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The Muslim World
The Rise of Islam
p. 263-268
Muhammad (p. 264)
– Orphaned at the age of 6
– Illiterate
– Married his business partner Khadijah
– Revelations
Angel Gabriel
Allah spoke to him
Hijrah (p. 265)
– Left Mecca in 622, was met with hostility
– Went north to Yathrib (Medina)
– Gained political and religious strength
Returned to Mecca
– In 630, MO and 10,000 followers
– Many Meccans converted to Islam
– They joined the umma
– Died two years later at the age of 62
Beliefs and Practices
5 Pillars, Good vs. Evil (p. 267)
– Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage
Source of Authority
– Qur’an
– Sunna, Muhammad’s example
– Shari’a
Links to Judaism and Christianity
Links (p. 268)
– Same God as the Jews and Christians
– View Jesus as a prophet
– Words of God???
– Believe in heaven and hell, and a day of
judgment
– Trace their ancestry to Abraham
– Religious tolerance to Christians and Jews