Islam Test
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KrishawnaGoins on February 10, 2009
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 An Oasis | A area in the desert fed by an underground well or spring |
| Nomads | Never stay in one place, travel tribe, people with no permanent home; move from place to place in search of food, |
| Mecca | Trade center built on Oasis, ran by Muhammad |
| Sunna | customs and traditions of early islam, (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran, A traditional Islamic law observed by orthodox Muslims and based on the teaching of Muhammad |
| Hegira | migration from Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, start of Islamic calendar, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era |
| Ka'bah | holy temple of Mecca, dead set in the middle of mecca, central shrine; holiest place in Islam |
| Ishmael | founder of Mecca, Abraham's son by Hagar, Sarah's servant. The founder of the Arab tribes |
| Abraham | father of Ishmael, the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac |
| Black stone | meteorite placed in shrine (Ka |
| Sunni | a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad, a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad |
| Shiites | Muslims that believe that only direct descendants of Muhammad should become caliph |
| Expansion of Islam | rise and spread of Arabs around arab peninsula and east asia |
| Four rightly guided Caliphs | Abu bakr, Ali, Umar, Uthman |
| 5 pillars, | declaration of faith, praying, fasting, charity, and travel to Mecca and visit the Hajj, all Muslims must follow |
| 5 pillars Arabic version | shahada, salat, zakat, sawm, hajj |
| Hijab | Headscaf, a headscarf worn by Muslim women |
| Mosques | minaret, fountain, mihrab, minbar |
| Tomb | Taj Mahal |
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