islamic world Flashcards
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228669857 | bedouins | nomadic people who settled on the outside areas of the desert's scrub zone | 0 | |
228669858 | ka'ba | most revered stone | 1 | |
228669859 | black rock | sacred rock | 2 | |
228669860 | jinns | spirits that they believe resided in the natural objects of the desert | 3 | |
228669861 | aninimism | spirits residing in ordinary objects | 4 | |
228669862 | muhammad | destine to become founder of islam | 5 | |
228669863 | hijrah | fight in medina that served as the founding date to the religion of islam | 6 | |
228669864 | umma | muslim community | 7 | |
228669865 | abu bakr | muhammad's successor after his death | 8 | |
228669866 | qur'an | a book organizing the prophet's revelations into a book | 9 | |
228669867 | hadith | a collection of stories about and saying of muhammad | 10 | |
228669868 | shari'a | laws based on beliefs in the qur'an and hadith | 11 | |
228669869 | seal of prophets | the last prophet to be sent by god to communicate with humans | 12 | |
228669870 | five pillars of islam | principles of islam | 13 | |
228669871 | the confession of faith | must state "there is no god but allah and muhammad is his prophet" | 14 | |
228669872 | prayer | pray five times a day, facing mecca | 15 | |
228669873 | fasting | one month of the muslim year (ramadan) where they fast from sunup to sundown. this is to show their commitment to the religion | 16 | |
228669874 | alms | the act of giving a portion of your wealth to help build cohesion in the umma | 17 | |
228669875 | hajj | pilgramage to mecca to worship allah at the ka'ba | 18 | |
228669876 | caliph | political and religious successor to muhammad | 19 | |
228669877 | jihad | referring to warfare | 20 | |
228669878 | shi'ites | group of ali's followers who formed a significant minority that still exists today | 21 | |
228669879 | umayyad dynasty | founded by ali's successor mauwiya | 22 | |
228669880 | sunni | supporter of muawiya and contained a large group of muslims, that are still around today | 23 | |
228669881 | caliphates | islamic empires | 24 | |
228669882 | people of the book | christians and jews | 25 | |
228669883 | ulama | religious scholars | 26 | |
228669884 | vizier | a head of government directed by caliph | 27 | |
228669885 | golden age | referring to the lives of many civilizations | 28 | |
228669886 | dhows | sailing vessels with lanteen ships | 29 | |
228669887 | the thousand and one night | a book of folk tales | 30 | |
228669888 | madrasas | urban universities | 31 | |
228669889 | minaret | prayer towers | 32 | |
228669890 | sejuk turks | nomadic people from centeral asia | 33 | |
228669891 | sultan | cheiftain | 34 |