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Islam Vocabulauire
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Question | Answer |
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Allah | Arabic word for god. |
Muhammad | Founder and prophet of Islam. |
Islam | Earliest monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in th 7th century A.D. |
Muslim | Followers of Islam |
Hijrah | Muhammads migration from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina)in 622 A.D. |
Koran | Holy book of Islam. |
Mosque | Islam house of worship |
Hajj | A pilgramage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims |
Sunna | An Islamic model for living, based on life teaching by Muhammad |
Shariah | A body of law governing the live of Muslims |
Caliph | A supreme political religious leader in a Muslim government |
Shite | The branch of Islam that aknowledges Ali as the successor to Muhammad |
Sufi | A muslim who seeks to achive direct contact with god through mystical means |
Salat | To pray 5 times a day |
Ramadan | Muslim holy month of prayer and fasting |
Bazaar | Open marketplace in a muslim country |
Muezzin | One who calls Muslims to pray |
Minaret | Slender tower attached to the Mosque |
Dome of the Rock | Where Muhammad asended into heaven |
Mecca | Holiest city of Islam |
Sunni | Aknowledges the 1st four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad |
Five Pillars | A Muslims religious duty |
Sultan | Political leader with absolute power title abolished in 1924 |
Imam | A religious leader regaurded as sinless with direct lineage to Ali cousin of Muhammad |