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Islam
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/16/2010

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Islam
Definition
this religion was born in the 7th century
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Arabic cultures
Definition
process information from right to left
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Semites
Definition
Arabs+Jews; community-ethnic identifier; no choice; descendants of Shem - "brown skin dudes"; not to do with religion but of ethnicity
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Arabs
Definition
Muslims+Christians+others(ethnic ID); either born Arab or not; not all Muslims
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Arab League
Definition
independent group made up of Arab countries (21-22 nations)
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Muslims
Definition
a practicing believer; community (religious ID)
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Islamic
Definition
element/part of the Islamic civilization (collective/universal ID); thing or human being having the influence of Islam
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Islamism
Definition
ideology, worldview, religion+politics
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Islamicist
Definition
academic scholar specializing in Islamic civilization
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Ummah
Definition
abstract collective; community
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Jahiliyyah
Definition
before Islam; ignorance of something or not being enlightened
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Mecca
Definition
city where Muhammad was born
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Islamic Concepts
Definition
singularity of God, Hereafter, Reward and Punishment, Prophets, and Messengers
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Prophets
Definition
clan and bookless
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Messengers
Definition
universal and book
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Empirical
Definition
based on experience and experimentation
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Revelatory
Definition
source that cannot be duplicated or know the origin of the source
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Revelations
Definition
the unknowable which will be provided by God in different "modes"
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Hijrah
Definition
migration from Mecca to Medina in 622 (start of Islamic calendar)
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Yathrib
Definition
before migration
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"Modes" of Revelations
Definition
Visions, Inspirations, Speech, Mediated
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Mushaf
Definition
any portion or the whole; physical collection of all or parts of the Arabic Quran
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Sunni
Definition
follows traditions of the prophet; largest of the 2 major denominations of Islam
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Shia
Definition
group or supportive party of people
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Pillars of Practice
Definition
declaration of belief, prayer, fasting, purification of wealth, pilgrimiage
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Minimum of faith
Definition
to believe in God; to believe in reality
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Sunnah/Hadith
Definition
no verbatim revelation to the Prophet
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Sharia
Definition
sacred law; abstract concept that includes the legal rules and rulings derived from the legal proofs
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Isnad
Definition
chain of transmitters; lists of who preserve this tradition
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Matn
Definition
text, content, moral of the story
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Hadith (tradition)
Definition
categorized as Sound, Good, Weak, and Made-Up
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Mu'min
Definition
believer
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Articles of Faith
Definition
singularity and unity of God; revelations and books; messengers and prophets; angels, jinn, humankind; resurrection; justice; reward and punishment
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Teleology
Definition
God exist and has a purpose for creation
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Hajj
Definition
pilgrimage to Mecca
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Kaaba
Definition
building made by Abraham and son Ishmael in Mecca
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Kiblah
Definition
direction that Muslims turn in their prayers
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