Chapter 9

ISLAM

Quran
-Holy book of Islam like the bible
Umma
-A community of all muslims
-Major innovation against the background of Seventh-century Arabia
-faith now determines membership in the community
Pillars of ISLAM
- 5 of them
-Like the 10 amendments
-profession of faith, regular prayer, charitable giving, fasting during ramadan, and a pilgrimage to mecca
Hijra
- A.D. 622
-Migration of Muhammad from mecca to Medina
-founding of Islam
Sharia-Islamic law
People were taxed if they did not convert
Muslim religious scholars known as Ulama