REL 1000 Lecture : Islam Notes
Document Summary
Islamic religious cultures: adam is the first prophet. All the figures the bible talks about all are discussed in the koran and are considered muslim. Once the new religion started they started rewriting history around it: life of the prophet- he is the last prophet because it is his teachings are what muslims believe are. Muslims think that judaism and christianity are true but they distort things. The scholarly theory is that that mohammad is a starter of a new religion in 7th century ce. Childhood- he is born in 570 ce. This is ancient arabia, which is modern day saudi arabia. His father died before he is born and his mother dies after he is born so a nurse raises him. One day he is playing with a child and two angels come and reach into his chest and do something and then they leave.
