Islam
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| 51923814 | Stereotype | a generalized belief about a group of people | |
| 51923815 | Minaret | tower used to call Muslims to prayer | |
| 51923816 | Muezzin | person who calls Muslims for religious services | |
| 51923817 | Qibla | literally means the direction of prayer, facing toward Mecca. In mosque architecture, the qibla wall indicates the orientation of prayer. | |
| 51923818 | Shahadah | declaration of faith | |
| 51923819 | Qur'an | the holy book of Islam | |
| 51923820 | Muhammad | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) | |
| 51923821 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace | |
| 51923822 | Medina | City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca. (p. 231) | |
| 51923823 | ka'aba | A religious temple in Mecca that became sacred to Muslims | |
| 51923824 | jihad | the obligation of Muslims to struggle or exert themselves "in the way of God ; doesn't necessarily refer to an armed struggle | |
| 51923825 | Gabriel | According to Muslims, was an angel who told Muhammed he was a messenger of Allah. | |
| 51923826 | Allah | Muslim name for the one and only God | |
| 51923827 | Ramadan | (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan | |
| 51923828 | Eid | An Islamic festival that ends the period of fasting during the month of Ramadan | |
| 51923829 | Wudu | ritual cleansing of oneself before prayer by Muslims | |
| 51923830 | Zakah | Charity performed by Muslims | |
| 51923831 | Hajj | a pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | |
| 51923832 | Halaal | Foods that are permissible for Muslims to eat | |
| 51923833 | Osama bin Laden | Arab terrorist who established al-Qaeda (born in 1957) | |
| 51923834 | Saddam Hussein | Former dictator of Iraq | |
| 51923835 | Hamid Karzai | President of Afghanistan | |
| 51923836 | Taliban | a group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996 | |
| 51923837 | Sunni | a follower of the majority branch of Islam, which feels that successors to Muhammad are to be chosen by the Muslim community | |
| 51923838 | Shiite | a member of one of the two major Muslim sects; believe that the descendants of Muhammad's daughter and son-in-law, Ali, are the true Muslim leaders |