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2982663786QuranThe holy book of islam. Contains all of Muhammad's teachings and encounters with God's holy people.0
2982663787UmmaMuslim religious community1
2982663788Pillars of islamShahadah (profession of faith), salat (daily worship), zakat (almsgiving), siyam (fasting), and hajj (the pilgrimage to Makkah). The duties Muslims must do2
2982663789HijraThe migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib (later renamed by him to Medina) in 622 CE3
2982663790Shariais the Islamic legal system derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith.4
2982663791Jizyapoll tax that early Islamic rulers demanded from their non-Muslim subjects.it was purposed to make non Muslims transfer to be Muslims5
2982663792Ulama6
2982663793Umayyad caliphateThe Umayyads were the first Muslim dynasty—that is, they were the first rulers of the Islamic Empire to pass down power within their family. Under their rule, which lasted from 661 to 750 AD, the early Islamic community was transformed into the most powerful empire of the day. In many ways, the Umayyads defined how an Islamic Empire would be ruled. Nonetheless, their lack of descent from Muhammad, their controversial practice of handing down power from father to son, and their mistreatment of non-Arab Muslims made them a controversial dynasty, a topic of debate among Muslims even to this day, and ultimately led to their fall.7
2982663794Abbasid caliphateThe Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled the Islamic world, oversaw the golden age of Islamic culture. The dynasty ruled the Islamic Caliphate from 750 to 1258 AD, making it one of the longest and most influential Islamic dynasties. For most of its early history, it was the largest empire in the world, and this meant that it had contact with distant neighbors such as the Chinese and Indians in the East, and the Byzantines in the West, allowing it to adopt and synthesize ideas from these cultures.8
2982663795Al-ghazaliAbū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī, known as Al-Ghazali or Algazel to the Western medieval world, was a Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic of Persian descent. Wikipedia9
2982663796SikhismSikhism was founded in the Punjab by Guru Nanak in the 15th Century CE and is a monotheistic religion. Sikhs think religion should be practised by living in the world and coping with life's everyday problems10
2982663797AnatoliaOne of the great crossroads of ancient civilizations is a broad peninsula that lies between the Black and Mediterranean seas. Called Asia Minor (Lesser Asia) by the Romans, the land is the Asian part of modern Turkey, across Thrace. It lies across the Aegean Sea to the east of Greece and is usually known by its Greek name Anatolia.11
2982663798Ibn battutaIbn Battuta was indeed the greatest traveler to ever walk the earth. In an era when precious few possessed the means or the courage to submit to curiosity and venture off the map's edge, Ibn Battuta set out to complete Islam's traditional pilgrimage to Mecca, and ultimately spent the better part of his life wandering.12
2982663799Timbuktu13
2982663800Al-anadalusalso known as Muslim Spain or Islamic Iberia, was a medieval Muslim cultural domain and territory occupying at its peak most of what are today Spain and Portugal.he name more generally describes parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims (given the generic name of Moors) at various times between 711 and 1492, though the boundaries changed constantly as the Christian Reconquista progressed.[1][2][3]14
2982663801MadrassasA madrassa is an Islamic religious school. Many of the Taliban were educated in Saudi-financed madrassas in Pakistan that teach Wahhabism, a particularly austere and rigid form of Islam which is rooted in Saudi Arabia.15
2982663802House of wisdomThe House of Wisdom was a major intellectual center during the Islamic Golden Age. The House of Wisdom was founded by Caliph Harun al-Rashid and culminated under his son al-Ma'mun who is credited with its formal institution. Wikipedia16
2982663803Ibn sinnawas a Persian polymath and jurist who is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age.Of the 450 works he is known to have written, around 240 have survived, including 150 on philosophy and 40 on medicine.17

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