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2. You should be quietly
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class before the timer goes
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CLASS STARTS IN:

Welcome
to Class!
Focus Question:
Why did Islam split into
two major branches?

I Aint Mad Atcha

Start at 1:58

Schism
When

Muhammad died, Muslims disagreed

about who should be chosen to be the
leader of the community.
Sunni
Wanted successor to be chosen from
Muhammads community of followers.
Shiite
Wanted the leadership to stay in the
family.

Distribution of Sunni and Shiite

Muslims?

Sunni Majority
New

leader to be the Caliph.

Caliph Head of State.

Shiites

do not recognize the Caliph.

Instead they chose Muhammads
son in law, Ali, as their new Iman.
Iman Head of state.

Struggle for Power

Early

on most of the Shiite Imans met

violent ends at the hands of the Sunni
Caliphs.
Iman Alis son Hussein was
beheaded.
This date is still considered a
holiday for Shiite Muslims.
Conflict is more about power, politics,
and retribution than actual religion.

Iraq
Before

Sadam Hussein, Iraq was run by an

oppressive Shiite regime.
Under Saddam Hussein, Iraq was run by an
oppressive Sunni regime.
After Saddam Hussein, Iraq was once again
run by an oppressive Shiite regime.
Isis
Oppressive Sunni militant group.
The aim of ISIS is to create an Islamic state across
Sunni areas of Iraq and in Syria.

Sunni and Shiite

When

talking about Militant Jihadists or Terrorist

networks it is inaccurate and inappropriate to use
Sunni and Shiite to describe these groups.
What you really are talking about are groups
called Isis or Al-Qaeda.
To

use Sunni and Shiite to describe these

groups is including billions of people who are
not even involved and who most likely do not
share the beliefs of these fringe organizations.

Sufis
In

both Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam.

Muslim mystics who sought communication
with God through meditation, fasting, and
other rituals.
*Mystic A person who seeks divine wisdom
and spiritual truth.
Like

Christian monks, Sufis helped spread Islam

by traveling, preaching, and being good
examples to others.

Muhammad Walks By: Lupe Fiasco

Questions:
1.What are some of the rules Muslims must follow?
2. What are some similarities to Christianity?
3. What are some terms we have already talked about?

Islam in Hip-Hop and Rap

Rakim (Eric B and Rakim)

Busta Rhymes
Mos Def
Mobb Deep
Nas
Ice Cube (N.W.A)
All members of the group,
Wu Tang Clan
Method Man
Raekwon
Ghost Face Killer
J Dilla
DJ Khaled
Lupe Fiasco

Rymefest
Scarface
Philadelphia Freeway
Beenie Sigel
Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest)
Poor Righteous Teachers
Big Daddy Kane
Leaders of the New School
The Guru of the group
Gangstarr
Everlast
MC Ren
Napoleon (The Outlawz)

*These artists all follow a branch of Islam.

Islam in Hip-Hop and Rap

Sunni

Muslims:
Lupe Fiasco - Muhammad Walks.
Mos Def Black on Both Sides.

Other Branches of Islam:

Nation of Islam and the Five Percent Nation,
two groups that are rooted in Islamic teachings
though their members may not consider
themselves Muslim.
Even rappers outside those groups were
using Islamic language that infiltrated
mainstream hip-hop.

Rap Stats by Rap Genius

Has

a tool that plots the frequency

of words appearing in rap songs
from 1988 through the present day.

Jay Z and his Five

Percent Nation
Medallion.

Kanye West and

his Jesus Piece.

Essay
Why have Islamic
themes in rap declined?
15 Minutes to answer this
question.
Use complete sentences.

Why the Change?

The

late 80s and early 90s were filled with Muslim

rappers and others who identified with the Nation
of Islam and the Five Percent Nation.

The

new generation of rappers have grown up in a

time when hip-hop wasnt confined to the inner
cities where those groups were strongest.

 September

11th
Many of the Gen-X rappers converted to Islam.
Millennial rappers who werent born into the
religion grew up in an era when Islam was
regularly equated with evil.
Devout

Muslim rappers who came of age after

9/11 embraced a more assertive Muslim identity,
Unlike the 5 Percenters fluid definitions, they
adhere to a more traditional Islamic view and
multiracial identity.
In their lyrics, many of the concerns are about
being Muslim in the West and the current civil
liberties environment.
Conscience Rap

Five Percenter Terms:

Dropping

Sup

science

G?
Let me break it down for ya
Supreme Mathematics
Todays Mathematics
Mystery god
Original man
Show and Prove

Malcolm X
After Malcolm X made the Hajj to Mecca:
There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world.
They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blonds to black-skinned
Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual
displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences
in America had led me to believe never could exist between the
white and the non-white... America needs to understand Islam,
because this is the one religion that erases from its society the
race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have
met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America
would have been considered white -- but the "white" attitude
was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have
never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by
all colors together, irrespective of their color.
*Malcolm X speeches are sampled in tons of rap music.

Essay
How are the quotes
similar/different?
15 Minutes to answer this question.
Use complete sentences.