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IslamIslamChapter 14Chapter 14

A Prophet and His A Prophet and His WorldWorld

Review of Section 1Review of Section 1

The Bedouin

Trade Routes

Mecca

Muhammad ibn Abdullah

Muhammad’s Vision

The Quran

Muhammad’s Message

Muhammad’s monotheistic teachings offensive to polytheistic pagans

Economic threat to existing religious industry

Denunciation of greed affront to local aristocracy

The Hijra Muhammad flees to Yathrib (Medina) 622 CE

Year 0 in Muslim calendar

Organizes followers into communal society (the umma)

Legal, spiritual code

Commerce, raids on Meccan caravans for sake of umma

Seal of the Prophets Islam as culmination and correction of Judaism,

Christianity

Inheritor of both Jewish and Christian texts

Muhammad’s Return to

Mecca

Five Pillars of Faith

Jihad “struggle”

Against vice

Against ignorance of Islam

“holy war”

Islamic Law: The Sharia

Codification of Islamic law

Based on Quran, hadith, logical schools of analysis

Extends beyond ritual law to all areas of human activity

The Expansion of IslamThe Expansion of IslamReview of Section 2Review of Section 2

Directions Map

Read Chapter 14, Section 2

Correct or support each statement with notes from the book.

Homework – Section 3