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| Does Islam approve on using violence and terroism against civilians? | Very strict about not killing, except in time of war. Women and children who are not involved in the war can never kill. It is offensive for cilians to kill in mass. Peaceful, have rules about cutting down trees (cannot do things without cause) |
| Is terrorism a pheomenon that occurs with Muslims? | Occurs everywhere, people see it more in Muslim places because of the media which focuses there. Also, climate which is really bad there and hovoc with politics with upset leaders who do not like policies. Sometimes people use religion as an excuse to fight. |
| Does Islam approve of using violence and terroism against civilians? | Not aloud to kill for the future, cannot hurt in less in war, can hit back if you are hit first. You cannot cut people apart if they capture someone and have to give them food and clothes but cannot kill them. |
| Why does Islam allow Polygamy? | Islam allows it up to 4 wives but doesn't encourage it, and have to treat them all the same, giving them the same time and the same financial support (housing conditions). They have to ask their wife whether it is okay to marry another woman and the wife can divorce you. It is a very tribal society so there is a lot of men dying in wars; women are unprotected so the men have many of them |
| Does Islam approve of honour killings? | Honour killings is killing someone for shaming their family. It is used as an excuse many times for killing someone. Islam does not approve of it at all, it is considered a crime and argue cultural thing. Do not give women as many rights, kill one person=kill the world; save one person=save the world. |
| What do Muslims wear? | Dressing=men and women dress modestly and some women wear hijabs; some men have beards and long sleves; some governments made them wear certain clothes; reading of the koran that comes from a cultural place; many house holds where husband decides what their wife/wives should wear |
| What does Islam teach about manners? | Parents are right below God and should be worshiped; will be punished if disrespect parrents, honor neighbor and spouses; cannot hit/hurt a woman, if you see an obstacle, -move it and it will be rewarded, can't talk about someone behind their back, there is no back fighting or lying- it is a big offense. |
| What does Islam think about Jesus? | They think he had a virgin birth, there was a crusafix but it wasn't him; he was a prophet and an important person; god gave him powers through him but jesus himself did not have any; followers of jesus were muslims; jesus would come back at the end of time as a monotheist, jesus is not a messenger; god can grant wishes but it is at his will |
| What does Islam teach about prophets and biblical figures? | God chose not to speak through every individual but through profets so that he could test people's faith |
| What is a fatwa? What does it mean? | A religious opinion on how to do things, many different fatwas, you can ask different scholars, if on a plane and coudn't pray 5 times a day, would ask a scholar if there was another way; islam is democratic and not a hiarchy; have 5 sets of rules, when religious scholars find fatwa, they go to the koran, and find out what the prophet said and did, fatwas are based off of morals.a |
| Who is Saladin? | Saladin was a very strong and intelligent man who could inspire people very easily. In 1187 he cast armies and tricked the Crusadors into following him to a plain between two hills which he set fire too. The fire consuemd the crusadors and Saladin then returned to Jerusalem where he let people stay and leave freely. |
| What are innovations in the Muslim world before Europe? | Architecture-mosks which had big arches; paper; many books and book stores; cadarac surgery=found out how the eye work but using lenses, discovery made way to the camera; hospitals; figured out germs from disease (thought airborne) |
| What are the differences between Cordaba and Paris | Cordaba in the dark ages had street lights, gardens, running water, schools, water purificaition systems, and was the wealthiest city in Europe at the time; Paris had people living in shacks |
| In 1009 what did Alhakim in Jerusalem do and what was the response? | He burnt down a church in Jerusalem (Holiest church in christianity); the response was that people were extemely angry, the Pope told them to resopond militarily, to get it back from the Muslims |
| Which side won the crusade? | Christians won the battle, sent wariers of people (100,000), unbelievably biolent; muslims didn't see it coming and were very unorganized |
| What was Islam's bigest trading item? | Textiles=cashmere, cotten, clothing. Were flexible and easy to produce, was wanted, to keep people in nice shape used things from the Middle East; paintings with Virgin Mary wearing scrips and has a scarf or article of clothing with arabian writing from the Koran "There is only one God" with Muhammed |
| What were the mongol's acitons? | Ruthless military group which took over Islamic empire, came from North China, drank horse blood, strange legacy=had tower of skulls, later converted to Islamand spread Islam and their art. In ten years they converted. |
| What was Baghdad? | The big holy city of Islam which had numerous libraries had house of wisdom, swords, very good craftmeen, had interesting mechanisms to purify water; paper and textiles |
| What are the 5 pillars of Islam? | You must give to the poor, you must go on a haj to Mecca once in your lifetime if possible, you must fast once a year for a month for Ramadan, there is only one god and his prophet is Muhammed, and you must pray five times a day toward Mecca |
| What are the 4 tenets of Judaism? | One God, make covenants with God, Jewish people are the Chosen People, have an ethic life view (God gives you ten basic rules that you have to figure out and the rest of life by yourself) |
| What was Abraham told to do? | Abraham was told to sacrifice his son, is right about to do it but an angle appears, then he sacrifices an animal |
| What is the reason behind not making idols? | Cannot worship God through idols, does not want you to pray to an inanimate object, nothing can come between you and god, cannot worship both |
| How do you show you have a bond with God? | You had to do whawt he asked, make a covenant with God and you will be rewarded, have to pray to him, have to be circumsized, suffer for numerous years |
| Why does Jesus say to turn the other cheek? | When stricking them back you are judging the person who did it in the first place which is not the point of christianity, it is active peacefulness-instead of fighting back it would just result in more violence, God has a disdain for violence, shows are forgiving because you are not going to fight back |
| Why can Islamic faith not cut down trees? | Muslims are against violence and it is a crime when they committ it, also destroying future lives, very strict rules about war |
| When asked what was the miracle of Islam what did Muhammed say, why could he of not created this miracle himself? | The miracle was the koran, he could not have written it because Muhammed was illiterate so it must have come from God |
