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RCP significance
Significance of RCP identifications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| surah | In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful; monotheistic |
| tawid | absolute monotheism |
| sharia | rules by which the Muslims live, as laid down by the Koran |
| Al-Quds | Holy House, referring to Jerusalem. Shows the importance of Jerusalem to the Muslim people. |
| Haram esh-Sharif | Temple Mount; religion based on Judiasm, but have the correct view. Temple Mount is holy. |
| Al-Aqusa Mosque | the farther mosque; was set up on the Temple Mount. Carries on the tradition of a religious group "taking over" another group's holy place |
| dhimmi | protected minority; written in the Koran about protecting minorities...this religion was a bit more tolerant |
| jihad | to struggle; struggle of the battlefield between believers and non-believers |
| infidel | non-believer; term of intolerance (us and them mentality) which leads to conflict |
| Antioch | the first battle of the Crusades; miraculously won= set in the idea that God was with them |
| Knights Templar | a militaristic group that answered to the church and was stationed on the Temple Mount= solidifies the idea that this was not only a political conquest but a religious one |
| Franks | what the Muslims called the Crusaders; shows how little each group knew about each other |
| Zangi | he started bringing all the Muslims together after the Crusades; brought together under religion, not nationality b/c the religion was under attack (Koran) |
| Salah ed-Din | Destroyed the crusaders in the Battle of Hittin; united almost all of the Muslim world under one banner (religious) |
| 1187 Battle of Hittin | Muslims defeated the crusaders; no looting or massacre, western christians banned...is God still with the crusaders? |
| Pope Urban II | called for the Crusade; intolerance (Jerusalem is in the wrong hands) |
| Council of Claremont | where Pope Urban II called for the Crusades; Jerusalem in the wrong hands |
| 1099 massacre | massacre of the Muslims in Jerusalem; intolerance, killing of the infidels (kill everything that breathes) |
| firman | decree |
| pogrom | state-ignored massacres of Jewish settlements; |