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20 Cards in this Set
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Allah
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the god of Islam
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Mecca
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city in Saudi Arabia containing the Great Mosque of Islam
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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 of a pilgrim; especially : one to a shrine or a sacred place
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Arab
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a member of the Semitic people of the Arabian Peninsula ; a member of an Arabic-speaking people
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prophet
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one who declares publicly a message that one believes has come from God or a 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 in praying
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Medina
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city in Saudi Arabia
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Hegira
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the Hegira, flight of Muhammad from Mecca in A.D. 622, literally, flight
: a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation : EXODUS |
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caliph
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an important Muslim political and religious leader -- used as a title
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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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Moorish
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(adj.) one of a North African people that conquered Spain in the 8th century and ruled until 1492
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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
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Taj Mahal
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Islamic tomb in India
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arabesque
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an ornament or style of decoration that uses outlines of flowers, leaves, branches, or fruit and sometimes animal and human figures 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 in Ali and the Imams as the only rightful successors of Muhammad and in the concealment and messianic return of the last recognized Imam
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