Development of the Muslim Empire

Development of the Muslim Empire

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Quick Review - What we know about Islam:

People of the Book

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam1) Shahada: The declaration of

faith

2) Salat: Daily prayer (five times)

3) Zakat: Charity (almsgiving)

4) Sawm: Fasting from sunup to sundown during Ramadan

5) Hajj: A pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a Muslim’s life

John Green Review

1.Review the start of Islam for tomorrow’s quiz

2.What caused the Sunni- Shia split?

Draw the expansion of Islam under Abu Barkr, Umar and Uthman on your handout

Quick Quiz:1) What does Islam mean? Islam is an Arabic word meaning “submission to(God).” A Muslim is “one who submits to Allah’s will.”

2) Who? Where? When?Muhammad Mecca 610 – 632 CE

3) What is the Qur’an?The holy book of Islam, the Qur’an is the revealed word of Allah to Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel.

4) What are the two major branches of Islam? Which branch has more followers?Sunni: 85% of the Muslim World; Shia: 15%

With more than 1.2 billion Muslims, Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion. Click for Review

“God may be One, but Islam most definitely is not.”

- Reza Aslan, No god but God

It’s not the Western World versus the Muslim World. It’s the Muslim World vs. the Muslim World, an Islamic Reformation, and we’re caught in the crossfire.

Sunni and Shia: The Split

•Note: This is a very simplified version.

•After Muhammad’s death (632), there was a dispute over who should succeed him as the next caliph (leader of the Muslim community).

Sunni

• As the most qualified was Abu Bakr was selected by the Muslim community at Medina. These followers became the Sunni, the main or “orthodox” branch of Islam.

Shia

• However, another group believed that Muhammad’s son-in-law, Ali (Muhammad’s cousin and husband of Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima), was the rightful successor. They became known as the Shiat Ali (“Party of Ali”), also know as the Shi’ites and Shia.

Sunni vs. Shia

• Ali became the fourth caliph, but he was murdered in 661 and his rival, Mu’awiya (Sunni), took over.

“Before one embarks on a journey of revenge, he should dig two graves.”

- Confucious•Ali’s son’s Hassan and Hussein continued to oppose the Sunni caliphs. Of course, Hassan eventually was poisoned (669) and Hussein died in battle (680).

• The deaths of Ali, Hassan, and Hussein reinforced the Shia sense of betrayal and inspired the Shia devotion to martyrdom.

• Shia became and remains the Islamic branch of the poor and oppressed waiting for deliverance.

Shi’ism, Shia, Shi’ites, Shiat Ali

• The Shias believe in divinely-appointed leaders (Imams) and await the return of the 12th Imam, Mohammed al-Mahdi, who disappeared in 878. Al-Mahdi’s return will reverse their fortunes and bring “a reign of divine justice.”

Sunnis

• The Sunnis reject leadership by Imams and follow the Sunna – the traditions of Muhammad composed in Hadith, the stories of the Prophet and his Companions. Basically, Hadith is what Muhammad said, did, agreed to, or condemned.

Want to be more confused?

• imam is a Sunni term used for the founding scholars of the four Sunni madhabs or schools of theological law.

• Imam may also refer to the imams of the sciences related to Hadith.

• Or to the heads of the Prophet's descendants in their times. In other words, "imam Ali" is a phrase used by both Shia and Sunni Muslims with different connotations.

The Umayyads

•Caliph appointed governors to rule provinces

Spoils financed the govt.

3 level tax system•Muslim (least)•Converts •Non-Muslims (most)

Ruled from 680-750Moved capital to Damascus (Syria)Umayyad Empire stretched to Spain

TradingCanals + irrigationMosque Construction•Great Mosque of Damascus •Dome of the Rock Jerusalem

Extravagant lifestyles of rulersPersians given secondary statusPersian Abbasids revolted and took control

Watch Islam Empire of Faith

Dome of the Rock/Foundation Stone

See page 261 in textbook

Umayyad

•Location- on Tigris near Euphrates- excellent for trade

•Circular city protected by moat

•Arcades filled with markets and shops

•Created standard code of law (Shariah)

•Complete banking system using checks

Even more lavish livingSome Muslim states separated from Abbasids (Muslim Spain)

Fatimids-Sicily and EgyptSeliuq Turks gain control of caliphs (Start of the Crusades)

Watch Islam Empire of Faith - Part 2 57 min (Baghdad)

Baghdad

Abbasid Caliph

receiving embassy

from Charlemagne

Each Branch has Major Shariah –Schools of Theological Law

Sunni Schools• Hanafi – Arab Middle East, India, Pakistan,

parts of Afghanistan

• Maleki – north, central, and west Africa and Egypt

• Shafii – East Africa, Indonesia, and Southeast Asia

• Hanbali – Saudi Arabia

12th Century school of

astronomy and

chemistry at Cordoba

(Spain)

•Control 80% by 711•Invasion of France failed•Charlemagne could not drive Muslims from Spain

Cordoba-grand city-500 mosques 300 baths70 Libraries

Muslim Golden Age-711-1492

Literature, Medicine, Law and agriculture

Jews, Christians, + Muslims lived in peace

Watch Islam Empire of Faith part 2 Cordoba Chapter 10 ---109 mins

The Christian Reformation

• Christianity took 1,500 years of bloodshed to reach its Reformation, including Europe’s Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) between the Protestant Union and the Catholic League. Between 1/5 to 1/3 of the German population died.