Ap World History; Islam Flashcards
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| 11471375973 | Muhammad | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) | 0 | |
| 11471385295 | The hijira | the journey that Muhammad, faced with the threat of murder, took from Mecca to Medina | 1 | |
| 11471386618 | The umma | The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community. | 2 | |
| 11471397426 | Return to Mecca | 630 CE; attack on mecca | 3 | |
| 11471402073 | Shahada | Declaration of faith | 4 | |
| 11471402074 | Salat | 5 daily prayers | 5 | |
| 11471403135 | Zakat | Tax for charity; obligatory for all Muslims | 6 | |
| 11471405679 | Sawm | Fasting during Ramadan | 7 | |
| 11471408557 | Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | 8 | |
| 11471408558 | Jihad | A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | 9 | |
| 11471410316 | Sharia Law | the code of law derived from the Quaran and from the teachings and example of Mohammad | 10 | |
| 11471413269 | Caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims | 11 | |
| 11471414272 | Sunni | Arabs who elected people for succession after the death of Muhammad | 12 | |
| 11471419719 | Shi'ite | A group of Islamic religion that believes that its religious leader should be a descendant of Muhammad | 13 | |
| 11471426212 | Expansion of the early caliphates | 632-750 CE | 14 |