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One of two main branches of Islam. |
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| The other one of two branches of Islam. |
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| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which influences oil prices by controlling supply. |
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| A minority group in Turkey and neighboring countries. |
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| A country governed by religious law. |
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| Islamic house of worship. |
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| The process of removing salt from salt water. |
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| Religious journey to Mecco required by Muslims. |
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The movement that called jews to set up their own country or homeland in Palestine. |
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| Rivers that begin in humid regions and then flow across dry areas. |
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| Line of Hereditary rulers. |
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| A place where a spring bubbles to the surface in desert areas and plants grow. |
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| Muslims relgious leaders. |
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| Nomadic herders in Southwest Asia. |
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| Religious leaders of the highest authority among Shia Muslims. |
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A mineral used to process wool and to make fertilizers, glass, and soft soaps.+
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| Light metal that is caluable in certain industries, such as aerospace. |
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| Open air markets in the Arab world. |
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| Territories temporarily placed under another countries control. |
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| The murder of 6 million jews during World War II |
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| petroleum as it comes from the ground, before refining. |
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| The cultural, religious, and social practices and beliefs of the Jews. |
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| A monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God. |
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a Muslim fundamentalist group in Afghanistan. |
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| A small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the objective of their pilgrimages. |
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| An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance, such as petroleum or sugar. |
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| a playa, or dried-out desert lake, especially one containing high concentrations of precipitated dry, glistening salts. |
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| the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. |
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Palestine Liberation Organization |
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| an umbrella organization for several Arab groups dedicated to the recovery of Palestine from the state of Israel and the return of refugees from the area to their homeland through diplomatic, military, and terrorist means. |
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