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Islamic Ideas
Sources and Concepts
• Sources
– Quran
– Hadith
• Concepts
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Basic Ideas
5 Pillars
Social Justice
Community and Leaders
Internal Discord
Other Religions
Conclusion: Jihad
Basic Islamic Ideas
• Radical Monotheism
• Islam means…
Basic Islamic Ideas
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Radical Monotheism
Islam=submission
Humans and Allah
Individual and Community
– Priests
– Umma
Five Pillars
• Testimony of Faith: “There is no God but God,
and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.”
• Pray 5x/day
• Zakat
• Fast during Ramadan
• Hajj
Social Justice
• Relation to pre-Islamic Society?
• Examples
– Hadith?
Umma, Leaders, Community
• Umma
– Belief not Tribe
– Leadership
Umma, Leaders, Community
• Umma
– Belief not Tribe
– Leadership
• Leader Responsibilities
– Leadership in Hadith?
– Abu Bakr’s Dying Advice?
– Umar’s advice
Umma, Leaders, Community
• Umma
– Belief not Tribe
– Leadership
• Leader Responsibilities
– Leadership in Hadith?
– Abu Bakr’s Dying Advice?
– Umar’s advice
• Community Responsibilities
– Quran?
– Hadith?
– Exceptions?
Umma, Leaders, Community
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Umma
Leader Responsibilities
Community Responsibilities
Differences between Source 7 and 8
Internal Strife
• Rightly Guided Caliphs
– Abu Bakr
– Umar
– Uthman (Ummayad)
– Ali and Civil War
• Interal Discord in Hadith
– Source B
– Source C
Relation with Jews/Christians
• Dhimmi
• Examples of Toleration
Relation with Jews/Christians
• Dhimmi
• Examples of Toleration
-Christian Leader in 647: Muslims “not only do not
fight Christianity, they even commend our religion,
show honor to the priests and monasteries and
saints of the Lord, and make gifts to the monasteries
and churches.”
Relation with Jews/Christians
• Dhimmi
• Examples of Toleration
– Quran
– Umar
Conclusion: Jihad
• “Sixth Pillar”: Jihad
– Greater vs. Lesser Jihad
• Jihad in Historical Context
– Compare with Christianity
– Source 11
Conclusion: Jihad
• “Sixth Pillar”: Jihad
– Greater vs. Lesser Jihad
• Jihad in Historical Context
– Compare with Christianity
– Source 11
• Politics and Religion