Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Zakat, Social Inequality, False Consciousness
8 Dec 2016
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Religion as politics (should not be a distinction between religion and politics) Anti-modernism (a rejection of individualism, the kind of thing that you find in societies like ours) Militancy (heywood describes as heightened or extreme commitment "passionate commitment") Islam is one of the three great abrahamic religions, along with judaism and christianity. Radical islamism is a fundamentalist political ideology. Islam - arabic word for submission or surrender, to the will of god "allah" (the idea of peace that comes from surrounding yourself over to god) Mohammed[570-632 ad] he is the most respected man in the muslim tradition. Qur"an - the holy book of god"s wisdom, which was supposed to have been dictated by the angel. Hadith (extremely important, basically the words and deeds of mohammed himself) that represent examples of how to live your life and be a good muslim. The spread of islam (spread vary quickly from arabia throughout the middle-east into north africa.
