Change and Continuity in the Middle East
Between 600 and 1450 religion in the Middle East changed in that of major splits and new religion emerging; however the status of women seem to remain the same. There are three major religions that had a major impact on the Middle East. Judaism is the monotheistic religion of the Jews, it originated in Canaah Israel and Palestanian territories. Christianity is another major religion that originated in the Middle East. Later on the church was split into different groups. The last major religion is Islam. Islam is the one religion that had the most affect on the region.
Islam originated in Mecca, close to the Red Sea and Mount. Hira. It is said that the archangel Gabriel appeared to Muhamad and asked him to repeat god’s words. In 613 Muhammad preached in Mecca the message that he received. He preached that there was only one god who was all powerful but also merciful, and he freely acknowledges that other prophets (Abraham, Moses, and Jesus) have preached the same truth in the past. Along the way Muhammad has aquired many followers. After Muhammad died there was
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Sufism (tasawwuf) is a Muslim movement whose followers seek to find divine truth and love through direct encounters through god. The reason of creating this religion is because people were trying to develop within the religion of Islam. The Emphasis was a reaction against the prevailing deeper meaning began with a pietistic asceticism, which led to the development of Sufism. Sufism emerged within Islam in the 8th and 9th centuries C.E. Scholars think that Sufism cmay have been given the name because of the course wool garments they wore as a makr of their rejection of wordly things. Sufis have taken vows of poverty and celibacy. They developed religious practices focusing on strict self-control that enable both psychological and mystical insights as well as loss of self, with the goal of mystical union with