GLST 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Quraysh, Animism, Zakat
29 Sep 2016
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Sparse resources art and architecture didn"t flourish 2. Poetry/oral history main method of sharing stories: theme heroic clans, warriors 3. Gods polytheistic and animism: buthow many really believedb. One tribe, quraysh believed had one god named allah: but not prayed to, sacrificed to initially iii. The life of muhammad and the genesis of islam: early life of muhammad1. Born into prominent clan of quraysh tribe: father and mother die, raised by uncle and prominent grandfather, made caravan trips with abu talib exposed to christian/jewish faiths 2. First revelation from gabriel: wrote allah"s words in qur-an b. persecution, flight and victory, seen as threat umayyad in mecca 1. Threat to wealth and power: threatened ka"ba role, no longer center of commerce?2. One clansmen ali, finds way for him to sneak out to medina in 622: medina ideal location caught up in clan conflict 2. Muhammad invited in to resolve disputes tions: wisdom as political leader won him new converts 3.
