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The Rise of Islam
600 C.E. -1200’s C.E.
Islam
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Bedouin Arab named Mohammed
born ca. 570 A.D.
raised by relatives
-father and mother died by age six
-raised by an impoverished uncle
Mohammed
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formal education ?? We don’t
know
–Normally only the Poets of the
Tribes could read and write
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commercial agent for a wealthy
widow
– Khadijah
– supervising caravans from Mecca, north
to Jerusalem
– contact with both Jews and Christians
Mohammed, con’t
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monogamous until his wife died
eventually married nine wives and
had assorted concubines
Origins of Mohammed’s
Teachings
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periods of unconsciousness are indicated:
explanations
– revelations from Allah by holy trances, spoken
to by Gabriel
The Quran
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Record of revelations received
during visions
Tradition of Muhammad’s life:
hadith
The Hijra
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flight from Mecca, To Medina
-tradition: invited by the Jews of Medina
622 A.D.
beginning of the Islamic calendar
forms the umma (community)
welcomed, then resisted
Mohammed becomes an absolute theocrat
Muhammad’s Return to
Mecca
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Attack on Mecca, 630 -- jihad
Conversion of Mecca to Islam
Destruction of pagan sites, replaced with
mosques
– Ka’aba preserved in honor of importance
of Mecca
– Approved as pilgrimage site
Jihad
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holy war against Mecca
ten year blockade
a deal was made for peace
The Ka’aba in
Mecca
The Religion: the Koran
(Qu’ran)
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the Koran (Qu’ran): contains much of Mohammed’s
recounting of Allah’s teachings
-114 chapters (“SURAH”)
– arranged from longest to the shortest
– not by subject or chronologically
– length is the criterion of order for the text
The Koran, con’t
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some “Old” and “New” Testaments
stories
– but sometimes the story seems a bit
different to Jews and Christians
Five Pillars of Islam
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uniqueness of God
–‘There is no god, but God….’
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prayer five times a day
observe the month of Ramadan
give alms to the poor
pilgrimage to Mecca
–If possible, once in your life
Spread of Islam
arabesque
patterns/columns
Dome of the Rock,
Temple Mount Jerusalem
IslamAn Abrahamic
Religion
 Muslims are strict monotheists.
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They believe in the JudeoChristian God, which they call
Allah.
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Muslims believe that the Torah
and the Bible, like the Qur’an,
is the word of God.
Peoples of the Book
Abraham’s Genealogy
HAGAR
ABRAHAM
Ishmael
12 Arabian
Tribes
SARAH
Isaac
Jacob
12 Tribes of
Israel
Esau
The Prophetic Tradition
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Moses
Jesus
Muhammad
Architecture
 The call to prayer by the
muezzin in the minaret.
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Pray in the mosque on Friday.
The Great Mosque of
Mecca
 The pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Must be done at least once in a
Muslim’s lifetime.
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2-3 million Muslims make the
pilgrimage
every
year.
The Hajj
 Those who complete the
pilgrimage can add the title
hajji to their name.
The Mosque
 The Muslim place of worship.
The Dome of the Rock Mosque in
Jerusalem
Mount Moriah Rock
where Muhammad ascended into heaven.
Faith Question
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Do you agree or disagree with the
views expressed in the following movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0_jB
7dp0S0&feature=related