Islam Flashcards
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| 314828642 | Sharia | The law of Islam. | 0 | |
| 314828643 | Mimarets | Tall, slender towers seen on mosques. | 1 | |
| 314828644 | Ablution | The act of cleansing yourself with water to wash away sins. | 2 | |
| 314828645 | Jizya | Tax opposed on all non-believers living in an Islamic country, | 3 | |
| 314828646 | Tenets | Major beliefs. | 4 | |
| 314828647 | Redouin | Nomadic tribe of the desert. | 5 | |
| 314828648 | Hegira | Muhammad's flee from Mecca to Medina. | 6 | |
| 314828649 | Umma | Community of faith. | 7 | |
| 314828650 | Imam | A person who calls people to prayer. | 8 | |
| 314828651 | Allah | The only deity recognized by the Muslims. | 9 | |
| 314828652 | Secular | 'Worldy', or 'of the world.' | 10 | |
| 314828653 | Mosque | A Muslim place of worship. | 11 | |
| 314828654 | Infidel | Unfaithful, or unbeliever. | 12 | |
| 314828655 | Qur'an (Koran) | Sacred text of the Muslim religion. | 13 | |
| 314828656 | Caliph | "Successor of the Messenger of God" (Muhammad). Thereby accepting leadership over the family of Islam. | 14 | |
| 314828657 | Hijira | The trip made by Muhammad and his original followers from Mecca to Medina. | 15 | |
| 314828658 | Muslim | Anyone who submits to the will of God. | 16 | |
| 314828659 | Islam | Religion of the Muslims. Means "submission" in Arabic. | 17 | |
| 314828660 | Jihad | Holy war. | 18 | |
| 314828661 | Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca. | 19 | |
| 314828662 | Sunna | Muhammad's example. | 20 | |
| 314828663 | Ummayyads | A family of power that is known for setting up the hereditary system of succession and or moving the Muslim capital from Mecca to Damascus. | 21 | |
| 314828664 | Shi'a | The "party" of Ali. Relatives of the prophet who outwardly resisted the rule of the Umayyads. | 22 | |
| 314828665 | Sunni | Those who did not outwardly resist the rule of the Ummayyads. many believed, however, that the Umayyads had become too concerned with wordly affairs and had lost touch with their religion. | 23 | |
| 314828666 | Sufi | Group that reacted to the luxurious life of the Umayyads by pursuing a life of poverty and devotion to a spiritual path. They tried to achieve direct, personal contact with God through meditation and chanting. | 24 | |
| 314828667 | al-Andlus | Muslim state located in southern Spain. | 25 | |
| 314828668 | Fatimid | Dynasty that began in North Africa and spread across the Red Sea to western Arabia and Syria. It was named after Muhammad's daughter Fatima. | 26 | |
| 314828669 | Abbasids | The most powerful rebel group of the many that overthrew the Umayyads. They ruthlessly murdered the remaining members of the Umayyad family. | 27 | |
| 314828670 | Calligraphy | The art of beautiful handwriting. | 28 |