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REL QUIZ 2
History of Christianity, Muslim, and Judaism
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2011

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Muhammad Iqbal
Definition
1987-1938
the importance of national independence.
Priority Muslims need freedom, and have power to control over their over land
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Definition
secular approach: embarked upon a program of political, economic, and cultural reforms, seeking to transform the former Ottoman Empire into a modern, westernized and secular nation-state
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Wallace Fard Muhammad
Definition
founder of the Nation of Islam in America
cooperate different religious to gain followers
Elijah is his follower and carrier
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Warith Deen Muhammad
Definition
son of Wallace Fard Muhammad
not follow the path of his father, move to mainstream Shunni Muslim
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Jamal-al-Din al-Afghani
Definition
support to take the best from European civilization and combine with the best from Islamic civilization
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Muhammad Abdub
Definition
emphasize rational value, encourage to find the pure core of Islam
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Salafi
Definition
followers/reformers went back to early presence of Islamic core, and apply to modern day
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Wahhabism
Definition
a certain radical type of Salafi
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Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al Wahhab
Definition
an important 18th century voices for reform in Islam
not fond of anything that was added to Muslim religion. Practice Islamic not in a right way. Shi'ism heresy. Redo what Muhammad did really conservative and rigid
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Shah Isma’il ( or Isma’il I)
Definition
founder of Safavid dynasty
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Safavid Empire
Definition
16th-18th; is a Shia-oriented empire, determine to make an empire of Shianism. Invite scholars to Iran, but not friendly to other minorities, prosecute them. It is a cultural flourish period
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Mughul Empire
Definition
16-19th century; establish the Muslim influence in India, founder: AKbar I. officially strict level dealing with other religions.
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Sephardic
Definition
a Jew of Spanish or Portuguese descent. They retain their own distinctive customs and rituals, preserving Babylonian Jewish traditions rather than the Palestinian ones of the Ashkenazim
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Ashkenazi
Definition
A Jew that migrate to Russia; a Jew of central or eastern European descent.
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Ottoman Empire
Definition
invented a millet system, where all religious minority became a small nation, and enjoyed religious autonomy, nation identity is based on their religious affiliation. high tolerance
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Blood-libel
Definition
false accusation that Jews murdered children and use their blood to do some weird thing...It rooted a deep anti-semitism, and force Jews migrated to somewhere else
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Marranos
Definition
Convert to Christian, but maintained Jewish tradition. It is unique in Europe, but when Ottoman took over Europe, they converted back to Judaism
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1453
Definition
Fall of Constantinople, became a capital of Ottoman Empire
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622
Definition
Beginning of the Islamic Calendar;
marked by migration to Medina
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Hakim
Definition
the intermediator between different conflicts, must be trustworthy
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632
Definition
Muhammad died
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Caliph
Definition
leaders after Muhammad
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653
Definition
Uthman collects the Qur'an
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656-661
Definition
First Islamic Civil War
Ali got killed
Mu'wwyah sets a new kingdom
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680
Definition
The time when Ashura the "tenth day" Husayn is a leader (Isman), but got killed in Karbala
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Hadith
Definition
a collection of what Muhammad did and said. It function as Qur'an. You can ask question about Hadith, but not Qur'an
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750
Definition
the last Umayyad Caliph, Marwan II, is overthrown and killed. Al-Saffah is proclaimed the first Abbasid Caliph.
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800 AD
Definition
- Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome
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1054
Definition
Great Schism between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian Churches
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Karbala
Definition
Where Husayn got kiled in thie place; is amongst the holiest cities for Shī‘ah Muslims
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Anabaptist
Definition
Protestant believed that you should decide and have a connect with faith when you are audults, so adults would be rebaptized
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1517
Definition
Martin Luther started Protestant Reformation
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Counter-Reformation
Definition
A Catholic revival as a response to Protestant Reformation
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Luther
Definition
believed that authority from God, not Bible. Word in the bible is told by God, but not equal to God
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Rashi
Definition
wrote a commentary on Talmud
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Saadia ben Joseph
Definition
develop Judeo-Arabic. he is a rabbi, written Arabic in Hebrew script, goes a rise of literature
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John Wycliff
Definition
a theologian during the Great Western Schism. He insisted that reason has an important role to play in theology. He was also conviced that the Bible should be translated into the language of the people. Believed that the wine and bread are only symbolises of the body and blood of Christ
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John Huse
Definition
a student of Wycliff, inisted on the authority of the Bible to reform the life and teachings of the church. The church is a company of the predestined. Attend the Coucil of Constance, but the Council decided to ignore his protection, and burned him at the stake
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Joseph Smith Jr.
Definition
The founder of Mormonism, the great contributor of the 2nd Great Awakening
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1258
Definition
Mongols conquered Baghdad, the capital city of Abbasid Caliphate
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Zohar
Definition
the most influential classic work of Jewish mysticism
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Dhimmi
Definition
people of non-Muslim
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Sufism
Definition
a type of spirtuality during Ulamayya period. Organize traditional teaching, is a type of religion preservasion, but not excluded or contradict to other Muslim religious groups
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Ashura
Definition
The day people remember that Husayn got killed
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Maimonides
Definition
Jewish refomers that born in Quedoba, try ot reconcile philosophy with theology
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Averroes
Definition
Islamic philosophy, born in Quedoba, try to reconcile philsophy with theology
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Pentecostalism
Definition
believe in Miracles, and speak in tough. Have a strong connection with Azusa Street. places special emphasis on a direct person experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit
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The Second Vatican Council
Definition
talk about "how church relates to the world" Salvation is complete in complete in the church, with salvation out of church; literalogy in own language
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Karl Barth
Definition
traditional approach and interpretation of Bible, reject a heavy philosophical use of theology. "Neo-Orthodox"
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John Calvin
Definition
the founder of Presbyterian Church...believe that Bible=God, and emphases the majesty of God. idol come to the church, not a big fan of idolism. human need salvation to achieve grace
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Akbar the Great
Definition
the founder of Mughal Empire
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Fatima
Definition
the wife of Ali, Muhammad's oldest daughter
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Aisha
Definition
daughter of Abu Bakr, the wife of Muhammad, and not get along with Ali very well
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Husayn
Definition
son of Muhammad, is an Imam during the Second Islamic War, got killed on Ashura in the city of Karbala
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1734-1750 CE
Definition
The first Great Awakening
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1800-1840
Definition
The 2nd Great Awakening
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Year of Elephant
Definition
570, when Muhammad was born
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Qur'an
Definition
The Islamic sacred book. The collection of what Muhammad said and did
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Mecca
Definition
where Muhammad born
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Medina
Definition
where Muhammad migrated and died
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Abbasids
Definition
the third Islamic caliphates
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Great Western Schism
Definition
the split of Catholic church
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Thomas Aquinas
Definition
one of the most important Catholic reformers.
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1924
Definition
Abolishment of Caliphate
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323-661
Definition
Nation guided by Calliphs
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Umayyad
Definition
The first Islamic Kingdom
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Ulama
Definition
a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology
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Zohar
Definition
A collection of book that shows a mysterious interpretation and understanding of Qur'an
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Kabbalah
Definition
a mysterious movement in which people practice mysterious tradition, and read Zohar
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