RELI 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ummah, Islamic Culture, Quraysh
13 Jul 2016
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After muhammad and the rightly-guided caliphs, de facto separation between religion and politics from 8th century up until napoleon"s invasion in. Must start with knowing the central figure of islamic faith: abu-i-qasim muhammad ibn. Abdallah al-hashimi al-qurayshi: name can be much longer; the father of qasim (son who predeceased him), first name, son of abdullah, belongs to hashimi clan and qurayshi tribe . As islamic society developed and became an imperial state, names would be referred to by full title rather than first name only. Think of ummah as islamic polity; in history of islam, debate occurs over who is included in the polity (who is a true muslim?) Muhammad effectively born around year of the elephant, 570 ad (look at chapter of. Biography notes how he meditated according to the practice of the hanifs, an aramaic term for pagan : way of christian speakers in and around the peninsula referred to non-christians on.
