Islam
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World History [1]
Chapters 7 ? CREATEDATE ?11/17/09 5:17 PM? Arabs: Semitic-speaking people of southwest Asia The region was inhabited by Bedouin Arabs and the ruling members were called sheikh and members were selected from a council of members called the majlis Ka?aba in Mecca: black meteorite and is the most sacred site of Islamic faith Muhammad: born to a merchant family in Mecca, orphaned by six Married a rich widow, Khadija and meditated in the hills Fled to Medina ?city of the Prophet When he fled, marks the first day of the Islamic calendar: Hegria Qu?ran (?recitation?), the holy scripture of Islam: guidelines by which followers of Allah were to live. Muslims are practitioners of Islam and ?people of the book? Muslims community known as umma Islam: monotheistic and Allah is god