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7992389327Quranthe sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina0
7992389328Ummathe Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan1
7992389329Pillars of Islamis the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. These duties are Shahadah (profession of faith), Salat (ritual prayer), Zakat (almsgiving), Sawm (fasting during Ramadan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)2
7992389330HijraThe Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam3
7992389331Shariathe code of law derived from the Quran and from the teachings and example of Muhammad4
7992389332Jizyaa tax paid by Christians and Jews who lived in Muslim communities to allow them to continue to practice their own religion5
7992389333Ulamathe body of mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the Islamic community6
7992389334Umayyad caliphateFirst hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs (661 to 750). From their capital at Damascus, the Umayyads ruled one of the largest empires in history that extended from Spain to India. Overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate.7
7992389335Sufismmystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through God8
7992389336Al-GhazaliBrilliant Islamic theologian; struggled to fuse Greek and Qur'anic traditions; not entirely accepted by ulama9
7992389337Sikhismthe doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam10
7992389338Timbuktua city in central Mali near the Niger river11
7992389339Mansa Musagreatest Mali king; brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; expanded borders, maintained peace and order, religious freedom and tolerance; hajj to Mecca; built Timbuktu12
7992389340Al-AndalusArabic name for Spain (literally "the land of the Vandals"), most of which was conquered by Arab and Berber forces in the early eighth century C.E. (pron. al-AND-ah-loos)13
7992389341Madrassasa school for the study of Muslim law and religion14
7992389342House of WisdomCombination library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad established in the 800s.15
7992389343Ibn Sinathe famous Islamic scientist and philosopher who organized the medical knowledge of the Greeks and Arabs into the Canon of Medicine16

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