Islam

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hadith

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traditional report about the sayings or actions of the prophet muhammad, messanger of god

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hajj

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prilgramage, if financially able muslims must make the hajj to mecca or medina once in their life, one of the 5 pillars

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islam

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peace, submission, surrender to god the peace that results when you surrender to god

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jihad

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stuggle or effort greater against self, lesser in defence of the muslims multirelgious

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hijrah

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muhammads hajj, pilgramage from mecca to medina 622 ad

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allah

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"the god" same as christian and hebrew god, only one, impersonal, all knowing, unable to be on earth, not to be understood, all incompassing

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kaaba

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located in mecca, this is an object of veneration by muslims, black stone cube is the direction in which muslims must pray

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muhammad

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"highly praised" humble worker, orphan raised by uncle, god's messenger,"there is no god but god" "proclaim" preached not performed miracles, one miracle "standing miracle," the koran

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mosque

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islamic place of worship, art, symetry, domes, fusion of science art and relgion

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mecca

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birth place of muhammad,spiritual center for islam, pilgramage is made

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muslim

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"submitter" one who of free choice submitts to Allah and follows the rules and laws of Islam

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Nabi

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in islam, term for prophet

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Kufir

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"covering or hidding" major human sin of unbelief in god and ungreatfulness to god

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shirk

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"association" human sin of associating anything else with divinity except allah, the god

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tawhid

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"to decare oneself" the centeral concept around all islamic teachings revolve, the absolute unity or oneness of god. utterly unique and absolute reality

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shahadah

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the act of witnessing or attesting to the creed there is no god but bod and muhammad is the messanger of god pillar 1

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salat

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"prayer" the act of praying 5 times a day outward cleanliness= inward pillar 2

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zakat

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"purification" giving of wealth 2.5% tax to the needy and to the advance of islam pillar 3

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sawn

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"fasting" abstain from fod drink smoke and sex during sunlight hours in ramadan

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Ramadan

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commemorates the month when muhammad first recieved revelations from allah

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shariah

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"to introduce, enact" the canonical law put forth in the koran and the sunnah, system of islamic laws

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Shia

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"one who follows Ali" 16 % of Muslims mostly in iran,think of the scriptures as more symbolic, led by imams and consider their writings to be holy, less seperation of church and state: muslim theocracy

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Sunni

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"the people of the tradition and majority" 83% all over world, more seperation between church and state, more literal interpretation of the koran, leaders are appointed democratically, emphasis on shariah as sacred

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rasul

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"messanger" one who brings a new revelation, often in the form of new scriptures and laws, muhammad, christ

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surah

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something enclosed or surrounded by a fence or wall." The term is commonly used to mean a "chapter" of the Qur'an, each of which is traditionally ordered roughly in order of decreasing length.

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Tanzih

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"to declare something pure and free of something else". This definition affirms that Allah cannot be likened to anything: an Islamic religious concept meaning transcendence.

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Koran

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the single most important volume in Islam, pinicle of Arab literature, first person "direct revolation of God" standing miracle. forbiddened to be translated due to language barrior

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Ali

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close associate and advisor of Mohammed all his life, Ali was renowned as a pious man, an honest judge, a warrior, and a leader. Shortly after the hijra (the moslem exodus to Medina), he married Mohammed's daughter Fatima, thus making him Mohammed's son-in-law as well as his cousin. After Mohammed's death, Ali became the focus of the first major split among Moslems. followed by the Shia, first imam