ch. 6 Islam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Muslim | an adherent or believer in Islam |
| minaret | Muslim tower with balconies used for the announcement of prayers |
| Allah | the God, in Islam |
| Islam | the religion of Muslims |
| Muhammad | the last of God's prophets or messengers, according to Islam |
| jinn | sprites or spirits capable of taking on human forms and of influencing human beings for good or evil; spiritual being between humans and angels |
| Quran | holy writtings of Islam |
| Ishmael | Son Of Abraham by the servant women Hagar |
| Mecca | the holy city of Islam, located in Saudi Arabia |
| Hegira | Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) |
| shahada | Islamic public profession of acceptance of Allah as the One God and Muhammad as the messenger of God |
| salat | the duty of Muslim men to pray, including the obligatory five times daily |
| mosque | The Muslim house of prayer and worship |
| Imam | the leader of prayer in a mosque |
| zakat | the Muslim obligation to give alms for the care of the poor and needy |
| Ramadan | the Muslim obligation to fast during the 9th lunar month in the Arabian calendar |
| Ka'ba | the rectangular sacred shrine of Islam located in the courtyard of the Great Mosque in Mecca |
| hajj | the Muslim obligation to make a pilgrimage to the Ka'ba in Mecca |
| polygamy | religious practice that allows a man to take more than one wife |
| jihad | Islamic holy war to spread Muslim rule |
| Hadith | a collection of Muhammad's words, sayings, explanations, and explains to help the believer follow the Quran |
| muezzin | calls Muslims to prayer |
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