209026828 | Muhammad | Founder of Islam, considered the greatest prophet in Islam | 0 | |
209026829 | Ibn Rushd/Averroes | Iberian Muslim philosopher; studied Greek rationalism; ignored among Muslims but influential in Europe. | 1 | |
209026830 | Sultan | military and political leader with absolute authority over a Muslim country | 2 | |
209026831 | Qadis | Muslim judges who carried out the judicial functions of the state | 3 | |
209026832 | Abbasid | The dynasty that came after the Umayyads. Devoted their energy to trade, scholorship, and the arts. | 4 | |
209026833 | Umma | the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan | 5 | |
209026834 | Shia | the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad | 6 | |
209026835 | Caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | 7 | |
209026836 | Hajj | a pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | 8 | |
209026837 | Jihad | a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | 9 | |
209026838 | Dar-al-Islam | a term used by Muslims to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion freely. | 10 | |
209026839 | Islam | the monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Quran | 11 | |
209026840 | Arab | a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa | 12 | |
209026841 | "Seal of the Prophets" | Name recognizing Muhammad as the last and greatest prophet. "God sent" | 13 | |
209026842 | Sufi | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means | 14 | |
209026843 | Harun Al-Rushid | wise and good Muslim leader who respected Charlemagne | 15 | |
209026844 | Ulama | Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies. | 16 | |
209026845 | Umayyed | the first ruling dynasty over the Muslim caliphate | 17 | |
209026846 | Hijra | the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution a.d. 622: regarded as the beginning of the Muslim Era. | 18 | |
209026847 | Sunni | a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad | 19 | |
209026848 | Ka'ba | Most revered religious shrine in pre-Islamic Arabia; located in Mecca; focus of obligatory annual truce among bedouin tribes; later incorporated as important shrine in Islam | 20 | |
209026849 | Sharia | Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life. | 21 | |
209026850 | Five Pillars | beliefs that all Muslims needed to carry out: Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, and Pilgrimage | 22 | |
209026851 | Quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | 23 | |
209026852 | Muslim | a believer or follower of Islam | 24 |
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