Islam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 five pillars of Islam | true Muslims were expected to follow (principle of Salvation): belief in Allah, pray 5 times a day, giving of alms, fasting during Ramadan, pilgrimage to Mecca once in a lifetime |
| shiite | a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs |
| sunni | a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad |
| mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace |
| bedouins | Arab nomads |
| dhimmis | a term meaning "protected peoples"; they included Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians. |
| hajj | a pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims |
| house of wisdom | a learning center established for translation and research of foreign texts, in Baghdad in 830 C.E. by Abbasid caliph al - Mamun |
| imams | spiritual leaders of Shi'ah Islam, said to be direct descendents of Muhammad |
| hijra | The Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622, marking the founding of Islam |
| Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. |
| jihad | "struggle in the way of God" |
| jizya | tax paid by Christians and Jews who lived in Muslim communities to allow them to continue to practice their own religion |
| kaaba | a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine |
| Muhammad Ibn Abdullah | The Prophet of Islam (570-632 C.E.) |
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