RELIGST 2Q03 Lecture : Intro to Islam October 15

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2Q03
• Professor: Liyakat Takim

Document Summary

Multiple choice, 20 questions, 25 minutes (5 possible answers for each questions) Jaffar asaid school of thought/law (jaffari shi"a) Anyone who sins and who did not accept their view was out. At the end of the time there will come a figure who will fight injustice. A messianic figure; someone who will save people by fighting evil, establishing the kingdom of. God; a kingdom based on justice and equality (not mentioned in the qur"an, but comes from the. The idea of the mahdi is there in islam in both sunni and shi"a (hadith) The main difference is who is going to be the mahdi: for the sunnis he will be born at the end of time; name will be the same name as the. 1979 siege of the mosque (in mecca) was seized by gunmen; (concept of the. The qur"an does not mention anything about jesus or about mahdi.