RLG280Y1- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)
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Theocracy > when a religion holds position of power. Two men came to him with golden basins filled with snow. They opened his chest and took a black drop out. >as a young boy one day as he took off his shirt, a supernatural force slapped him. Shows how modesty is important for women in islam, as well as men. > he became a trader and used to travel a lot. Ka"aba was claimed by local pre-islamic groups before. He verbally reiterated the angel"s words to scribes. > quran revealed in sections over 23 years. Khadijah was the first person to follow islam, followed by ali, then abu bakr. Abu bakr was the first caliph of islam. > father of ayesha, one of muhammad"s wives. He was spurned when he was trying to spread the message he was given. He was seen as rejecting their gods and idols. The quran went down through oral tradition but was written by scribes.
