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22 Cards in this Set
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A fertile are in a desert, watered by a natural sring or well
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Oasis
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Contains the word of God as revealed to Muhammad.
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Quran
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Birthplace of Muhhamad.
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Mecca
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The word for god in Arabic
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Allah
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The house of worship for muslims.
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Mosque
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Tower of a mosque from which Muslims are called to prayer.
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Minaret
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Mosque offical who climbs to the top of the minarets and calles people to prayer.
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Muezzin
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Muhhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina.
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Hijra
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Warriors/soldiers of a holy war.
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Mujahedeen
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Succesor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of Muslims.
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Caliph
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The five basic duties of Islam.
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Five Pillars
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Muslim Ruler
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Sultan
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Muslim mystic who sough communion with god through meditation.
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Sufi
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Term used for Mongol rule in India.
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Mughal
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A month of prayers and fasting.
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Ramadan
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Person who suffers and dies for their beliefs.
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Matyr
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A sect of Islam believing that calih should be chosen by the leaders.
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Sunni
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Believed that only the successors to Muhammad should be his desendents.
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Shiite
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Islamic dynasty that sread Islam from Atlantic to India.
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Umayyads
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Dynasty that ruled from the city of Baghdad.
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Abbassids
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Pilgromagge to Mecca
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Hajj
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In Islam, an effort in gods service.
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Jihad
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