REL 1000 Chapter : Islam
Document Summary
Islam: origins of islam, emic view, first muslim was adam, allah god created the first person, adam, adam tried to submit/obey god, all of the biblical figures, hebrew prophets are all muslims. In traditional theology god has sent out thousands of messengers/prophets to all people: each messenger has the same teachings, every time they give gods teachings to others they insert human ideas into the teachings. In muslim thinking the universe is muslim: the prophet seen as the seal of the prophets the last prophet is. Uthman becomes the next caliph rather than ali. Uthman is killed in the civil war over who is the proper person to follow: ali is chosen to become the caliph. Isis founder: there will be no religious tolerance, 8-9 million faithful muslims worldwide, when isis moves into a new territory they get rid of any heretic.
