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Hijrah   Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) is known as:  
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Kaaba   a shrine to local gods in Mecca; before the birth of Muhammad  
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Allah   Islam's name for the one true God  
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Umayyad   the first Islamic dynasty; rule passed down within the family. They moved the capital from Medina to Damascus  
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Abbasid   In 750 this dynasty overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and moved the capital to Baghdad. Dynasty lasted until 1258 when the Mongols attacked.  
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Quran   the Muslim holy book. The record of the revelations to Muhammad.  
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Sunnah   provides Muslims with guidelines to live a proper life;  
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Hadith   a collection of narrations of Muhammad's life  
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Shahadah   declaration of faith; the 1st Pillar; testify or bear witness  
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Hajj   the 5th Pillar; the pilgrimage (journey) to Mecca  
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Shari'ah   Islamic law code based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah.  
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Qadi   a judge ruling in accordance with the sharia, Islamic religious law. They have jurisdiction over all legal matters involving Muslims  
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Mufti   interprets Islamic law; rules if the application of the criminal law is in accord with Islamic jurisprudence and the sharia and sometimes overrules criminal courts.  
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Jihad   a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; or a personal struggle in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline  
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Ramadan   the ninth month of the Islamic year observed as sacred with fasting practiced daily from dawn to sunset  
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Ummah   the Community of Believers - the whole Islamic Nation - all believers  
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Imam   Arabic for leader; the Caliph  
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sultan   Muslim rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty in practical terms, without claiming the overall Caliphate  
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mosque   a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith  
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muezzin   is a chosen person at the mosque who leads the call (adhan) to Friday service and the five daily prayers  
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Al-Kindi   best known for his efforts to introduce philosophy to the Arab world; translated the greek texts 801-873 scientist, philosopher, mathematician, physician, and musician  
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Ibn Sina   Greatest Muslim doctor, known as Avicenna in Europe. His most famous works are The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine  
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Al-Jahiz   was a famous Arab scholar and writer. He was an Arabic prose writer, historian, and author of works of literature, Mu'tazili theology, and politico-religious polemics.  
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Al-Khwarizmi   considered to be the father of algebra  
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Khadija   Muhammad's wife  
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