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| 304563781 | Ethnic Religion | A religion with a relatively concentrated spatial distribution whose principles are likely to be based on the physical characteristics of the particular location in which its adherents are concentrated. | |
| 304563782 | Zionism | The movement to unite the Jewish people of the diaspora and to establish a national homeland for them in Palestine. | |
| 304563783 | Interfaith boundary | Boundary that divides space between two or more religions | |
| 304563784 | Sharia Religious Law | The system of Islamic law, sometimes called Qu'ranic law. Unlike most Western systems of law that are based on legal precedence, Sharia is based in varying degressof interpretation of the Qu'ran | |
| 304563785 | Monotheistic Religion | Belief system in which one supreme being is revered as creator and arbiter of all that exists in the universe. | |
| 304563786 | Diaspora | the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) | |
| 304563787 | Ethnic Cleansing | The slaughter and/or forced removal of one ethnic group from its home and lands by another ethnic group. | |
| 304563788 | Secularism | The idea that ethical and moral standards should be formulated and adhered to for life on Earth, not to accommodate the prescriptions of a deity and promises of a comfortable afterlife. A secular state is the opposite of a theocracy. | |
| 304563789 | Enclave | A piece of territory that is surrounded by another political unit of which it is not a part of. | |
| 304563790 | Exclave | A bounded territory that is part of a particular state but is separated from it by the territory of a different state. | |
| 304563791 | Religious Fundalmentalism | Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy. | |
| 304563792 | Sunnis | Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries. | |
| 304563793 | Shiites | Second largest sect of Islam regard Ali as the most important figure after Muhammad | |
| 304563794 | Universalizing Religion | a religion that attempts to appeal to all people, not just those living in a particular location | |
| 304563795 | Jihad | a doctrine within Islam. Commonly translated as "Holy War," Jihad represents either a personal or collective struggle on the part of Muslims to live up the religious standards set by the Qu'ran. | |
| 304563796 | Intrafaith boundary | The boundaries within a major religion or Boundaries within a single major faith. |
