Islam
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blackwellm3 on March 21, 2012
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The rreligion behind Islam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Caliph | successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims |
| dhikr | A devotional remembrance of Allah through the recitation of his ninety-nine names and other devotional practices |
| fana | "Extinction"; the sense of loss of self in mystical experience |
| hadith | "recollection"; remembrance of an act or saying of Muhammad |
| Hajj | pilgrimage to Mecca |
| Hijra | "Flight"; Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) |
| id al-adha | The Day of Sacrifice durning the month of Hajj when an aminal is scarficed to recall the submission of Abraham. |
| id al-Fitr | the festival at the end of the month of ramadan during which people feast and visit friends and often the graves of ancestors |
| Imam | For Shi'i Islam, an early successor to Muhammad and leader of Islam (most Shi'i acknowledge twelve Imamas), believed to have a special spiritual insight. |
| Islam | "submission"; the Muslim religion and the community of believers who have submitted themselves to Allah |
| jihad | "Struggle"; the ideals both of spreading Islamic belief and of heroic self-sacrifice |
| Kabah | "Cube"; the square shrine at the center of the great mosque of Mecca |
| Khadijah | First wife of Muhammad |
| mihrab | (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca |
| minaret | a tower used by a chanter to call people to prayer |
| mosque | muslim place of worship |
| muezzin | a chanter who calls people to prayer |
| Muslim | a person who submits to allah |
| qiblah | The direction toward Mecca; the direction toward which Muslims pray |
| Qur'an | "Recitation"; God's words as revealed to and recited by Muhammad; an authorized edition of the written words that appeared after Muhammad's death |
| Ramdan | The ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset. |
| Sharia | "Path"; the whole body of Islamic law, which guides a Muslim's life. |
| Shiite | a minority branch of Islam, which holds that Muhammad's genuine successors descended from his son-in-law Ali |
| Sufism | A group of devotional movements in Islam |
| Sunni | The majority branch of Islam, which holds that genuine succession from Muhammad did not depend on hereditary descent from his son-in-law Ali |
| Sura | a chapter of the Qur'an |
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