ch 3 muslim Flashcards
Sheik
The patriarch of a tribe or family; chief : a term of polite address.
Quran
The Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of god as dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel and written down in Arabic.
Islam
an Abrahamic monotheistic religion articulated by the Quran.
Hijab
is a veil traditionally worn by Muslim women in the presence of adult males outside of their immediate family, which usually covers the head and chest.
Haj
The Muslim pilgrimage to mecca that takes place in the last month of the year.
Bedouin
A nomadic Arab of the desert.
Jihad
A war or struggle against unbelievers.
Mosque
A Muslim place of worship.
Muhammad
Considered by Muslim to be the last messenger and prophet sent by God to guide humanity to the right way.
Abu Bakr
Was a senior companion and through his daughter Aisha the father in law of the Islamic prophet ,Muhammad.
Mu’ awiyah
established the Umayyad dynasty of the caliphate, and was the second caliph from the Umayyad clan.
Sunni
a denomination of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s first caliph was his father in law Abu Bakr.
Shiite
Major split in Islam is that between the majority Sunnis and the minority Shiites.
The Moors
Muslim Inhibitants of the Maghreb, north Africa and the Iberian Peninsula , Sicily, and Malta during the middle ages, who initially were Barber and Arab people of North African descent.
