 632 and was replaced: before he died, he signed treaties: economic and tribes converting to islam, some of those treaties breached the treaties which led the wars of apostasy (ridda wars)
