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18 Cards in this Set
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Abbasids |
Classical Muslim dynasty ruling Baghdad |
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Al-Ghazali |
Classical thinker, created many orthodox Islamic beliefs and started Sufismdar |
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Dar al-Islam |
“Abode of Islam” territories controlled by muslims |
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Da’wah |
Missionary activity in Islam |
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Husayn |
Son of Imaam Ali. Died at Karbalah. Also believed to be an imaam |
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Ihram |
State of ritual purity, required for umrah and hajj |
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Ijma |
“Consensus”, surrounding Islamic sharia |
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Itijhad |
Independent legal reasoning |
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Isnad |
The chain of transmitters of a particular hadith |
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Kharijites |
“Seceders” stict moral sect |
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Mihrab |
Niche in wall of mosque indicating the direction of Mecca |
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Muezzin |
Person who calls the Adhaan (call to prayer) |
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Mu’tazilites |
School in classical period which accepted reason as the primary criteria for establishing belif |
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Qiyas |
“Analogies” made to determine ruling do sharia |
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Safavid |
Muslim dynasty in Iran |
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Tawhid |
Muslim term meaning unity of god |
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Twelves |
Those in the Shia belief system who believe in the 12 imaams |
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Umayyad |
Dynasty ruling Islam from Damascus |
