Examples of Islam in the following topics:
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- Trading played an important role in the spread of Islam in several parts of the world, notably southeast Asia.
- In contrast, for sedentary and often already monotheistic societies, "Islam was substituted for a Byzantine or Sassanian political identity and for a Christian, Jewish or Zoroastrian religious affiliation."
- Only in subsequent centuries, with the development of the religious doctrine of Islam and with that the understanding of the Muslim ummah, did mass conversion take place.
- Zoroastrians who were captured as slaves in wars were given their freedom if they converted to Islam.
- Discuss the spread of Islam and identify how the caliphs maintained authority over conquered territories
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- Islam was established in Arabia between 610 and 661 and effected great changes to society, family structure, slavery, and the rights of women.
- He sees Islam itself as a type of revolution that greatly changed the societies into which the new religion was brought .
- For example, according to Lewis, Islam "denounced aristocratic privilege, rejected hierarchy, and adopted a formula of the career open to the talents. "
- Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (the Mosque of the Prophet) in Medina, Saudi Arabia, is the 2nd most sacred Mosque in Islam.
- Medina was the power base of Islam in its first century.
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- Many of these have converted to Islam during the last seventy years.
- Conversion to Islam in prison and in large urban areas has also contributed to its growth over the years.
- Deen Mohammed), 16% other (mostly Nation of Islam and Ahmadiyya) and 2% Shi'a.
- Islam has similarities with other American-practiced religions, including Protestantism and Christianity.
- Some Muslims in the U.S. are also adherents of certain global movements within Islam such as the Salafi, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Gulen Movement, and the Tablighi Jamaat.
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- Therefore, there was no single definition of the roles played, and rights held, by women prior to the advent of Islam.
- Under the customary tribal law existing in Arabia at the advent of Islam, women, as a general rule, had virtually no legal status.
- After the rise of Islam, the Qu'ran (the word of God) and the Hadith (the traditions of the prophet Mohammad) developed into Sharia, or Islamic religious law.
- Under Islam, polygyny (the marriage of multiple women to one man) is allowed, but not widespread.
- Islam forbids Muslim women from marrying a non-Muslim.
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- The nomadic pastoralist Bedouin tribes inhabited the Arabian Peninsula before the rise of Islam around 700 CE.
- Pre-Islamic Arabia refers to the Arabian Peninsula prior to the rise of Islam in the 630s.
- While Ancient Arabian Christianity was strong in areas of Southern Arabia, especially with Najran being an important center of Christianity, Nestorian Christianity was the dominant religion in Eastern Arabia prior to the advent of Islam.
- One of the major cultures that dominated the Arabian peninsula just before the rise of Islam was the nomadic Bedouin people.
- Approximate locations of some of the important tribes and Empire of the Arabian Peninsula before the dawn of Islam.
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- The main religious preferences in the Unites States include (in order): Christianity, unaffiliate, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism.
- Non-Christian religions (including Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.), collectively make up about 5% of the adult population.
- Christianity comprises 59.9% to 78.4% of affiliation, unaffiliated, including atheist or agnostic are 15.0% to 37.3%, Judaism are 1.2 % to 2.2 %, Islam about .6%, Buddhism 0.5 % to 0.9%, Hinduism 0.4% and other religions 1.2% to 1.4% in the United States.
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- Beliefs about the spirit world are deeply embedded in traditional African culture, but were heavily influenced by Christianity and Islam.
- Culture and spirituality share space and are deeply intertwined in most African cultures, which have been heavily influenced by the introduction of Christianity and Islam during the era of European colonization.
- Christianity and Islam make up the largest religions in contemporary Africa, and some sources say that less than 15% still follow traditional African religions.
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- Most Meccans converted to Islam.
- By the time of his death, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam, and he had united Arabia into a single Muslim religious polity.
- The Battle of Badr in 624 was a key battle in the early days of Islam and a turning point in Muhammad's struggle with his opponents among the Qurayash in Mecca.
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- As Islam faced more political and religious opposition in Mecca, Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina in 622 CE.
- During the first three years of his ministry, Muhammad preached Islam privately, mainly among his near relatives and close acquaintances.
- As Islam spread, Muhammad threatened the local tribes and Meccan rulers because their wealth depended on the Ka'aba.
- This was followed by the general acceptance of Islam by the pagan population of Medina, apart from some exceptions.
- The treaty demonstrated that the Quaryash recognized Muhammad as their equal and Islam as a rising power.
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- They believe God chose Ali to be Muhammad's successor and the first caliph of Islam.
- After Muhammad's death, many Arabian tribes rejected Islam or withheld the alms tax established by Muhammad.
- Muslim armies conquered most of Arabia by 633, followed by north Africa, Mesopotamia and Persia, significantly shaping the history of the world through the spread of Islam.
- The followers of Ali later became the Shi'a minority sect of Islam and reject the legitimacy of the first 3 caliphs.
- After Muhammad's death and the rebellions of several tribes, Abu Bakr initiated several military campaigns to bring Arabia under Islam.