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10 Cards in this Set
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Rasul |
Messenger |
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Fatwa |
legal pronouncement by an Islamic jurist binding only on those who choose to accept it |
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Qadi |
A judge, a legal scholar of Islamic law with the political power to enforce legal decisions |
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Ulama |
scholars who have largely been the arbiters of Islamic jurisprudence since the 19th century |
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Mullah |
a local religious leader |
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Mahdi |
the 'guided one' who many muslims believe will appear along with Jesus toward the end of time to bring justice to the world |
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Sharia |
'path' - islamic law |
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Tariqa |
a sufi order or path; one of the many communities of sufi thought and practice that gather around particular shaykhs and their teachings |
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Fana |
annihilation of extinction of the ego-centered self in sufism to experience the unity of god |
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Shaykh (Sheikh) |
generally any older man in a position of tribal or family authority; in the political sense, it refers to the master of a powerful family; islam in the sufi orders, a shaykh is a spiritual master who guides the novices |