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Islam
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
03/04/2012

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Islam
Definition
submission; peace; arabic basic language
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radical islam
Definition
extremeist groups
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muslim
Definition
person doing act of submission; as individual and member of community
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Salam
Definition
greeting; "peace be up on you"
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Mecca
Definition
area of trade, commerce
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Medina
Definition
area of agriculture
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Hanif
Definition
descendants of Abraham and Ishmael
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Kaba
Definition
cubic shaped house in grand mosque of mecca; main shrine; very sacred
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Cave of Hira
Definition
mountain where muhammad would retreat to for weeks; where revelation from Gabriel occured:fought for social justice, monotheism, and social responsibility
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Tawhid
Definition
absolute monotheism
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Charter of Medina
Definition
separates community from mecca; constitution set up by muhammad for new laws of medina
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Hijra
Definition
migration from mecca to medina
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Jihad
Definition
obligation to struggle and strive; live a good life; doing good deeds; being moral
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Caliph
Definition
successor to muhammad
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Imam
Definition
religious leader
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Sunni
Definition
majority of muslims; followed abu bakr
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Shii
Definition
followers of Ali, do not like Abu Bakr; reveolutionary group against Umayyad
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Kharigites
Definition
split from Ali and assassinated him; first radical group; literal interpretation of qur'an
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Ulama
Definition
religious leaders who devoted life to Qur'an study; peaceful
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Mystics/Sufis
Definition
lived simple life; advocate love and peace
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non-arabs and non-muslims
Definition
final opposition group of umayyad empire
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mutazila
Definition
dont believe all divine god; qur'an created word of god; free will and responsibility
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ashariate
Definition
divine attributes; qur'an uncreated word of god (existed in heavens); believe in predestination as well as free will
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Al- Shafi
Definition
father of islamic law
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Ijtihad
Definition
intellectual struggle
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dowery
Definition
jewels, money and land given for brides
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Masjid
Definition
mosque
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Hadith
Definition
written trasmitted of Prophets life
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Safa and Marvah
Definition
mountains Hager ran between for water for baby
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Plain of Arafat
Definition
where muhammad gave last sermon
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feast of sacrifice
Definition
lamb sacrificed in rememberance of lamb that god gave abraham so he didnt have to sacrifice ishmael
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juma prayer
Definition
friday prayer done in mosque/other islamic center
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sources of islamic law
Definition
1. qur'an
2. sunna of prophet
3. analogical reasoning
4. consensus of community
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qur'an reforms of islamic family law
Definition
1. marriage
2. divorce
3. inheritance
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five pillars of islam
Definition
1. confession of faith
2. prayer
3. almsgiving
4. fast of ramadam
5. pilgrimmage
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pilgrimmage
Definition
1. Circumambulation of Kaba
2. Walking between Safa and Marvah
3. Symbolic stoning of Satan
4. Plain of Arafat
5. Feast of Sacrifice
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