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3359846735BedouinNomadic peoples of northern Arabia.0
3359846736CaliphThe secular leader of the Islamic community, developed in period after the death of Muhammed1
3359846737HadithCollected sayings of the prophet Muhammed2
3359846738HegiraThe flight of Muhammed from Mecca to Medina in 622, which marks the first date of the official calendar of Islam.3
3359846739ImamIslamic religious leader4
3359846740JihadIn Islam, struggle, "striving in the way of the Lord" sometimes translated as holy war5
3359846741MihrabNiche in the wall of a mosque facing Mecca.6
3359846742MuezzinMeans "crier" person who calls faithful to worship five times a day from a Minaret of a mosque7
3359846743Qur'an(Koran)Holy book of Islam, believed to contain the revelations of Allah as given to Muhammed means "recitation"8
3359846744RamadanHoly month of Islam, one of the five pillars, Muslims fast during the daylight hours9
3359846745Shari'aIslamic law code10
3359846746SheikhRuling member of a Bedouin tribe11
3359846747Shi'itesSmaller of two main sects of Islam, drawn from the Arabic phrase Shi'at Ali "partisans of Ali" belief that leadership should co,e from the line of Ali12
3359846748ShufismForm that Islamic belief that called for mystical relationship between Allah and human beings13
3359846749SultanLeader of the Seljuk Turks, means "holder of power"14
3359846750SunniFrom Sunna, larger of two main sects of islam, translated as "orthodox" leadership drawn from any true believer15
3359846751UmmaThe Muslim community as a whole16
3359846752VizierLeader of the council who advised the caliph17
3359846753ZakatGiving also to the poor, one of the five pillars.18

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