HUMA 1865 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jahiliyyah, Red Sea
6 Dec 2017
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Premodern polemic literature: a number of western sholars and writers produced material which suggested that, muhammad was a false prophet, a womanizer. The postcolonial period: mistrust because of muslim resistance/ militancy and continued western intervention in. Muslim countries: the i(cid:373)age of the (cid:862)orie(cid:374)t(cid:863) persists i(cid:374) the west and the colonial stereotype still linger on, however, scholar study . The origins of islam: cosmic: adam as the first muslim, biblical: judaism and christianity, pre-isla(cid:373)i(cid:272) ara(cid:271)ia: (cid:862)jahiliyya(cid:863) (cid:894)ig(cid:374)ora(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:895, muhammad: (570-632 ce) Red sea: notorious to shipping: not safe. Europe: needed spices from india and the east, cloves and stuff were expansive, weather in europe did(cid:374)"t allow it, needed for preservation since fridges were not created.
