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Islam
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Religious Studies
9th Grade
01/23/2011

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Bedouin
Definition
Nomadic tribes of the desert
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Mecca
Definition
City Muhammed came from and Islam began
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Ka'ba
Definition
Ancient holy shrine in mecca
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Arabian peninsula
Definition
-Saudi-Arabia
-Yamen
-Omen
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Muslim
Definition
One who has submitted
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Islam
Definition
submission to the will of Allah
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Qur'an
Definition
Holy book of Islam (like the Bible but for Islam)
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Shari'a
Definition
Law that regulates family life, moral conduct, and buisness
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Hijrah
Definition
When Muhammed went from Mecca to Yathrib
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Muhammed
Definition
Profit that spread the belief of Islam
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Ulama
Definition
Scholars
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Umma
Definition
Community (double m in both)
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Key dates
Definition
Hijrah- 622 year one on Islamic calendar
Caliphates- Abu-Bakr (sunni)
-Umayyads (sunni)
-Abbasid(Shi'a)
-Ali (Shi'a)
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Sunna
Definition
Sunni follows the Sunna, someone that practices the same belief as Muhammed and that the caliphate should be someone who practices the same as Muhammed
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Caliphates
Definition
Abu-Bakr (Mecca)
Umayyad (Damascus, Syria)
Abbasid (Baghdad)
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Sunni
Definition
Group that thinks follower should be a follower of Muhammed
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Shi'a
Definition
group that thinks the caliphate should be a descendant of Muhammed
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Sufi
Definition
Minority group that rejected luxuries and commited themselves to Allah
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Cause of Sunni/Shi'a Split?
Definition
They had a dispute on who should rule after Muhammed died, the sunni bielieved the sucessor should be someone who practiced beilefs of Muhammed while shi'a believed it should be someone who was a descendant of Muhammed
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House of wisdom
Definition
Institution in Baghdad where people studied many things key to the academic development of Islam
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Islamic social heirarchy
Definition
1st class: Muslim-Arab born
2nd class: Converts to Islam
3rd class: Dhimmi
4th class: slaves
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People of the book
Definition
Dhimmi (Christians jews and zoroastrians)
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Appeals of Islam
Definition
Muslims didnt have to pay taxes
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Nature of trade3
Definition
Sea trade with the rest of the world
one language:arabic
one currnecy: abbasid dinar
Sakks: like checks you could exchange for the same ammt. of cash anywhere
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Role of women
Definition
Said to be equal as men but yet women cant go out in public without a veil or a man
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5 pillars of faith
Definition
Faith
Prayer: 5 times a day
Alms(Zakat): money for the poor
fasting: during month of ramadan only eat one meal a day at night
pilgramage (hajj): a muslim must once in their lifetime visit mecca
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Dome of the rock
Definition
oldest, 3rd most holy islam monument
-built on site where Morian, a Jewish temple, was destroyed
-Where muhammed went to heaven to learn Sllahs will and returend to earth
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Abu-Bakr
Definition
First Caliph after Muhammed died
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Mawali
Definition
Non arab muslims
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Khadijah
Definition
Muhammeds wife, represented freedom of women
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