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Islam Vocabulary
Jasmine Romo
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Environment | Air, water, and land in which people and animals live. |
| Create | To make something exist. |
| Issue | Problem or subject that people discuss. |
| Interpret | To explain the meaning of something. |
| Decline | Gradual decrease in the quality or importance or something. |
| Monitor | To carefully watch something. |
| Muhammad | A religion based on teachings of the prophet. |
| Oasis | Is a fertile place in the desert where a spring or well provides a water supply. |
| Nomadic | When people move from place to place, with no fixed home. |
| Sedentary | It means settled. |
| Khadija | She was a merchant and the wife of Muhammad. |
| Qur'an | The Muslim holy book. |
| Mosque | A Muslim house of worship. |
| Alms | Are goods or money given to the poor or needy. |
| Fasting | Means not eating or drinking for a period of time. |
| Pilgrimage | Is a journey to a sacred place or shrine. |
| Abu Bakr | A old friend of the prophet. |
| Caliph | Or successor. |
| Umar ibn al-Khattab | A caliph who took Islam to nearby lands, His armies attacked Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Syria. |
| Jihad | Or "Holy struggle." |
| Khalid ibn al-Walid | A Arab general. |
| Sunnis | Are the majority Islamic sect. |
| Shiites | Form the largest minority Islamic sect. |