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Details Title: Middle East Description: History on the Middle East for Chung's Class Total Flash Cards: 8 Created: 05/28/2008 06:00:59	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Bedouins Definition Translation - People of the Tent Desert Nomads in Saudia Arabia They Live in small, tightly knit tribal groups that compete for pastures and water holes They spend the summer at oases and migrate in search of pasture land in the winter Term Salah Definition Prayer, Five Times a Day: Dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, at sunset, at twilight Physical Activity (Bend on your knees and pray) Face Mecca Bow, Kneel, Put forehead on ground Term Zakah Definition 2.5% of yearly savings given to the poor Donatable items include: money, land, resources, etc... Purpose is to remind people to help the less fortunate Term Shahada Definition Public Declaration of faith "I witness that there is no god but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God" "Ash-adu ana la illaha illa Allah wa Muhammad rasul Allah" Term Sawm Definition Fasting Ramadan is the 10th month of the lunar calendar Fast from dawn to sunset: no food/drink, no arguing, no ad words/thoughts/conlicts Reason: to be a purer person, and to bring yourself closer to god Self-discipline, purify oneself physically and spiritually If you cannot fast (because you are old, sick, or pregnant, etc...) you can make it up by feeding 2 people for every day you can't fast Term Hajj Definition Pilgrimage to Mecca At least once in their life Typically once a year Wear simple white clothing to symbolize purity and equality Term Hajira Definition The migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina A turning point of Islam, marked the beginning of the expansion of Islam Term Definition