The Earth and It's Peoples vocabulary definitions chapters 8-18
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World History [1]
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Shi?ites Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believingthat God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad?s son-in-law Ali. Shi?ism is the state religion of Iran. Sunnis Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries. Mecca City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. Muhammad (570?632 c.e.) Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam. Muslim An adherent of the Islamic religion; a person who ?ubmits? (in Arabic, Islam means ?ubmission?) to the will of God. Islam Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad (570?632 C.E.) on the basis of his reception of divine revelations,