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DO NOW: If one person believes something does it make it true? What if many people believe it?

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Umayyad

Abbasid

Ottoman

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Viking Oceans: Turkey's Whirling Dervishes

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The World of Islam as a New Civilization

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The World of Islam as a New Civilization

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Networks of Faith

Ulama

Networks of trade

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How did the manner in which Islam emerged [trade, war, etc] affect the degree to which it was accepted by the people?????

INDIA

What were the role of the Turks?

Did they do things that made people want to convert?

Why did many in the Indian subcontinent eventually convert?

Who were the Sufis? What role did they play in India?

"radically monotheistic" v. "prolifically polytheistic"

ANATOLIA

What had Antolia once been?

Why did the Turkic intrusion into Anatolia generate a much more thorough Islamization than in India? (p491)

WEST AFRICA

Differences it origin? E-->W

Cities

Migration = African > Arab

Ibn Battuta: Africa v. Anatolia

SPAIN

"A vibrant civilization"

The people of the book

Year 1000--toleration fades, why?

Moors

Reconquista

Ferdinand & Isabella

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The rightly guided caliphs

Shia v. Sunni

How were the people of the book [dhimmi] treated? Why?

Patriarchy & Islamic Society

According to the article we read, what was the "freedom of the Hijab?"

What does the Quran say about women?

What is the origin of patriarchy in most Islamic societies?

polygamy

Hadith

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In a society that embraces uncovering, how can it be oppressive if I decided to cover up? I see hijab as the freedom to regard my body as my own concern and as a way to secure personal liberty in a world that objectifies women. I refuse to see how a woman's significance is rated according to her looks and the clothes she wears. I am also absolutely certain that the skewed perception of women's equality as the right to bare our breasts in public only contributes to our own objectification. I look forward to a whole new day when true equality will be had with women not needing to display themselves to get attention nor needing to defend their decision to keep their bodies to themselves.

In a world besotted with the looks, body and sexuality of women, the hijab can be an assertive mode of individual feministic expression and rights. I regard my hijab to be a commanding question of "I control what you see, how is that not empowering" mixed with a munificent amount of authority emanating from the "My body is my own concern" clause. I believe my hijab gives me the right to assert my body, femininity and spirituality as my own and under my authority alone.

I know many would agree with me when I say that the hijab is basically an expression of spirituality and a personal bond with one's creator, a tangible spiritual reminder that guides everyday life.

Yes, my hijab is a visual religious marker that makes it very easy for anyone to spot me in a crowd as a separate entity representing or adhering to a particular religion. This is all the more reason why, being a hijabi in the public arena is an escalating force that drives me to work in ways that would help break the undignified stereotypes, barriers and prejudices that my Islamic faith is relentlessly and irrationally associated with. As an extension of my personality and identity, it instigates me to challenge the misconception that Muslim women lack the bravery, intellect and resilience to challenge authority and fight for their own rights.

Every time I see my reflection in the mirror, I see a woman who has chosen to be a rights activist, who happens to be a Muslim and covers her hair incidentally. My reflection reminds me of the convictions that made me take up the hijab in first place - to work for a world where a woman isn't judged by how she looks or what she wears, a world in which she needn't defend the right to make decisions about her own body, in which she can be whoever she wants to be without ever having to choose between her religion and her rights.
Ayesha Nusrat is a 23-year-old Muslim Indian from New Delhi.

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In a society that embraces uncovering, how can it be oppressive if I decided to cover up? I see hijab as the freedom to regard my body as my own concern and as a way to secure personal liberty in a world that objectifies women.

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Islam begins:

Angel Gabriel

"Proclaim"

The Quran as one of the two miracles of Islam.

A reluctant Prophet?--Khadija

What do the bedouins, idol worshipers and money changers have to do with the rise of Islam?

What did the Quraysh have to do with the rise of Islam?

What does Arabian geography have to do with the rise of Islam?

Why is the Hijra so important in Islamic society?

"In its Arabian setting, The Quran's message, delivered through Muhammad, was revolutionary"

5 Pillars

Are the 5 Pillars the same as the 10 commandments?

6th (?) Pillar -- Jihad

People of the Book--> Islam = God 3.0

How did Islam change the structure of Arabian society?

Umma & Ulama versus tribes