Islam Grows
- New Leader
- after Muhammad died in 632, the Muslim community needed to make the decision on who would be their next religious leader
- they selected one of Muhammad's good friends name Abu-Bakr to become the first caliph meaning successor
- Issues
- not everyone was welcoming of the caliph
- some tribes around the Arabian Peninsula abandoned Islam completely
- other wouldn't pay taxes
- some individual even declared themselves to be prophets
- Attempts to resolve
- Abu-Bakr declared a jihad which has two meanings
- 1. an inner struggle with evil
- 2. an armed struggle against non-believer
- Abu-Bakr declared a jihad which has two meanings
- Expansion by military
- the Muslim community began to expand under Abu-Bakr as well
- the next 3 caliphers after Abu-Bakr expanded into the Sassanid and Byzantine empires
- Reasons for Success
- the did very well in conquests between these empires, because they had been fighting each other for many years before this
- well disciplines
- great leaders
- the two empires weren't tolerant of the religions in their conquered are so their Muslims in the empires would often help the other Muslims that invade the empires
- Treatment of Conquered people
- the Qur'an does not allow for Muslims to force other to convert to this religion
- Muslims allowed the Christians and Jews to practice their religions but the couldn't spread it
- they made the Christians and Jews pay a tax however because they did not fight for the Islam military groups
- Research
- Islam split
- why did it happen
- when was the major split
- who are the key players (groups) in the split
- include these: Umayyads, Shi'a Sunni, Sufi, and Abbasids
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