Islam's Divisions

The Tribe has always been an important concept in Arabian and Islamic history, creating divisions among its dwellers and followers. How has this caused problems in the history of Islam?

In the lifetime of Muhammud he constantly strived to make the Islam religion a religion of one, to be whole and when Muhammud died that kind a fell apart. Islams a religion did not fall apart, but the way they went about spreading the religion was not a good thing. After forcing tribes to take up the Islamic religion by means of threatening them to pay money or practice, the Islamic wasn't truly one anymore. Once Muhammad died, Caliphates rose up and there became a new way of passing down rule; this was the first big division in the Islamic world; authority. With Muhammud and the Patriarchal Caliphs intergrated themselves with the Islamic community, and their religion was founded on an unprecedented egalitarianism. After the death of Muhammud, tribes became a big issue, because not all the tribes that were under Islamic rule actually chose to be. They were forced by the new rulers in the Umayyad Dynasty to take up Islam as a religion. It created tension and division between the tribes, leaving Islam to really not be a community and a closely followed religion. It led to war and violence, if certain tribes didn't agree with the Islamic religion and didn't agree to pay the rulers, they would be severely punished.

Life in the Islamic world at first seemed great, it seemed to blossom quite rapidly and become an engaging religion. But when constants (Muhammud) weren't there to look to anymore, a division happened and the Islamic history changed into something quite threatening and violent. It changed into something completely different (I think) than what Muhammud wanted to create.

Blog 9: How has the religious history of Indua influenced India's tradition of non - violence?

In the country of India their are two main religions: Hinduism and Buddhism. Both of these religions are based on being one with yourself and God and prospering to be a good person and do good deeds. They focus on being peaceful and non - violent. Mohandas Gandhi considered to be the father of his country, India; influenced many people with his philosophies. He studied Hinduism and Buddhism and combined certain aspects to create his philosophy of life. He grew up in a household, the youngest child of his father's 4th wife, his father being a minister chief and his mother closely following religion. His mother was a big influence on his beliefs which inevitably influenced all of India. He grew up in a household that worshipped the Hindu god Vishnu; the main beliefs were to be non - violent and believe that everything in the universe is eternal. So, Gandhi carried out some of these beliefs and added some of his own throughout his life and was greatly respected and listened to because of them. He had many protests on what he thought was right but never thought that war was the solution. He was a great and powerful influence on the people, their religions, the way they think, and how they go about their day. The religious history of India has obviously influenced India's tradition of non - violence since part of their religion is to go about their day being the best they can and striving to be one with themselves and to do good in the world, leaving the result that India is a peaceful place.

Migration

Can migrations have a positive impact on the people and or land receiving immigrations?

Yes, migrations can have a positive impact on the people and land recieving it. With migration comes trade and exchange. When people move from one area/culture to another they bring along everything that they had or knew with them. So they bring their own culture, techniques, tools, weapons, ideas and knowledge to the empires they are migrating to. The positive impact migration had on empires is that they retained information they didn't know from people who migrated from other cultures/empires. And the end result to that was cultures being mixed and information on weapons, war, and trade was shared. When the first colonists came to North America from europe they brought along their relegion, culture, industrial knowledge and new ideas in general. It impacted America dramatically and changed the culture of the native americans.