SOCIOL 2TA3 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Slavery, Quran, God In Islam
12 Oct 2018
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The first successor to mohammad was abu bakr. Term shia means to follow, ali was son in law of mohammad. As islam expanded, went into africa, 711 they emerged into spain. Islam in africa is different than in malaysia is different based on the cultural influences around them, blacks were more educated than the whites. Timbuktu there were at least 25000 graduates that stemmed from here during the medieval ages. Mystics of islam (the sufis) they tried to create a special connection to god, absorb local culture into islam, including music for example was accepted. Wherever they went, they brought knowledge from. Learning is encouraged in the quran, seek knowledge. In the early periods, muslims excelled in the sciences the works of many early theorists, were transferred over to the west by muslims, words brought over that have a source coming from. Around 16 and 18 century, slaves were brought over to america, 10% of these slaves were.
