MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Egalitarian Community, Egalitarianism, Mahayana
13 Feb 2017
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Mmw 12 lecture 14 the birth of islam: muhammad in mecca. No central government: clan/tribal affiliation is everything that protects you from other people. Blood money when crimes were committed between tribes: constant infighting between clans. Mecca is a haram (sanctuary), where it was illegal to fight. Raiding and fighting to control water, pastures, trade constant feature of arab life. Ka"aba: has 360 idols, said to be built by abraham, center of pilgrimage rituals associated with my gods including al-llah. Hanafiyya: quraysh who renounced polytheism, felt jews and christians had gone astray (critical of priesthood), anticipated a prophet being sent to arabs (christian/jewish texts foretold that a new prophet would come), wanted monotheism. Abraham"s wife, sarah, made him send away maid hagar and son ishmael (son of. Hagar because sarah could not have children: sent away because god allowed sarah to have a son. Hagar ran between two hills seven times until she saw an angel digging the zam-zam well.
