RELI 1710 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hijab, Sunnah, Muzdalifah
9 Oct 2017
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Origins of islam: abraham kicked out which is saudi arabia. Mecca was very wealthy so they began to lose their defense for the socially defenseless. Theological constructions: this period before islam is called: jahaliyya = time of ignorance. Abu bakr said that they didn"t worship muhammad, they worshipped allah: khalifah = steward, caliph, watches over the place, didn"t own the place first. Imam = prayer leader: abu bakr appointed his next successor: umar (634-644ce, the quraysh didn"t want ali to be the next caliph because they didn"t want )slam. Karbala in 680: at this point, there is a total split sunni and shia, quraysh + umayyad dynasty = sunni, shias laid low. Messiah: shia make up about 20% of muslims, ayatolla khomeini (iran) = his followers claimed he was the mahdi. Islam spreads to spain (west), iran and pakistan (east), stopped from taking france in 732.
