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28 Cards in this Set
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adl
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justice of God's law or sharia
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aql
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intellect, a source of law
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al Azhar
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Oldest Islamic university, founded in Cairo in 970`
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Baya
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historically a pledge of support to leader or caliph; in Islamic democracy it has come to mean the act of voting; also social contract
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Bid'a
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(negative) innovation. not based on islamic scriptural sources
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Dhikr
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active remembrance of God
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Din wa Dawla
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Religion and state
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Fatwa
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Islamic legal ruling or opinion
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Hakamiyya
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sovereignty
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Harb
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battle or war
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hijab
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Muslim woman's headscarf
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ibadat
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ritualistic religious law
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ijma
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consensus of legal opinion; source of islamic law
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ijtihad
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independent reasoning based on the four sources of islamic law
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intizar
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twelver shiite anticipation of the hidden imam or messiah
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istikbar
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arrogance. Nadia Yassine, jihad struggle against; takes the form of lust for power and domination
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Jihadi salafism
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a form of salafism emphasizing miltary jihad. Promoted by Bin Laden and Al- Quada against Bida
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Madrasa
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Muslim school or seminary
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Al-Mahdi
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Shiite Imam's awaited messiah
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Maqasid al-Sharia
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aims or purpose of Islamic law or sharia
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shirk
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polytheism or associating aught with God
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shura
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consultative council
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sultan
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political, military power as opposed to religious
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tafwid
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delegating of power by the caliph
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takfir
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declaring another Muslim an infidel
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taqlid
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emulation in religious, legal matters, or tradition.
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Ulama
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Muslim scholars or clerics
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Unf
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violence. In Hadith, Allah gives to kindness what he does not give to violence
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