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27 Cards in this Set
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Islam
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religion founded by Muhammad
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jihad
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Arabic for "struggle", also used for Muslim holy war
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Shia
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minority branch of Islam
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Sunni
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mainstream Islam
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Majlis
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Arabic for assembly; Iran's parliament
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shah
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Persian for king
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secular
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nonreligious
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mosque
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Muslim house of worship
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Ottoman
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Turkish imperial dynasty, 14th to 20th centuries
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modernizing tyrant
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dictator who pushes country ahead
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containment
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US Cold War policy of blocking expansion of communism
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OPEC
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cartel of oil-rich countries designed to boost petroleum prices
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mullah
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Muslim cleric
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ayatollah
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"Sign of God", top Shia religious leader
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theocracy
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rule by priests
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velayt-e faqih
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"guardianship of the Islamic jurist", theocratic system devised by Khomeini
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canon law
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internal laws of Roman Catholic Church
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Islamist
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someone who uses Islam in political way
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Koran
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Muslim holy book
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secularization
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cutting back role of religion in gov't and daily life
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Islamism
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Islam turned into political ideology
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hajj
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Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca
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heretic
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someone who breaks away from a religion
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alienated
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psychologically distant and hostile
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Thermidor
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month when Robespierre fell, a calming down after a revolutionary high
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hezbollahi
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"Partisan of God", fanatic supporter of Islamism
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fatwa
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ruling by Islamic jurist
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