AFST 236Muslim Peoples Of The World

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Islam as the last Abrahamic revelation appeared amongst the Arabs in Mecca with Mohammed who would tirelessly fight for its survival at the beginning. It would have its book, the Qur'an compiled during the Rashidun Khulafa's time and as Muslims believe, is a correcting force of the Abrahamic texts before it. Islam would spread across Arabia in a very short time and cross to Persia and the Byzantine provinces between 632 and 640. Cross-disciplinary survey of selected Muslim peoples and organizations in Asia (including "the Middle East"), Africa, Europe, Oceania and the United States and Latin America. The course will discuss Muslims living as minorities in non-Muslim majority states and the Modern Islamic diaspora in the West, including Australia and New Zealand. Chronologically, the course covers the period from the 7th to the 21st century.