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23 Cards in this Set
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Qur'an |
Collected revelations |
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Sunna |
Deeds and sayings of Muhammad (individual traditions= hadiths) |
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How did islam spread? |
By conquest and peaceful persuasion |
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Sunni |
Political authority lies with umma as a whole; Caliphs ideally elected; success is a sign of God's favor |
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Shi'a |
Imams (leaders) descendents of Ali; Most believe that Imams are divinely guided and infallible; god may call on muslims to suffer |
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Fitra |
Human nature; free will; good |
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Shirk |
Acknowledging what is not god as god |
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Kufr |
Ingratitude or unbelief |
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Shari'a |
Moral code and religious law; Quran; sunna (hadiths); reasoning (ijthad); consensus (ijma) |
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jihad |
Exertion in the cause of god (not "holy war" but may include armed conflict) Goal is to create righteous individuals and a just society |
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The five pillars |
1. Declaration of faith (shahadah) 2. Prayer (salat) - mosque 3. Alms (zakat) 4. Fasting (sawm) during Ramadan 5. Pilgrimage (hajj) |
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Ritual purity |
Diet, times of prayer, pilgrimage |
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Sufism |
Attempts to have direct, often emotionally intense, experience of god |
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Modernism |
Adoption of western values; abandoning dress codes (hijab) |
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Secularism |
Newly independent states adopted this; turkey |
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Umma |
An ancient city in sumer; a group of people part of a divine plan and salvation; unity of muslims |
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Caliph |
Successor of Muhammad |
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Mecca |
Birthplace of Muhammad and Islam religion |
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Rumi |
Islamic scholar and poet |
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What year did Muhammad go from mecca to medina? |
622CE |
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Submission |
Surrender to the will of god |
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Fundementalism |
Increased observance of Islamic customs (5 pillars, hijab) and rejection of western folk practices (veneration saints) |
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Islamism |
No division between religion and state; shari'a is basis for legal system; iran |
