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22 Cards in this Set
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meaning of "Islam" |
submission |
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Ka'ba |
most famous sanctuary |
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Qur'an |
recitation |
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hijra |
"emigration" took place in 622 and became Year One in the Muslim calendar |
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umma |
Muslim community |
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Sunni |
people who believed that the "right path" of leadership was to follow the Sunna |
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Shi'a |
"partisans" or followers of Ali |
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sultan |
"holder of power" |
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crusades |
long series of holy wars launched by Western Christians to recapture what Christians still regarded as the Holy Land |
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sura |
individual chapter of the Quran |
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Sunna |
accounts of Muhammad's speech and behavior |
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hadith |
individual accounts of Muhammad's speech and behavior |
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ulama |
religious and legal scholars |
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madrasas |
great mosque-colleges |
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shahada |
first pillar, profession of faith |
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Shari'a |
code of law Muslims follow |
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salah |
second pillar, "prayer" |
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Sawn |
the third pillar, fasting |
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zakat |
the fourth pillar, almsgiving |
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haj |
fifth pillar, pilgrimage |
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jihad |
exertion or struggle in the way of God |
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Sufism |
devotional movement that encouraged voluntary poverty while living with a pure heart in self-denial. |
