218632462 | Al-Ardulas | Arabic name for Spain | 0 | |
218632463 | Bedouin | nomadic peoples of northern Arabia | 1 | |
218632464 | Caliph | the secular leader of the Islamic community, developed in period after the death of Muhammad | 2 | |
218632465 | Corpus Luirs Civilis | "Body of Civil Law", Justinian's codification of Roman law | 3 | |
218632466 | Emir | commander | 4 | |
218632467 | Hadith | collected sayings of the prophet Muhammad | 5 | |
218632468 | Hegira | the flight of Muhammad form mecca to median in 622, which marks the first date on the official calender of Islam | 6 | |
218632469 | Iconoclasm | an eighth-century Byzantine movement against the use of icons which was condemned as idolatry | 7 | |
218632470 | Imam | Islamic religious leader | 8 | |
218632471 | Islam | monotheistic faith given shape by Muhammad, in the tradition of Judaism and Christianity term means "submission" | 9 | |
218632472 | Jihad | in Islam,"striving the way of the Lord", sometimes translated as "holy war" | 10 | |
218632473 | Mihrab | niche in the wall of a mosque facing Mecca | 11 | |
218632474 | Mezzin | means "crier", person who calls faithful to worship five times a day from the minaret of a mosque | 12 | |
218632475 | Qur'an (Koran) | holy book of Islam, believed to contain the revelations of Allah as given to Muhammad means "recitation" | 13 | |
218632476 | Ramadan | holy month of Islam, one of the Five Pillars, Muslims fast during the daylight hours | 14 | |
218632477 | Shari'a | Islamic law code | 15 | |
218632478 | Sheikh | ruling member of a Bedouin tribe | 16 | |
218632479 | Shi'ites | smaller of two main sects of Islam, drawn for the Arabic phrase Shi'ite Ali ("partisans of Ali"), believe that leadership should come from the line of Ali | 17 | |
218632480 | Sufism | form that Islamic belief that called for mystical relationship between Allah and human beings | 18 | |
218632481 | Sultan | leader of the Selijuk Turks, means "holder of power" | 19 | |
218632482 | Sunni | larger of two main sects of Islam, translated as "orthodox", leadership drawn from any true believer | 20 | |
218632483 | Theme | Byzantine administrative unit | 21 | |
218632484 | Ulama | a convocation of leading Muslim Scholars | 22 | |
218632485 | Umma | the Muslim community as a whole | 23 | |
218632486 | Vizier | leader of the council who advised the Caliph | 24 | |
218632487 | Zakat | giving aims to the poor, one of the Five Pilars | 25 |
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