5 Pillars of Islam
Shahadah:bearing witness to the unity of god
Salat: 5 prayers aday towards Mecca
Zakat: Charitable tax of 2% of all you own
Ramadon(Swam): Fasting
Hajj:The pilgrimage to Mecca in your life time. at least the head of the house hold should go.
Know the five Pillars they will be on the final. Name what they are and what they stand for.

Muhammad died somewhat suddenly. He blamed a Jewish women that had poison him and his friend three years before his death. He did not name a successor to replace him.
Some of the people started to rally around Muhammad's father-in-law: Abu Bakr
Bakr started the Sunni's (traditions)
Sunni's distinguished by written tradition
4 major Caliphs
Ali Muhammad. Muhammad's cousin was also looked to to be a leader. Some thought that he should be the leader because he was related by blood to Muhammad.
He started the Shiite movement.Didn't think they need a religious priest to tell them how to worship. inspired religious leaders Fmans.
Shiite are fanatical.
Can be compare to the protestant sect
used Amon

Sufi's: a mystical sect emphasizes religious experience with god
Many were persecuted because some of them thought they were a god.
Sufi comes form the Arabic word suf which means wool.
They wore harsh wool as a part of their practice of aesendisism( self denial) they believe denying them selves physical comfort they could get closer to god
Persecuted until AlGhazali.... Moderated the Sufi practice. made it respectable
Said to practice the five pillars

Whirling Dervish; founded by Runni a poet and a philosopher
They dance and spin to frantic music
they lived in monastery

Afterlife is very similar to the view of Christianity
Paradise is the good Fertile Oasis
hell is bad he will talk more about that Friday
Day of Doom is the day where god sorts out the good and the bad