Islamic

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a person who has dedicated his worship exclusively to God

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muslim

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the declaration of faith (shahada), prayer (salah), alms-giving (zakat), fasting (sawm) and pilgrimage (hajj)

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Five Pillars

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a city in Saudi Arabia that was the birthplace of Muhammad and is the holiest city of Islam

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Mecca

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was the journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri and Solar Hijri calendars; its date equates to 16 July 622 in the Julian calendar.

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Hijra

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a small stone building in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca that contains a sacred black stone

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Kaaba

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a place of prayer for Muslims

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Mosque

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the divine counsel that Muslims follow to live moral lives and grow close to God.

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Sharia

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Arabic muʾaddin, in Islam, the official who proclaims the call to prayer (adhān) on Friday for the public worship and the call to the daily prayer (ṣalāt) five times a day, at dawn, noon, midafternoon, sunset, and nightfall.

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Muezzin

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garment worn by some Muslim women to cover their hair.

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Hijab

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the Muslims of the branch of Islam that adheres to the orthodox tradition and acknowledges the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad

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Sunni

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the Muslims of the branch of Islam comprising sects believing in Ali and the Imams as the only rightful successors of Muhammad

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Shi’a

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a holy month of worship, study of the Quran, prayer, and fasting.

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Ramadan

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the daily ritual prayer enjoined upon all Muslims

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Salat

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the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia,

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Hajj

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festival of breaking the fast

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Eid-al-Fitr

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the one and only God in Islam.

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Allah

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prophet and messenger and the ancestor to the Ishmaelites in Islam.

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Ibrahim (Abraham)–Ishmael

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an important prophet and messenger of God

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Musa (Moses)

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was the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qurʾān, Islam’s sacred scripture. He spent his entire life in what is now the country of Saudi Arabia, from his birth about 570 CE in Mecca to his death in 632 in Medina. According to Islamic tradition, the Qurʾān, understood as a literal transcription of the speech of God (Allah), was revealed to Muhammad in stages by the archangel Gabriel, beginning in 610

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Muhammad

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Muhammad’s closest companion and adviser, who succeeded to the Prophet’s political and administrative functions, thereby initiating the office of the caliph

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Abu Bakr

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the fourth caliph and first imam (in Shiʿism) of the Muslim ummah (community).

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Ali

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an archangel with power to announce God’s will to men.

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Jebreal(Gabriel

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is described as the Messiah (al-Masīḥ), born of a virgin, performing miracles, accompanied by disciples, rejected by the Jewish establishment, but not as crucified or dying on the cross (or resurrected), rather as miraculously saved by God and ascending into heaven.

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Jesus

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the holy book of Islam

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Quran

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a report attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, describing his words and actions and representing the chief source for knowing his authoritative precedent

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Hadith