| Term | Definition |
|---|
| hijrah | migration to Medina |
| sura | a chapter of the Muslim holy book |
| jihad | holy war |
| ummah | community |
| Koran | book of Muhammad's recitations |
| zakat | alms to the poor |
| Muslim | one who submits |
| Hajj | the pilgrimage to Mecca |
| qiblah | the direction toward which one prays |
| shariah | Islamic (holy) law |
| idolatry | Muhammad is not god/idol dont worship pictures/statues of him/allah |
| animism | worshiping animals |
| polytheistic | worships many gods |
| monotheistic | worships one god |
| Islam | to submit |
| Muslims | one who submits |
| submission | to surrender to Allah |
| patriarchal | men in complete control |
| Koran | holy book, translates to 'recite' |
| hadith | Muhammad's example (way of life) |
| ummah | community |
| Hadith | Muhammad's example (way of life) |
| sunnah | Hadith; way of the prophet; example on how to live and interpret Islam |
| sura | chapter of the koran |
| shariah | Islam law |
| minaret | tower where muezzin gives call to prayer from |
| muezzin | sings call to prayer |
| mihrab | indent in wall that shows muslims which way Mecca is |
| qiblah | direction of prayer |
| ablution | cleansing before entering the mosque to pray |
| jihad | (the sixth pillar) holy law |
| hijrah | Muhammad's migration from Mecca to (Yathrib) Medina |
| medina | City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca. (p. 231) |
| Night Journey | event when Muhammad ascended to heaven |
| jerusalem | A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews. |
| highest art form in Islam | prayer |
| people of the book | jews/christians |
| Muslim views/connections to Jews/Christians | Abraham, Night Journey, Angel Gabriel |
| schism | Shia & Sunni split |
| theocracy | religion & politics mixed |
| praying stone | Muslims rest their head on praying stone when they pray to signify being back to earth |
| Karbala | where Houssein died in battle for Caliph |
| Caliph | the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth |
| Najaf | where Ali died |
| Moors | term given to Muslims in Spain/Iberian Peninsula |
| Iberian Peninsula | Spain & Portugal |
| Fatwa | legal opinion |
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