Southwest Asia and North Africa
Islam
History
Early 600s
Mohammed wrote Koran from God
Mohammed acknowledged Abraham's holiness
Five Pillars of Islam
Shahadah: Allah is only true god
Prayer 5 times a day
Giving Alms
Fasting
Ramadan
Hajj - Mecca Pilgrimage
Today
About 15-20% are Shia
Shia believes the original twelve imams are divine
80-85% are Sunni
Believes any pious muslim can act as an Imam, not diviningly revealed
Shia are the majority in Iraq and Bahrain
Imam
Seperation of Shia and Sunni
Mohammed Dies in 632
Mohammed's Family thought the new Caliph should be a family member
Ali
Other leaders thought they should get to become Caliph
Abu Bakr
Then Islam starts spreading, and disputes over control of the new lands of contorl
Things got a little difficult
Subsequent caliphs started getting murdered
Uthman (3rd caliph) is murdered by Abu Bakr's son
Some still supported Ali after Uthman's death, some supported Muawiyah
Then it really hit the fan
Ali and Muawiyah fight for control over Islam
Ali is murdered
Muawiyah then became Caliph and convinced Ali's son Hassan to not run.
Hassan was poisoned
New Leaders, New Problems
Yazid (son of Muawiyah) took over
But, Hussein, son of Ali, refused to recognize Yazid to revolt.
They did not succeed, and were all executed.
Yahizd followers are Sunni
Christianity & Judaism
Kurds
Arab?
Kurds are not arabs.
Many different tribes living under a single state
Population
A section of them live Iraq, Turket, Iran. 0
3.5mi Iraqis
Stateless Nationality
Religion
Mostly sunni muslims
Some Yazdani, pre-islmic Kurdish religion
Iraq
Become Iraq
Colonial empire
Mosul is predominantly Kurdish
Baghdad is central sunnis live.
Iraquis?
Are Kurds iraqi?
Iraq was artificually made that wah
Southwest Asia and North Africa
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