history islam

Question 1

What is the difference between an Arab and a Muslim?

Answer 1

An Arab is from or someone’s ancestors are from the Arabian Peninsula
A Muslim is a follower of the Islamic religion. Muslim means “one who has submitted.” If you were Muslim, then you were also believing in one God.

Question 2

Where do Arabs come from?

Answer 2

Arabian Peninsula

Question 3

Who was Muhammad? When did he live?

Answer 3

The founder of Islam religion, and to Muslims, he is the ultimate and final prophet. His life completely changed when a voice called to him while he was meditating in a cave.

Question 4

What happened to him in a cave?

Answer 4

that an angel named Gabriel came to him and tells him that he is a profit and decedent of Allah and the last prophet their will ever be

Question 5

What did he say, what happened to him in Mecca at first, and where did he go next?

Answer 5

That he was the descendant of Allah and that they had to believe him,Other Arabs of Mecca attack him and chase him out of Mecca and he goes on a journey with his followers to another city in Arabia called Yathrib, then he went to Medina

Question 6

How did the Muslims make an empire so quickly and convert so many people?

Answer 6

the amount of benefits and incentives they received such as ultimate justice and forgiveness of sins. They were also attracted by the message of Islam, which offered equality and hope in this world. Finally, non-Muslims were also attracted not having to pay a poll tax.
Have a very strong army

Question 7

How did Muslims treat Jews and Christians?

Answer 7

When you see a Muslim you have to stand up and give up your seat for a muslim.
Most of the time Jews were allowed to have happy lives but sometimes their was anti semitism

Question 8

How big was the empire? How far did they get in Europe?

Answer 8

By 750 the Muslim empire stretched from Atlantic ocean to Indus River
The muslims conquered Spain, all of North Africa and the whole middle east

Question 9

What families took over and what were their major accomplishments?

Answer 9

Al Quade is Sunni and Hamas and Isis are Sunni, but, Hezbollah anti israel terrorists based on Lebanon
Within Sunni their were 2 major families. The first family is called Umayyads first took power and moved Muslim capital from Mecca to Damascus in Syria.
Other family is called Abbasids, in 750 they defeated the Umayyads and the Umayyads all ran to Spain and the Abbasids moved the capital again and moved it to Bagdad

Question 10

What is the difference between a Sunni and Shiite?

Answer 10

Sunni Muslims supported leaders that were friends of Mahommad but not related to Mahommad
They started fighting with one another and belive almost the exact same things as Islam but to this day they hate eachothers guts
The leading Sunni country is Saudi Arabia
The leading Shia country is Iran
Most Muslims are Sunni
Sunni 70%
Shia 30%
the importance that the Shiites give to Ali, whom the Sunni do not recognize as being the prophet’s rightful successor.

Question 11

What are the 5 pillars of Islam?

Answer 11

Have to believe in the one God Allah, and believe that Mahommad was Allah’s last prophet
Muslim has to pray 5 times a day and pray in a Mosque. Each prayer is 10 min
They have to give charity
Muslim month called Ramadan and Muslims have to fast when the sun is up the entire month
Once in their lifetime they have to do the Hajj which is a visit to Mecca in Kaaba

Question 12

What are Muslims forbidden to eat or drink?

Answer 12

Believers are forbidden to eat pork or to drink intoxicating beverages.

Question 13

What do religious Muslims believe about American separation of church and state?

Answer 13

We believe in american church state and the muslims belive in Sharia which is also the law of the land for in a muslim country

Question 14

What are the three holy cities of Islam and why?

Answer 14

Mecca
Medina
Jerusalem
Muslims believe that Mahomad went on a magic ride on a magic animal to Jerusalem on animal called the Buraq which was a horse with wings with the head of a beautiful women
2nd Reason: Gets of the Buraq at the rock, he lands on the rock, then goes up to heaven and leads all the prophets that came before him, all led by Mahomad for prayer
That trip from Mecca to Medina is called The Hijrah, Mahamad attracted a lot of followers through his journey
Islam says it is a sin for any muslim to give back land back to infidel

Question 15

Which were important Muslim cities in their empire?

Answer 15

Baghdad
Damascus
Mecca
Medina
Jerusalem

Question 16

What are the rights of women in Islam (from the textbook)? How do the Saudi Arabians treat their women today?

Answer 16

Women had property rights, divorce rights, legal rights, were not just property. Mahommad said 3 wives was not enough.
Mahommad did not say that women have to cover up their whole body and many modern Muslims think the Burka is the outfit that they wear and that is wrong.
Their men force the women to cover themselves almost completely this is called a burka and some burkas cover your eyes
A women is not allowed to date without permission or go out by yourself and if she does not do that so the parents will kill her to protect the family name which is called an honor killing

Question 17

What are the Muslim contributions to the following:
Medicine

     Math and Science

     Literature

     Art (but what kind of art was forbidden?)

Answer 17

Medicine- There was a Muslim Al Razi who writes encyclopedia on medicine which records every known disease, and every known treatment. Muslims also invent Vaccines. The medicine that Islam invented was astronomy, engineering and agriculture.
Math and Science- Algebra is one of the most effective and useful types of math used in society today. Algebra helps financing, taxes, paying bills etc. I am currently using different algebraic properties in my geometry class. Muslims invent the idea of experiments which is a way of proving something systematically
Literature- there are poets and other writers, the most famous book is the 1001 nights
Title comes from a woman who has to tell a man a good story every night, so he doesn’t chop off her head
Art (but what kind of art was forbidden?)

Calligraphy
Geometric shapes
Muslims don’t draw people because they think it’s a sin, especially bad to draw Muhammad, so become excellent at drawing geometric shapes

Question 18

What are problems within radical Islam?

Answer 18

Terrorism
A couple of examples are Isis and alkaya
Treatment of women
Example is many women are told to cover themselves head to toe and that’s called a burka
Honor Killings- If a women disgraces the family their own family kills her, if she is raped or if she has a boyfriend that the parents don’t like
Sharia- no separation in change or state