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| 207724864 | Muhammad | (570-632 CE), the messenger/ prophet of Islam, considered as the founder of Islam. born in Mecca he died from a high fever. | 0 | |
| 207724865 | Muslim | A believer/follower of Islam | 1 | |
| 207724866 | Quran | The sacred text Islam; revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | 2 | |
| 207724867 | Five Pillars | The five beliefs that the Muslims live by. They are usually the main values and the practices muslims go by | 3 | |
| 207724868 | First Pillar | Shahada- declaration of faith | 4 | |
| 207724869 | Second Pillar | Salah- Prayer 5 times a day | 5 | |
| 207724870 | Third Pillar | Zakat- charity to the poor | 6 | |
| 207724871 | Fourth Pillar | Saum- Fasting during Ramadan | 7 | |
| 207724872 | Fifth Pillar | Hajj- Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime | 8 | |
| 207724873 | Sharia | The Koran code of laws; from the teachings of Muhammad | 9 | |
| 207724874 | Ka'ba | A "cubed" shape building in Mecca. It is the MOST sacred site in the Islam religion. When muslims pray, they pray toward this. | 10 | |
| 207724875 | Sunni | One of the two branches of islam. Made by orthodox practice/acceptance of the four major caliphs | 11 | |
| 207724876 | Hijra | The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (622A.D)it was said to mark the founding of the religion Islam | 12 | |
| 207724877 | Umayyad | Second of the four Islamic caliphates. Started after Muhammad's death. Originally came from Mecca | 13 | |
| 207724878 | Ulama | A body of a Mullah(bodies of teachers/learned men of the Islamic laws); interpreters of Islam's sciences and doctrines and laws | 14 | |
| 207724879 | Harun al-Rushid | Ruled during the high point of the Abbasid dynasty; was a caliph | 15 | |
| 207724880 | Sufi | A member of the Islamic movement Sufism | 16 | |
| 207724881 | "Seal of the Prophets" | The title that was given to Muhammad in the Qur'an. Muslims agree that Muhammad received the final revelation in the form of the Qur'an. | 17 | |
| 207724882 | Arab | A member of the Semitic people; originally from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding territories that speak Arabic and who inhabit much of the Middle East and Northern Africa | 18 | |
| 207724883 | Islam | A monotheistic religion that is based on the teachings of Muhammad and are written in the sacred text called the Qur'an. Muslims are the followers. | 19 | |
| 207724884 | Dar al-Islam | The House of Islam; a term representing the political and religious unity of various Islamic groups | 20 | |
| 207724885 | Jihad | A struggle/ campaign against something that is holy; striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal; a holy war between Muslims who do and do not believe in Islam | 21 | |
| 207724886 | Hajj | The pilgrimge to Mecca which every Muslim should experience at least once in their lifetime. One of the five pillars (number 5) | 22 | |
| 207724887 | Caliph | A spiritual leader in an Islamic state. They are the head of state/ a powerful man with secular powers. | 23 | |
| 207724888 | Shia | The second branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad.Known as the Shiites | 24 | |
| 208269361 | Umma | A community of Muslims that are bound together by their religion | 25 | |
| 208269362 | Abbasid | The dynasty that overthrew the Umayyad to rule the Muslim caliphate from 750 to 1258; for 150 years they maintained the unity of the caliphate and Islamic civilization and culture flourished | 26 | |
| 208269363 | Qadis | Muslim judges who carried out the judicial functions of the state; rule by the Sharia: a religious law. | 27 | |
| 208269364 | Sultan | The ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) | 28 | |
| 208269365 | Ibn Rushd/Averroes | Iberian Muslim philosopher; studied Greek rationalism; ignored among Muslims but influential in Europe. | 29 |
