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Islam
Karen Hernandez
Term | Definition |
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Environment | air, water, and land in which people and animals live. |
Create | to make something exist. |
Issue | problem or subject that people discuss. |
Interpret | to explain the meaning of something. |
Decline | gradual decrease in the quality or importance of something. |
Monitor | to carefully watch something. |
Muhammad | like Judaism and Christianity, Islam was based on the worship of one god. |
Oasis | is a fertile place in the desert where a spring or well provides a water supply. |
Nomadic | life in which people move from place to place with no fixed home. |
Sedentary | or settled. |
Khadija | Muhammad prospered in business and became a respect member of the community. |
Qur'an | the Muslim holy book. |
Mosque | is a Muslim house of worship. |
Alms | are goods or money given to the poor or needy. |
Fasting | means not eating or drinking for a period of time. |
Pilgrimage | is a journey to sacred place or shrine. |
Abu Bankr | as their leader. |
Caliph | or successor. |
Umar ibn al-Khattab | took Islam to nearby lands. |
Jihad | or "holy struggle". |
Khalid ibn al-Walid | made the following promise. |
Sunnis | are the majority Islamic sect. |
Shiites | from the largest minority Islamic sect. |