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Identify the Five Pillars of Islam |
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1. Shahada, or the Muslim creed
2. Salat, or prayer
3. Sawm, fasting during Ramadan
4. Zakat, or almi
5. Hajj, the pilgrimage |
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| • Meaning “submission” The religion founded by the prophet Muhammad |
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What was Islam able to expand rapidly? |
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• By time of Muhammad’s death, his followers had conquered all of Arabia
• Many peoples of the territories welcomed Islamic rule as liberation from Persian or Byzantine
• Eventually converted to Islam and became part of the Umma community of Islamic believers |
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• “Struggle in the path of God”
• Although not necessarily implying violence, it is often interpreted to mean holy war in the name of Islam |
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Describe the position of woman in Islam |
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• Improvised status of woman
o ex: all children regardless of sex should have opp. to live
• Woman has right to contract her own marriage and she should receive the dowry
• they’re guaranteed the right to inherit, own and marriage property |
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| • The true line of succession to Muhammad |
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• “person with correct knowledge.”
• The Islamice scholarly elite who served a social function similar to the Christian clergy |
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What were the differences between Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims |
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• Shi’ite= believe in Allaah
• Sunni= believe more in traditional |
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| • Rulers who have almost complete sovereignty over a certain domain without claiming the title of Caliph |
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• The flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622 C.E.
• It marks beginning of the Islamic calendar |
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What was the message of Muhammad and the Qur’an? |
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1. Social justice and worship of the one true God are required of every person
2. At the end of time, people will be resurrected and judged by God, who will reward or punish them depending how they lived
3. The proper response to God is submission to his will by becoming a Muslim |
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What were the main achievements of Classical Islamic Culture? |
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• Astronomy and medicine
• Arabic lit./ poetry flourished
• “language spreaded
• “artists/ architexts dev. a distinctive Islamic style in decoration, paintings and architecture |
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• Ruled from Baghdad
• Arab dominace replaced by Eastern esp. Persian
• Leaders of slave solders gained power |
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| • The pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are enjoined to perform at least once in their lifetime |
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| • A blace meteorite in the city of Mecca that became Islam’s holiest shrine |
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