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Chapter 9 Islam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bedouins | small groups of nomadic people in Arabia |
| Muhammad | Prophet of Islam whom Muslims recognize as Allah's messenger to all of human kind. his teachings form the basis of Islam |
| Hegira | Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Medina. |
| Islam | A monotheistic religion whose prophet is Muhammad and whose holy book is the Qur'an the term means achieving peace through surrender to God |
| Muslims | followers of islam |
| Quran | the sacred text of Islam |
| Five Pillars of Islam | behaviors and obligations that are common to all muslims which include the profession of faith the performance of five daily prayers the giving of alms the requirement to fast and the journey to Mecca or Hajj |
| Mosque | a building for muslim prayer |
| Jihad | "struggle for faith" can be thought of as an individual or communal struggle as the latter the term embraces notions of defending the muslim community and holy war |
| Abu Bakr | first caliph because he was a good friend of muhammad's united tribes and invaded iraq and syria |
| Caliph | realigious and political leader of muslims |
| caliphate | area ruled by the caliph |
| Umayyad | first ruling dynasty over the Muslim caliphate |
| Sunni | largest branch of Islam believers accept the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Huhammad |
| Shia | a branch of Islam whose adherents believe that the caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad and a family member of Ali |
| Sufis | a branch of Islam emphasizing a personal mystical connection with god |
| Abbasid | dynasty that overthrew the Umayyad dynasty to rule the Muslim caliphate from 750 to 1258 for a 150 years the Abbasid maintained the unity of the caliphate and Islamic culture and civilization flourished |
| Harun al-Rashid | fifth Abbasid caliph The dynasty reached its height under his rule |