1. Questions about Islam What is Jihad? How does Islam view women?
How has Modernity affected Islam?

2. Jihad Means “Struggle”
Primarily refers to the inner struggle to free the soul of greed, ego, and anger and turn to God
Also applies to struggle against external forces
Sometimes applies to a “just war.”

3. Rules of a Just War It must be for defense, NEVER attack
You cannot declare war to gain territory or to convert people
You can kill non-combats
You can torture prisoners
You cannot destroy property and land
You cannot kill the elderly, children, and women
Suicide is forbidden for any reason

4. What do today's Muslim's think?

5. Women Muhammad greatly improved the status of women in Arabia.
He gave them the right to keep their dowry, to inherit, and he banned infanticide of baby girls
Muhammad treated his wives with great respect and even took their council in political matters
Sadly, this changed very quickly. In a few generations women were relegated to a very inferior status

6. Muhammad's Wives
Khadija
Aisha

7. Women in Islam Today

8. What Muslim Women Wear

9. What is Modernity?

10. The Enlightenment 1600-1800 CE The Rise of Modern science
Scientific thinking replaces supernatural causes (demons, gods, witches, etc) with natural ones (weather patterns, gravity, germs)
A move from pre-scientific to scientific thought: two examples a) witches, b) vampires

11. Pre-modern thinking

12. Physics ….. Biology
Newton 1687
Darwin 1859

13. Muslim views