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Southwest Asia

Southwest Asia. Human Geography Chapters 22 & 23. Religious Conflict. Three major world religions consider land in Southwest Asia holy. Judaism, Christianity, Islam (In order of appearance) Birthplace of monotheistic religions Judaisim

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Southwest Asia

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  1. Southwest Asia Human Geography Chapters 22 & 23

  2. Religious Conflict • Three major world religions consider land in Southwest Asia holy. • Judaism, Christianity, Islam (In order of appearance) • Birthplace of monotheistic religions • Judaisim • Old Testament of Bible, belief in 1 God, Jesus was a holy man, but not the messiah, city of Jerusalem holy • Christianity • Old and New testament of Bible, Belief in 1 God, Jesus was God in human form, the Messiah, city of Jerusalem holy • Islam • Belief in 1 God, Allah, Jesus was a prophet, greatest prophet was Mohammed, who was visited by the Angel Gabriel, holy book is the Koran, city of Mecca holy

  3. Jerusalem Church of the Visitation Golden Gate From Virtual Tour of Jerusalem at http://www.md.huji.ac.il/vjt/

  4. Mecca The Great Mosque, around the Ka’aba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia http://www.sacredsites.com/middle_east/saudi_arabia/mecca.html

  5. Five Pillars of Islam • Faith • All beleivers testify to an oath • Prayer • Pray five times per day at specific times, facing Mecca • Charity • Support the less fortunate by giving money • Fasting • During Islamic holy month of Ramadan, don’t eat or drink anything between sunrise and sunset • Pilgrimage • All able Muslims must make a pilgrimage or journey to Mecca once in their life.

  6. Government • Muslim controlled lands were theocracies • Theocratic – government run by religious leaders and religious policies • Though modernizing, some aspects of Muslim culture haven’t changed for centuries due to Islamic law • Codes of decncy, modesty, male and female relationships • Some women are becoming educated and are able to to pursue careers in other nations.

  7. The Northeast • Mesopotamia • Land in Tigris and Euphrates River valley that was the birthplace of civilization

  8. People of the Northeast • Kurds • Ethnic group in Iraq region • Murdered by the thousands by the Iraqi military in the late n1980’s • Genocide • The strategic extermination of a group of people, usually based on ethnic differences • Example - holocaust

  9. People of the Northeast • After Mohammed’s death, Muslims divided into two groups • Sunnis • Most in Turkey, Iraq and Afghanistan (83% of all muslims) • Shi’ites • Most live in Iran but some in Iraq and Afghanistan • These groups have clashed over land for decades and continue to do so • Even in Iraq today, the sectarian violence (violence by different sections of the population) essentially divides along Sunni and Shi’ite lines

  10. Taliban • In all of the Muslim nations there is a conflict between those who want to be come more modern, and those who want to stay traditional. • Afghanistan is torn by a conflict like this. • Taliban imposed strict traditional rules on people of Afghanistan • They were toppled by US led forces after the 9-11 attacks because they were suspected of supporting the terrorists who did it.

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