Muslim+Background

Muslim Background


 * during 10th century religion changed from islam to muslim
 * two types of muslim-
 * Shia'a
 * Sunni
 * split into two groups because the death of Muhammed in 632
 * clash over the distribution of power
 * 5 million people in the world are muslim
 * most muslims live in afghanistan, pakistan, india, china, malaysia, indonesia, and US
 * islam founded by Prophet muhammed in Mecca 7th century
 * muslim and islam have similar values/ practices
 * muslims are islam followers
 * afghanistan population is 90% muslim

Shia'a Sunni
 * the heterodox or the partisans of Calphi Ali
 * most live in mountanous areas
 * believe that the next prophet should be a member of Muhammeds family
 * dominant shia'a group- Jafari Shiites (15% of population)
 * ethnic groups
 * Hazara
 * Taji
 * the orthodox or traditionalists
 * majority of muslims (1.3 billion-world)
 * sunna means custom
 * five pillars of islam
 * faith
 * ====no god worth worship except Allah====
 * prayer
 * ====performed 5 times a day====
 * ====direct link with the allah and worshipper====
 * ====required to face the mecca (house of Allah)====
 * almsgiving
 * ====payment of 2.5 % of wealth to charity====
 * fasting
 * ====month of ramadan fast from dawn to dusk====
 * ====no food, drink, or sexual relations====
 * ====ramadan- month when allah released the Koran (muslim holy book) to the prophet Muhammed====
 * ethnic groups
 * ==== Pashtun ====
 * ==== Taliban ====
 * ==== Tajiks ====

Examples from the text > > **At the end, the Sunni and the Shi'as are still very different. ** > **This shows that the Shi'a Muslim are not very educated**. = Socratic Seminar questions = = = =In Afghanistan society, many Sunni Muslims look down on Shai’s Muslims because of their religion and race. Do you think that Baba and Amir also look down on Ali and Hassan because they are Shia’s Muslim?= = = = = = = =In the novel, many Sunni Muslims harassed Hassan because of his Religion and Race and Hassan never fought back. To what extent do you think Hassan is going to take the bullying? Do you think he will fight back?= = = =From reading Chapter 1-5, do you find any similarities between the Shia’s Muslims and the Sunni Muslim? Differences?= = =
 * ** "The book said part of the reason Pashtuns had opressed the Hazaras was that the Pshtuns were Sunni Muslims, while the Hazaras were Shi'a" (p. 9)
 * o **shows how much the two types of muslim hate each other **
 * "'Thats the one thing Shi'a people do well,' he said, picking up his papers, 'passing themselves as martyrs." (p. 9,10)
 * o **Sunni's making fun of the Shi'a's **
 * "Baba and Rahim Khan built a wildly succesful carpet-exporting busniess, two pharmacies and a restaurant" (p. 15)
 * o **How the sunni's are more wealthy and educated **
 * “In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni, and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that”. “Nothing”. (pg25)
 * “To him, the words on the pages were a scramble of codes, indecipherable, mysterious. “(pg30)
 * “Of all the neighborhood boys who tortured Ali, Assef was by far the most relentless”. Pg (38)
 * Shows that most Sunni Muslim treated Shia’s Muslim poorly. (Racial Discrimination.) **

Sources:

Enayat, A. (2006). //Cultures of the World Afghanistan.// New york: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark. Madami, H. (2004). //Afghanistan.// New York: Greenhaven Press.