Muhammad: His Last Sermon

http://www.muhammad.net/intro/lastsermon.html What are the main themes of this sermon? What concerns of the people did Muhammad feel the need to address? According to Muhammad, what does he leave to his followers as the basis of Islam?

Biographies: http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/prophet/ Read the two biographies of Muhammad, one by a Muslim and one by a non-Muslim. How do their accounts differ, if at all? How would you explain any distinctions that do exist?

Pilgrimage in the Quran

http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/124.html
Excerpt from the Quran on the Hajj.

Compare the description of the earliest Hajj from the Qu'ran with the textbook's description of the Hajj in later centuries. In what ways has the Hajj evolved over the years? In what ways has it remained unchanged?