We started the class talking about the beauty pageant and the Fatwa that was put on the reporter.
Fatwa: A death sentence pronounced by a cleric.
Shariah: Islamic law religious and political. Written by clerics after M died
Satanic verses- Salmon Rushdie
Sunni's: (Sunna -tradition) based on written tradition. Conservative, followed Abu Bakr, (Father in Law)
Shi ites follow Ali, (M's cousin) beliefs from clerical interpretation which is guided from heaven.
Sufi's : mystical