<p> ISLAM: A GLOBAL RELIGION</p><p>BEDOUINS BEFORE ISLAM  Arab pastoralists o o . blood feuds o claimed descent from</p><p> Pre-Islamic religion o o Mecca . religious & commercial hub . . controlled by </p><p>MUHAMMAD: c570 CE-632 CE  Life in Mecca o o o contemplative  meditation at Mt. Hira</p><p> Revelations, 610 CE o Angel Jibreel  o The message? = . memorized by Muhammad o obligation to evangelize . Muhammad = o Muhammad not accepted in Mecca  . . converted Yathrib  .  Return to Mecca o Muhammad = o Medina warred against Mecca . . destroyed idols & re-dedicated Ka’ba to Allah  Grand Mosque of Mecca</p><p> Muhammad’s Death, 632 CE o o . caliph = . questions of leadership  rift in Islamic faith  o Arab raids into o Quran written down o </p><p>ISLAMIC DOCTRINE  </p><p> Five Pillars of Islam o 1. o 2. o 3. o 4. o 5. </p><p>    no pork, no alcohol </p><p>A UNIVERSAL RELIGION  evangelistic   social justice     </p><p> accepts many Jewish & Christian beliefs o Jews & Christians = o religious tolerance toward dhimmi</p><p>DEVELOPMENTS IN ISLAM AFTER MUHAMMAD  shari’a law o o 1st used by Umayyad & Abbasid Caliphates</p><p> jihad o “struggle” o . o those who carry out jihad = mujahadeen</p>