Islamic History and Beliefs: Key Terms and Concepts, Quizzes of Anthropology of religion

Download Islamic History and Beliefs: Key Terms and Concepts and more Quizzes Anthropology of religion in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 scope DEFINITION 1 1.3 billion muslims80% Sunni20% Shialess than 1 % ISIS (8-9 million)less than 1% of Americans are Muslims TERM 2 what year is it DEFINITION 2 Orthodox Judaism = 5776, creation of universe by GodChristianity= 2016, birth of JesusIslam= 1437, Hijrah (journey from Mecca to Medina) TERM 3 Who was the 1st muslim DEFINITION 3 Traditional: AdamScholarly: Prophet Mohammed TERM 4 Abu Talib DEFINITION 4 Uncle of Prophet MohammedRaised Mohammed TERM 5 Bahira DEFINITION 5 Christian Monk that told Abu Talib that Mohammed was chosen to be next prophet TERM 6 Khadijah DEFINITION 6 first bossmarried Mohammedhad 6 kids, died shortly after childbirth TERM 7 flooding of ka'bah DEFINITION 7 holds religious statues flood compromises building -> evacuate statues no one knows what to do with the black stone -> next who enters will decide Mohammed enters and moves the black stone on a cloak with all of the leaders together TERM 8 Ramadan DEFINITION 8 9th month of the year Fasting while sun is up Sahour-- meal before dawn Iftar-- meal after dusk Eidul Fitr-- end of ramadan TERM 9 Converts DEFINITION 9 khadija- wifeabu bakr - first male outside of the family to convertAli- nephew TERM 10 Hijrah DEFINITION 10 journey from mecca to yethrib al MedinaOccurs after Abu Talib dies (uncle)due to persecution by Meccans that didnt agreeOnly option was to migrate, or they would be wiped out TERM 21 Plains of Arafah DEFINITION 21 we will be standing in line behind people of the teachings we followed during our life TERM 22 Sirat Bridge DEFINITION 22 all lines lead toward bridge that is a sword where God judges if you pass or fall off into hell TERM 23 Liberal Islam DEFINITION 23 Believe in universal salvationhell isnt permanentcan reach heaven after alot of work to overcome sins TERM 24 apocalyptic islam DEFINITION 24 by performing violence, they are cleansing the world which will provoke the day of judgment TERM 25 Origins of Qur'an DEFINITION 25 emic view: prophet Mohammed would randomly spit out words from angel Gabriel as the word of God. Then the first 3 caliphs transcribed it and completed Qur'anScholarly theory- spring 2015 someone carbon dated the Qur'an and found that it was written down before prophet Mohammed