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Religious Studies
Islam
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
12/08/2011

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Shahada
Definition
Pillar, Confession of Faith
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Salat
Definition
Pillar, Ritual Prayer
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Zakat
Definition
Pillar, Alms
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Sawm
Definition
Pillar, Fasting during Ramadan
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Hajj
Definition
Pillar, Pilgrimage to Mecca
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Umayyad Dynasty Capital
Definition
Damascus
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Abbasid Dynasty Capital
Definition
Baghdad
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Five Articles of Faith
Definition
God, Angels, Prophets, Heavenly Scripture, Hereafter
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Hijra
Definition
Migration from Mecca to Medina of Muhammad and his followers
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Ka'ba
Definition
Cube in Mecca that is worshiped, said to have been built by Abraham and his son Ishmael
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Sunna
Definition
"Muhammad's way", how he lives out/understands the Qur'an
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Hadith
Definition
Isolated reports of what Muhammad did, said, or tacitly approved
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Caliph
Definition
Deputy, successor
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Abu Bakr
Definition
Father-in-law of Muhammad, ruled after Muhammad's death
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Uthman
Definition
Controversy over politics, failure to punish, killed by member of own army
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Ali
Definition
Muhammad's son-in-law
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Sunni
Definition
Lineage of Abu, no central hierarchy, Imam not holy
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Shi'a
Definition
Imam is the right way to god
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Fiqh
Definition
Determining the law
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Shari'a Law
Definition
Moral law/code of Islam
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Sufism
Definition
Islamic mysticism
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