-Islam; 7th century, Arabic culture barbaric waring tribes with uneasy truth,people were superstitious, predominantly Arabian Pagan .
-Allah;name of moon god(god of Mecca)
-Jinn; spirits of nature, inhabit areas or objects.
-Kabah;in Mecca, huge stone temple, built by Adam rebuilt by Abraham and Ishmal, archaeologists say it was a pagan temple.
-Night of power;the night that Muhammad received his call to be a prophet and apostle.
-The reaction to Muhammad's early teachings weren't good, only converts friends and family.
-Took Mecca by force.
-Islam spread primarily through military conquest.
-Muhammad had a bad temper,didn't like questions, but was charismatic and diplomatic.
-character; sex obsessed, temper, had people killed.
-contrast with Jesus;Muhammad( aggressive,political,and killed enemies), Jesus(passive, nonpolitical, love enemies)
-Muhammad had nine wives, the youngest was six when he married her and 8 or 9 when they consummated the marriage.
-Zaynab was his daughter in law and he stole her from his son.
-He had superstitious beliefs such as;no dogs(they scared away angels), no eating with left hand, hated even numbers, when you wake up suck water up your nose and blow it out to wash out demons.
-His view on women; 3 positives( 1/2 testimony in court,1/2 inheritance, no female infanticide)three other(women were deficiant in intelligence, not very religious and permiscuois, most people in hell are women)
-Qur'an(meaning the recitation) main holy book of Islam supposed to have been dictated to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel, Muhammad would be in trance as people would write down his vision(suras)
-Calif Uffman;edited the Qur'an.
-Hadith;book of traditions of the life of Muhammad as told by his closest friends and family.
-Discourage translation of the Qur'an since it will dilute it's perfection
-Qur'an contains folklore- when Jews were turned to apes for not recognizing the Sabbath, men go into a cave and sleep for 209 yrs.
-Muhammad taught that the Bible was an account of God's dealings with Israel(the Jews)and was not accurate.
-Muhammad taught that Jesus was just a prophet not the son of God, but he was born of a virgin and will come back before the day of doom.
-Believe in conquest as religious conversion, not added later.
-5 pillars;Shahadah,Salat,Zakat,Sawn(Ramadan),Hajj
-Greater Jihad,the struggle of the soul to bend to God.
-Fixed and complete in the 10th century.
-Dietary restrictions; no pork, no alcohol.
-Church and state; they are the same no distinction between the two.
-Jihad; means holy war.