I.) MOHAMMED, THE KORAN & THE IDEALS

1. The Global Significance of Islam, then and now: Introduction to Islam from Inside
2. The Man, the Movement and the Morale (to 632 A.D. or 10 A.H.)
   • Arabian Context, 6C: Trade, Eclecticism, & the Quraysh
   • Mohammed the Meccan Orphan, the married man, the depressed, The Prophet
   • First Converts, Kadijah and Ali -- and few in Mecca afterward
   • The Hegira, 622: Literally, New Age Movement
   • The Jews in Medina; The Battle of Badr; Return to Mecca & the Kaaba; Last Sermon
3. Institutions and Ideals: "The Straight Path"
   • Allah's Goodness, the Definition of Islam and its Defining Book, the Koran
   • The Five (?) Pillars of Islam; Documents & Texts concerning Islam
   • The Caliphate
     • Abu Bakr made the precedent
     • Omar Legitimized the precedent; took Jerusalem, built the Dome of the Rock
     • Othman standardized the Koran but died because of 'tribalism'
     • Ali emphasized 'tribalism,' died and the rift between Suni & Shi'a began
     • Omayyad Muawiyah beat Hussein; rift con't: created the Majority, 661
   • Muslims handled pagans; But how to deal with the other People of the Book? Regulations

II.) RISE AND SPREAD OF ISLAMIC PEOPLES

• Religion and State: The Sharia and its Sources vs Secular Caliphates vs the Ulama
• From France, across N. Africa, the Middle East, into India: non-Arabs abounded; Map of expansion; another map
• Scholarship: Classical Science/Philosophy; Quantum Leaps in Mathematics
  • Al-Kwaridsmi's "Beautiful" Solution to the Unknown
  • Adopting Indian 'non-existence' in numbers (which do not really exist)....the Zero
• The Seldjuk Turks shattering invasions into Baghdad; Manzikert; Jerusalem

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