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Islam and the Islamic World
Locate the following places on the map and label them clearly. Cities are indicated by a star.
Mecca
Baghdad
Persia
Medina
Red Sea
Arabian Peninsula
Jerusalem
Persian Gulf
Constantinople
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Damascus
Arabian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
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Label the major events and their significance in Muhammad’s life on the timeline below.
570 CE
600 CE
610 CE
622 CE
628 CE
632 CE
Match the following verses from the Quran by writing the appropriate number next to one of the
corresponding Five Pillars of Islam.
1. “I shall ordain My mercy for those who are conscious of God [Allah] and pay the prescribed
alms…Give relatives their due, and the needy, and the traveler—do not squander your wealth
wastefully.”
2. “The pilgrimage takes place during the prescribed months. There should be no indecent speech,
misbehavior, or quarrelling for anyone undertaking the pilgrimage—whatever good you do, God
[Allah] is well aware of it…Proclaim the pilgrimage to all people. They will come to you on foot
and on every kind of lean camel, emerging from every deep mountain pass…”
3. “God [Allah] bears witness that there is no god but Him, as do the angels and those who have
knowledge. He upholds justice. There is no god but Him, the Almighty, the All Wise.”
4. “Recite what has been revealed to you of the Scripture [Quran]; keep up the prayer: prayer
restrains outrageous and unacceptable behavior.”
5. “You who believe, fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that
you may be mindful of God [Allah]. Fast for a specific number of days, but if one of you is ill, or
on a journey, then on other days later.”
_______Testimony (Shahadah)
_______Daily Prayer (Salaat)
_______Charity (Zakat)
_______Fasting during Ramadan (Seyaam)
_______Hajj (Pilgrimage)
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Constitution of Medina, ca. 622 CE
The Prophet then wrote a contract…with which he concluded a covenant and a truce with the Jews,
confirmed them in their religion and their property, and imposed obligations on them and guaranteed
them certain rights.
In the name of Allah, the compassionate…This is a writing of Muhammad, the Prophet, between the
believers and the Muslims of Quraysh and Yathrib [different Arab tribes] and those who follow them and
are attached to them, and who fight together with them in war.
1. They are one community [ummah] to the exclusion of [other] people…
13. The God-fearing believers act against those…who cause an act of injustice or fraud or hostility or
harm among the believers. Their hands are all against him even if he is the son of one of them.
14. No believer shall kill a believer on account of an unbeliever; neither shall he help an unbeliever
against a believer.
15. The protection of Allah is one; the protection granted by the least of them is binding on all. The
believers protect each other to the exclusion of [other] people.
16. Whoever of the Jews follow us [will receive] help and support without being wronged and without
the one helping the other against them.
17. The peace of the believers is one. No peace shall be made with a believer apart from an[other]
believer when there is fighting in the way of Allah. However, [peace must be concluded] on the basis of
mutual equality and justice…
19. The believers exact vengeance for the blood of one another [that is shed] in the way of Allah.
20. The God-fearing believers are under the best and most correct guidance. No polytheist may grant
protection to the property or person of Quraysh; neither shall he protect him against a believer.
21. When evidence has been given that someone killed a believer then he is killed in retaliation for him
unless the person entitled to revenge is satisfied [with blood]. The believers are against him as one man.
They must take action only against him.
22. No believer who understands what is said in this document and who believes in Allah and the last
day shall give assistance to a wrongdoer or to give him shelter. If anyone helps him or shelters such a
person, upon him be the curse and wrath of Allah on the day of resurrection. No price or substitute shall
be accepted from him.
23. Whenever you differ about anything it is to be referred to Allah and Muhammad…
36. No one of them shall go out [to war] without Muhammad’s consent. But no one shall be prevented
from taking vengeance for wounds. Whoever acts on his own account [involves] himself and his family,
except him who has been wronged. Allah is the truest [fulfiller] of this [document].
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37. The Jews must bear their expenses and the Muslims must bear their expenses. They help one
another against those who make war against the people of this document. Between them is good
understanding, honorable dealing, and honesty, not treachery. No one is responsible for his
confederate. Help [is to be given] to whoever is wronged…
47. Every person who becomes guilty loads the guilt only upon himself. Allah is the most just and truest
[fulfiller] of the contents of this document. This writing does not protect him who practices evil or
treachery. He who goes out as well as he who remains is safe in the city except he who does wrong or
acts treacherously. Allah is a protector of whoever is good and faithful, and Muhammad is the
messenger of God.
1. How do the requirements for punishment for wrongdoing, especially in 13, 19, 21, and 36,
reflect earlier ideas of justice from the Middle East?
2. What do the ideas of the ummah and interactions with the Jews indicate about Islam’s early
attitude towards people of a similar religious background?
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