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| The simplistic view of the people and history of the orient with no recognition of change over time or the diversity within its many cultures |
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| refers to the immigrants and their descendants from the countries that now make up the Arab world. |
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| is an ambiguous geographic designation that includes large numbers of people who are neither Muslim nor Arab. |
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| Deficit Model of Ethnic Identity |
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| One's ethnicity is viewed by others as a factor of subtracting away the characteristics corresponding to some ideal ethnic type. |
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| Deficit Model of Ethnic Identity |
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| Example: In the case of Arab Americans, if they are unable to speak Arabic, then they are less Arab to some people |
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| Pilgrimage to Mecca to be completed at least once in a Muslim's lifetime |
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| Islam is guided by this teaching which includes the collected sayings sayings, or hadeeth and deeds of Muhammad |
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| Arabic word for God and refers to God of Moses, Jesus and Muhammad |
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| Sunni Muslims (largest group in the US) and Shi'is (second largest) |
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| Struggle against the enemies of Allah, usually taken to mean one's own internal struggle |
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| Self-Image and world view that is a combination of religious faith, cultural background based on nationality, and current residency |
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| introduced the teaching of Islam to poor African Americans? |
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| created the secular Organization of Afro-American Unity, which was meant to internationalize the civil rights movement |
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| broke with the successors of Elijah Muhammad and named his group Nation of Islam, adopting, along with the name used by the earlier group, the more unorthodox-to-Islam ideas of Muhammad, such as Black moral superiority. |
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| refers to a variety of garments that allow women to follow guidelines of modest dress. |
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| Any arbitrary police initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or natural origin rather than a person’s behavior. |
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| A range of negative feelings toward Muslims and their religion that ranges from generalized intolerance to hatred. |
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