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Islam
chapter 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sheikh | the ruler of an Arabic tribe, chosen from one of the leading families by a council of elders |
| Allah | Arabic for God; the supreme god of Islam |
| Revelation | a divine truth |
| Muslim | a person who believes in Islam |
| Quran | the holy scriptures of the religion of Islam |
| Hijrah | the journey of Muhammad and his followers Madinah in 622, which became year 1 of the official calendar of Islam |
| Bedouin | a nomadic Arab who lives in the Arabian, Syrian, or North African deserts |
| Hajj | a pilgrimage to Makkah, one of the requirements of the Five Pillars of Islam |
| Submission | act of submitting to the control or authority of another |
| Islam | monotheistic religion.. |
| Five Pillars of Islam | acts of worship every Muslim must perform; this includes belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage |
| Shari'ah | a law code drawn up by Muslim scholars after Muhammad's death; it provided believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives |
| caliphate | the office or dominion of a caliph |
| caliph | a successor of Muhammad as spiritual and temporal leader of the Muslims |
| jihad | "struggle in the way of god", a Muslim's duty to work for the triumph of Islam in the world |
| Shia | a Muslim group that accepts only the descendants of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as the true rulers of Islam |
| Sunni | a Muslim group that accepts only descendants of the Umayyads as the true rulers of Islam |
| cosmopolitan | a place or area that contains several different cultures and groups |
| vizier | a high government official in ancient Egypt or in Muslim countries |
| sultan | " holder of the power," the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans |
| complex | having many intricate parts |
| bazaar | a covered market in Islamic cities |
| dowry | a gift of money of property paid at the time of marriage, either by the bride's parents to her husband or, in Islamic societies, by a husband to his wife |
| astrolabe | an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the positions of the stars |
| arabesques | geometric patterns repeated over and over to completely cover a surface with decoration |
| minaret | the tower of a mosque from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day |
| muezzin | the crier who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer from the minaret of a mosque |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees |
| commentary | an explanatory ... |
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