last 2 Weeks Vocab Flashcards

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Sheik

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An Arab in particular the chief or head of an Arab tribe,family,or village

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Quran

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The Islamic sacred book believed to be the word of god as dictated Muhammad by the archangel

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Hijah

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The traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women

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Bedouin

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A nomadic Arab of the desert

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Jihad

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(Among muslims) A war of struggle against unbelievers

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Islam

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The religion of the Muslims a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the prophet of Allah

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Mosque

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A Muslim place of worship

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Muhammad

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The Arab founder of Islam

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Abu Bakr

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Companion of the 1st Muslim leader after Muhammad

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Muawiyah

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Is a male Arabic given name of disputed meaning it was the name of the first Umayyad caliph

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Sunni

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One of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox

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Shiite

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An adherent of the Shia branch of Islam

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The moors

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A meme we of northwestern African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent

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Medina

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The old or non-European quarter of a north African town

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The five pillars

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The five basis of the Islamic faith

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Khadijah

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Is a feminine (female) fist wife of a Muhammad most popular female name among Muslims

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Hadith

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A collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad that with account s of his daily practice

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Ulama

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A body of Muslim scholars recognized us having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology

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Caliphate

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A caliphate is an Islamic state its led by a caliphate who is political and religious leader who is a successor

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Umayyad

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A member of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Islamic world from A.D 660 or 661 to 750y

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Abbasid

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Of or relating to a dynasty of caliphs who ruled in Bughdad from 750 to 1258

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Baghdad

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Capital of the Iraq located in central Iraq on both banks of the tigers river

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Dowry

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Property or money brought by a brid to her husband on their marriage

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Harem

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(In former times) the separate part of Muslim house hold reserved for wives

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Translation movement

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Is the movement by which is a body shifts from one point in space to another
EX: motion of a bullet from a gun