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MMW3 Smarr p2
MMW 3
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Undergraduate 1
05/23/2008
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Term
Sunni
 Definition
o    Ulama = learned judges
o    Secular leadership, humanly fallible
o    Koran = eternal; learned judges apply it
Term
Shia
 Definition
o    Imams= clergy
o    Spiritual leadership, divinely inspired, infallible
o    Koran= produced in time; imamas can add to its pronouncements
o    Koran has a hidden meaning in which only imams can interpret
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Uthman
 Definition
3rd caliph of Islam, murdered by mob,
Term
Ali
 Definition
Mohammed's son-in-law, 4th caliph, failed to prosecute killers of Uthman,
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