Islam as Culture, Islam as Politics

1. Jerusalem: The Urban Geography of Religion
   1. Holy sites in Jerusalem
   2. "Culture Hearth" of world religions
2. History of Islam
   1. Mohammed and the revelation of the Quran (610 CE)
      1. Al-Lah "The One God"
      2. New scripture for the Arabs:
         1. continuation of Abrahamic tradition.
         2. Jews and Christians=ahl al kitab, "People of the Book."
         3. Prior revelation has been corrupted by clerics; Quran is the correction.
      3. Islam=surrender
   2. Migration to Medinah
      1. Hijrah
      2. Turning away from Arabs tribal social structure. Binding together people based on shared ideology, not blood ties.
      3. Islam becomes a "supertribe," uniting warring parties.
   3. Sunni and Shi’a
      1. Death of Mohammed
      2. Questions of succession
   4. Islam as World Religion
      1. Geographical diffusion of Islam
      2. World Islamic population
3. Islam as Practice
   1. Five Pillars of Islam
      1. Faith
      2. The Pilgrimage (Hajj)
      3. Prayers (Salat)
      4. Fasting During Ramadan
      5. Alms for the Poor (Zakat)
   2. Belief vs. Practice
      1. Shari’ah, Islamic Law
4. Jihad vs. McWorld?
   1. Fundamentalism and the transformation of practice
   2. Reactions to modernity