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Chapter 26 AA
Question | Answer |
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Allah | Name of God in Islam |
Ayatollah | Islamic Clerics |
Sheikh | Islamic Cleric |
Cleric | Religious person |
Sufi | A mystic, or someone who gets in touch with the gods |
Hijab | Head covering |
Chador | Full body covering |
Ablution | Ritual Washing before prayer |
Ramadan | Holy month of fasting, nothing can pass through lips btw sunrise and set |
5 pillars | Five rules of Islam |
Burqua | Full body covering with net over eyes to see out. Worn in Afghanistan, Pakistan |
Mecca | Holy City |
Kaa’ba | Holy Rock |
Purdah | Seclusion for girls when they turn 11. Rural, poor Islamic societies do this. Extremism usually occurs in pre industrial societies |
Hajj | must make a pilgrimage to mecca, one of the 5 pillars |
Jihad | Holy war |
Qu’ran | Holy book of Islam |
Mosque | Holy place of worship |
Minaret | Tall column on a mosque. Speaker on top |
Shariah Law | Qu’ran is the constitution. Society is governed by it |
Imam | Spirtitual leader such as rabbi or priest |