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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 2
05/14/2013

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Islam
Definition
Complete surrender to the trusting God
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Allah
Definition
God
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Qu'ran
Definition
The sacred scriptures of the Muslims
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Suras
Definition
Any of the 114 chapters or sections of the Koran.
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Ka'bah
Definition
The holiest of the Muslim places of worship; it is a cubed-shaped structure of black stone in the courtyard of the Grand Mosque of Mecca
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Hijrah
Definition
Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina
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Shahada
Definition
Witnessing
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Shari'ah
Definition
The law: Duties God has placed on Muslims
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Ulama
Definition
Muslim Clerical Scholars
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Tawhid
Definition
Muslim Doctrine claiming the unity of God (as opposed to the Trinity in Christianity)
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Hajj
Definition
The Pilgrimage to Mecca, which all Muslims hope to undertake once in their lifetime
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Jihad
Definition
An individual's striving for spiritual self-perfection
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Hadith
Definition
Examples for the faithful muslims to follow, based on the prophet's sayings or actions
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Hadith
Definition
Examples for the faithful muslims to follow, based on the prophet's sayings or actions
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Hadith
Definition
Examples for the faithful muslims to follow, based on the prophet's sayings or actions
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Hadith
Definition
Examples for the faithful muslims to follow, based on the prophet's sayings or actions
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Zakat
Definition
An act of purification through "Giving". It is a way the commu
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Sunnah
Definition
Saying an actions of phophet muhammad as preserved in the "Hadith"
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Sunni
Definition
The branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad
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Shi'a
Definition
represent the largest schismatic sect in Islam, accounting for 10-20% of the world's normative body of Muslims.
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Sufis
Definition
Muslim mystics
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Ramadan
Definition
A fast, held from sunrise to sunset, that is carried out during this period
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Bohra
Definition
any Shīʿī Ismaʿīlī Muslim of the Mustaʿlī sect, living in western India.
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Shaitan
Definition
Devil
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Dhimmis
Definition
people of the contract
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Kaffir
Definition
An insulting and contemptuous term for a black African.
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Imam
Definition
Inspired leader; Ali wasthe first one
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Caliph
Definition
One of prophet Muhammad's successors. Abu Bakr was the first caliph
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Caliphate
Definition
the era of Islam's ascendancy from the death of Mohammed until the 13th century
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Hihab
Definition
The headscarf worn by Muslim women, sometimes including a veil that covers the face except for the eyes.
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5 pillars of islam
Definition
1.faith
2.Prayer
3.The Zakat
4.Fast
5.Pilgrimage
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birth year of Mahhammad
Definition
570 c.e in Mecca
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year Muhammad had strang feeling
Definition
610 c.e at forty
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Muhhammad death
Definition
632 c.e
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