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Community of common minded religious people
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What helped Islam Spread?
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Ideas like Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Judaism influenced Islam.
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The location where Islam was formed, was a center of trade, which allowed for the ideas of Islam to spread.
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Umma, the concept of religion tying together the community, helped allow Islam to build bonds among people.
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The religion was very practical and involved social justice which is easier to spread, versus an impractical religion that involves complex rituals and sacrifices
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What was the Religion of the Byzantine Empire?
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Greek Orthodox
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Who do the Greek Orthodox Christians hunt and kill?
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Any type of Christian that isn't Greek Orthodox
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Why would it suck to live in the Byzantine Empire?
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Higher Taxes
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If your not Greek Orthodox, but you are Christian, you will die
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What is Community Like in The Arabian Peninsula?
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It is a very tribal society.
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Who raised Muhammad?
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His uncle, from around the time he was ten. This is because his father, mother, and grandfather died.
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Who is Muhammad related to?
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Ali, he is Muhammad's cousin
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How did Muhammad gain money?
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He married into money
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Muhammad had sons and daughters, but did he have any male heirs in this patriarchal society?
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No, all of his sons died.
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Muhammad doesn't take on multiple wives until what?
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His first wife dies
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Muhammad grew up as an outsider to the tribe. He then married 9 to 14 wives, all of which who were what?
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Outsiders to the tribe, who practiced
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How did Muhammad become a prophet?
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He received revelations from God.
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How often would Muhammad meditate, out in the mountains, and receive revelations from the angel Gabriel?
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One month of every year
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How are you supposed to read the Qu'ran?
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It is organized from the shortest verse to the longest, you are to read it aloud, and in Arabic. No matter where you open it up, any verse should give you the whole idea.
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What is Muhammad's opinion concerning other prophets?
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That all the other prophets were real, but he has been given these revelations to help set the world back on track.
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Do all Muslims believe that you cannot depict Muhammad?
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What does Tawhid Mean?
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Oneness, the one God, the concept of Umma comes from this. All should be in a single community, unified by religion.
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What is Sunna?
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Sunna is the right path
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What are the Hadiths aka the Living Qu'ran?
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Stories about Muhammad, that guide you to Sunna.
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Who all did Muhammad have children with?
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Only with his first wife
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Interpretations of the hadiths and the Qu'ran are the basis for what?
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Different versions of Shar'ia law
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Muhammad proclaimed that he was what prophet?
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The last prophet
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In Islam you are judged based on your own sins, and not on what?
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Original sin
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In the Qu'ran who makes who eat what in the fruit debacle?
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Adam get's Eve to eat the fruit
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In the Qu'ran how do you remove sin?
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You ask for forgiveness
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