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Monotheistic?

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Yes. Strictly.

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What is their God called?

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Allah

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What is the word of God?

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The Torah and the Bible.

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Abraham and Hagar…

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Ishmael -> 12 Arabian Tribes

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Abraham and Sarah…

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Isaac -> (Esau) and Jacob -> 12 Tribes of Israel

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The prophetic tradition

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Adam -> Noah -> Abraham -> Moses -> Jesus -> Muhammad

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The Qur’an

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God’s last revelation

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First revelation of Qur’an

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Angel Gabriel in 610

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Next revelation for Qur’an

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622 - Hijrah Muhammad flees Mecca for Medina (beginning of Muslim calendar - 1 A.H.)

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Revelations of Mohammad compiled into… When…

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Qur’an after his death

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The Qur’an is…

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The word of God

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How many chapters?

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114 suras, or chapters

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Written in the language…

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Arabic

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It says to be…

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Compassionate and merciful

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You have to….

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submit to the will of Allah

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The Dar al - Islam

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The world of worship

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The Mosque

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The Muslim place of worship

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The Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem

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Mount Moriah Rock - where Muhammad ascended into heaven

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How many wives allowed?

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Up to 4

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Food/drink rules?

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No alcohol or pork

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Money rules?

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No gambling

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Sharia

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Body of Islamic law to regulate daily living

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Three holiest cities

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Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem

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Religion’s spread speed?

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Fast

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Why spread speed of religion?

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Easy to learn

Easily “portable” nomads and trade routes

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Priesthood?

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Nope. Reason for fast spreading.

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What does it teach?

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Equality. Reason for fast spreading.

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Non-Muslums

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People of the book, allowed religious freedom but payed additional taxes. Reason for fast spreading.

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Jihad

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Holy war. Against pagans and other non-believers called infidels. Reason for fast spreading.

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Countries with the largest Muslim Population

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Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, Morocco.

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Arabs make up…

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20% of total Muslim population.

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In America…

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Around 2,000,000. Population greatest to least: CA, NY, NJ, ILL, DC.

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Diversity in Race?

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South Asian, Black, South Asian and Arab, Arab, Other Mixes.

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Mosque location?

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City Neighborhood, Town or Rural/City Downtown-Inner City, Suburb

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Converts?

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Mostly African-Americans.

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Mosques founded?

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Most in the 1980’s

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MosqueCommunity Services

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Cash assistance, counseling, soup kitchen, collection drives, voter reg.

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Muhammad’s birth and the city of Mecca

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Born into brutal world. Born in Karashe, a powerful tribe, tribes most sacred thing in Saudi Arabia. Tribes were super important because of such a violent word, only way a person can survive because they could not survive alone. Uncle raised him because parents died. Empathized with poor and disabled.

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Muhammad 40’s

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Troubled by society in Mecca. Too materialistic. The people were only concerned about themselves and didn’t care about the poor and taking care of the poor. Goes to cave/mosque (I think) and Angel Gabriel appears and he gets revelation from God. Tells hits teach everyone to stop the awful society.

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Choice to go public with message

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is prophet. Spoken to by God. Family doesn’t believe him. Does this anyway because God tells him to through another revelation.

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The Qur’an

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Beautiful words emitted through Mohammad’s mouth from the divine revelation from God. Attracted many followers because of beauty. Was memorized and written down. Complete collection, all that’s left is words. Mohammad was illiterate, so this gave conviction that his revelations were true because of the complexity of his speech.

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Threat to Mecca

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Mecca attracts others with idols, believes in them. Mohammad doesn’t believe in them and is then prosecuted greatly along with all of his followers.

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Gabriel visits, the night Ascension

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Flew from Mecca to Jerusalem with Angel Gabriel. Meets prophets and eventually God, no words for presence with God because so holy. Receives divine truth. Caused a lot of doubt even among followers because this is impractical.

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Goes to Yathrib

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Center of Medina. Is head of state, political solution. Makes a pact and escapes from murderers. Sent followers there for awhile before going there himself. Safe place. Very agricultural. Tribal warfare, though with Jews and pagans. Leader of Islamic law is Mohammad. Settles dispute as leader.

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Mosque, revelation.

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Yathrib is center of medina. Go and pray there. Prophet solves problems there. Peaceful. Cannot fight here. Can still kill for defense and human rights though.

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The first hajj to Mecca

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Went to people of Mecca. Tried violence, Islams deprived of water. Worked and stopped the fighting. Thought Angels were fighting with them the whole time. Didn’t want to fight at first because they were friends before, but violence is their immediate reaction.

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End of Muhammad’s life and his death.

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Final sermon on mt; 10,000+ people show up. Accept his message. Good to each other and no violent thoughts. He fulfills his mission to God and has much dignity. Death comes from difficulty of health and knows of his death in advance. Dies peacefully in June 8th of 632.

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Angel Gabriel

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Appears multiple times to Mohammad through revelation. Shows hm divine revelation and his power.

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Mecca

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City where Muhammad grew up and was born. In modern Saudi Arabia. Opposition to Mohammad grew. Pilgrims worship gods of stone, which is bad according to Mohammad.

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Islam

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Muslims ridiculed when practicing this in public. Muslims follow Islam beliefs.

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Mosque

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Place at center of medina. Many Muslims go to pray and give devotion to God. Prophet would go there to solve problems, declare peace or war, (etc.)

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Ka’ba

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Ancient shrine in the heart of Mecca. Fighting not allowed in the area surrounding this because it is a sacred area. Pilgrims came from all over to worship the idols-there are many here. Hundreds.

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Muslim

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People of Muhammad’s beliefs. Prosecuted and fled to mountains. Starved and formed ghettos.

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Allah

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Cave where Muhammad went to pray. Revelation here. Gets scripture. Mohammad is shaken to his very core. Angel shows him his power. Fills up the sky.

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Hijrah

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Asks Mohammad to take caravans to Syria. Did good job. Marries him. Has 4 daughters and 2 sons with him. Comforts and reassures Mohammad that his messages are from God.

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Muhammad

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Prophet. Best known of ancient times. Statesman, warrior, family man, most influential merchant. Prophet that brings divine revelation to people. Has empathy for poor and disadvantaged and dis privileged. He made a living in the Mecca market as a merchant and then travelled to teach gospel?

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Sharia

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The basic Islamic law. Islamic legal system derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran.

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