RELS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Polytheism, Making Money, Kaaba
10 Apr 2016
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Summary of friendly sources continued from last lecture. The modern world would not be interested in this as an accolade. Counter, modernity would be concerned with muhammad as a man of peace and the friendly sources would be less/not at all interested in this. Often judged by scholars today as slightly exaggerated. His message is for all of humanity. 20c islam: muhammad the prophet medina, the night journey. Born in the year of the elephant (claim not fact). Mother died around age four or six. His grandfather looks after him until his grandfather dies. His uncle (abu talib) becomes his guardian. In 579 (age nine) he travels from mecca to syria. Making long journeys at a young age. Abu talib takes muhammad with him all the way up to syria on a caravan trade. Muhammad meets up with a christian monk by the name b.
