RELS 200 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Houri, Names Of God In Judaism, Talmud

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 200
• Professor: Craig Ginn

Document Summary

The rightly-guided caliphate - 4 men who knew mohamed personally and ali was his cousin. Abu bakr - a just war theory says don"t kill non-combatants. (current leader of isis has renamed himself after this man even though he does not follow the just war theory) Umar - picks up the mantle and wants to take islam outside of arabia. Adds my soldiers love to die more than your soldiers love to live. The myth of martydom (which does go back to mohamed when he sees the aferlife and gains an epistomological certainty of the afterlife. Says if he die fighting alonside allah you will immediatetly go to paradise. ) Uthman - starting to take on an empire dynasty feel. Ali - shia muslims believe ali should have been the first caliphate after mohamed died. Blood relation and mohamed told him in personal conversation tha the is the gate, the imam.