HIS 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sharia, Sunnah, Abbasid Caliphate

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 2160
• Professor: Ryme Seferdjeli

Document Summary

The emergence and development of islam: the time of the prophet muhammad (610-632) Islam emerged and developed as a faith and a political order. Africa: three main islamic empires: from 13th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tu(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g of diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t t(cid:455)pes of isla(cid:373) de(cid:448)elopi(cid:374)g i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es th(cid:396)ough diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t geog(cid:396)aphi(cid:272)al lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s, ottoman empire, persian empire, moghul empire. Fundamentalists or scriptualists: take one interpretation and is absolutely unchangeable, take verses literally. Important terms: al-jahiliyya, time before emergence of islam and the prophet, time of ignorance, umma, community of believers, ha(cid:396)i"a la(cid:449, ulama. Includes a holy war and a struggle to follow god"s (cid:449)ill. Important to remember there are several forms of islam and what is practiced in one place can be completely different from what is practiced in another. Divisions are more unclear since there is no more islamic empires. There has been no central authority since the death of the prophet.