3359846735 | Bedouin | Nomadic peoples of northern Arabia. | 0 | |
3359846736 | Caliph | The secular leader of the Islamic community, developed in period after the death of Muhammed | 1 | |
3359846737 | Hadith | Collected sayings of the prophet Muhammed | 2 | |
3359846738 | Hegira | The flight of Muhammed from Mecca to Medina in 622, which marks the first date of the official calendar of Islam. | 3 | |
3359846739 | Imam | Islamic religious leader | 4 | |
3359846740 | Jihad | In Islam, struggle, "striving in the way of the Lord" sometimes translated as holy war | 5 | |
3359846741 | Mihrab | Niche in the wall of a mosque facing Mecca. | 6 | |
3359846742 | Muezzin | Means "crier" person who calls faithful to worship five times a day from a Minaret of a mosque | 7 | |
3359846743 | Qur'an(Koran) | Holy book of Islam, believed to contain the revelations of Allah as given to Muhammed means "recitation" | 8 | |
3359846744 | Ramadan | Holy month of Islam, one of the five pillars, Muslims fast during the daylight hours | 9 | |
3359846745 | Shari'a | Islamic law code | 10 | |
3359846746 | Sheikh | Ruling member of a Bedouin tribe | 11 | |
3359846747 | Shi'ites | Smaller 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 Ali | 12 | |
3359846748 | Shufism | Form that Islamic belief that called for mystical relationship between Allah and human beings | 13 | |
3359846749 | Sultan | Leader of the Seljuk Turks, means "holder of power" | 14 | |
3359846750 | Sunni | From Sunna, larger of two main sects of islam, translated as "orthodox" leadership drawn from any true believer | 15 | |
3359846751 | Umma | The Muslim community as a whole | 16 | |
3359846752 | Vizier | Leader of the council who advised the caliph | 17 | |
3359846753 | Zakat | Giving also to the poor, one of the five pillars. | 18 |
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