Islam Study Guide

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bedouin
member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia
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Muhammad
Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.
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Khadija
First wife of muhammad and first to convert to Islam.
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Qur'an
the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
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hajj
A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims
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Mecca
City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion.
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Ka'ba
the stone cubical structure in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, regarded by Muslims as the sacred center of the earth
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Medina
City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca.
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hijra
Muhammad's move to Medina. Start of the Islamic calendar (632 CE)
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umma
The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community.
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Islam
A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Mohammed which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.
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Muslim
A follower of Islam
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Five Pillars of Islam
Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage
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Hadith
A tradition relating the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran, the most important basis for Islamic law.
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sharia
Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life
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Abu Bakr
First caliph of Islam after the death of Muhammad
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Caliph
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government
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Ali
the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites
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Shia
the branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad
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Sunni
A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad
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Umayyad Dynasty
An Islamic Dynasty based on succession rather than election following the first period of caliphates. Continued advances in the kingdom, venturing as far as China in the East. Fell apart in 750 CE due to internal tensions. Built capital in Damascus Syria
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dar al-Islam
an Arabic term that means the "house of Islam" and that refers to lands under Islamic rule
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Abbasid Dynasty
From 750-1258 this was the 3rd dyansty of the Islamic Caliphate. They built their capital in Baghdad, Iraq after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphate.
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ulama
Muslim religious scholars. From the ninth century onward, the primary interpreters of Islamic law and the social core of Muslim urban societies
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qadi
Islamic judge
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Harun al-Rashid
Most famous of Abbasid caliphs; renowned for sumptuous and costly living; dependent on Persian advisors early in reign; death led to civil wars over succession
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sakk
Letters of credit that were common in the medieval Islamic banking world.
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Zanj Revolt
These people were slaves working in south Mesopotamia. In 869, a rebel slave called Ali bin Muhammad led a revolt against Abbasid overlords. The Abbasid rulers only attempted to quash the rebellion in 879 and succeeded entirely in 1883, killing bin Muhammad and the other leaders.
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al-Andalus
A Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain, established by the Berbers in the eighth century A.D.
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dhimmis
A term meaning "protected peoples" or "people of the book"; they included Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians and were taxed in exchange for protection
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jizya
Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire
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madrasa
A school for the study of Muslim law and religious science
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Sufis
mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, & simple life
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al-Ghazali
Brilliant Islamic theologian; struggled to fuse Greek and Qur'anic traditions; not entirely accepted by ulama
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Omar Khayyam
Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher; author of The Rubaiyat, a collection of poems about a man who celebrates the simple pleasures in life
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Ibn Rushd
Spanish-Arab philosopher; also known as Averroes; influenced by Aristotle, his best known writings explore the relationship between reason and faith; known as the commentator for commentating on Aristotle's work
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