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18 Cards in this Set
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Allah
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the Supreme Being of Islam
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Mecca
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the birthplace of Muhammad and the goal of Muslim pilgrimages
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Islam
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a religion marked by belief in Allah as the sole deity, in Muhammad as his prophet, and in the Koran
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pilgrimage
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a journey as a pilgrim to a shrine or sacred place
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Arab
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a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian peninsula
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prophet
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one who declares publicly a message that one believes has come from God
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mosque
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a Muslim place of worship
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kaaba
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a small stone building in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca that contains a sacred black stone and is the point toward which Muslims turn when praying
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Medina
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the city to which Mohammad went when he was persecuted in Mecca
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Hegira
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the flight of Muhammad from Mecca in A.D. 622 the date from which the Muslim calendar begins
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caliph
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an important Muslim political and religious leader
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jihad
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a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty
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mihrab
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a niche or chamber in a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca
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minaret
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a tall slender tower of a mosque with a balcony from which the people are called to prayer
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mimbar
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a pulpit in a mosque from which the sermon is delivered. It takes the form of a domed box with a door at the top of a staircase
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arabesque
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an ornament or style of decoration that uses outlines of flowers, leaves, branches or fruit to produce a pattern of lines that cross over one another
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Sunni
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the Muslims of the branch of Islam that follows the orthodox tradition
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Shiah
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the Muslims of the branch of Islam comprising sects believing that Ali and his descendants are the only rightful successors of Muhammad
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