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Legit Islam Flashcards

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Ulama

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Panel of Muslim scholars who drew up Shari’a

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Umma

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Muslim community

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Shari’a

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Muslim code of laws
Made by Muslim scholars after Muhammad’s death
Guide for Muslim daily life

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Imam

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Religious leader

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Abu Bakr

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1st caliph/successor (leader type guy) of the Islamic community after Muhammad’s death

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Jihad

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Holy war

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Umayyads

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  • Ruled a “newly created” Muslim empire (661-750CE)
  • Develops towards an empire/ culture uniquely Islamic
  • Islamic gov., architecture, and Qur’an = distinct forms that aided in cultural and religious identity
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Mu’awiya

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  • 5th caliphate, Umayyad dynasty
  • Governed Syria, took control after Ali’s death
  • Damascus =capital
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Andalusia

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Name of the Muslim dominated region in southern Spain 8th-15th centuries

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Granada

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Important capital city of the taifa kingdoms in Spain, only surviving Muslim kingdom in Iberian Peninsula until 1492

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Sunni

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Majority (“orthodox”) form of Islam

*followers of the DIRECT TEACHINGS OF MUHAMMAD (Sunna)

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Shi’ite

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Followers of Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib
Choose to follow THE FAMILY’S DESCENDANTS
*Rose up against Umayyad rule

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Abbasids

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•2nd caliphal Islamic dynasty
•Claimed descendants of Muhammad’s uncle : Abu al-Abbas
*Brought political, economical & cultural changes to Islamic world

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Damascus

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Busy city in Syria

•Imperial capital of Umayyad empire: cultural, economic & political center

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Baghdad

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Capital of Abbasids dynasty; Tigris River

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Dar al-Islam

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Area of the world under Islamic rule

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Mosque

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Muslim place of worship

Center of Muslim life

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Muezzin

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The Muslim who calls to prayer (5x a day)

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Minaret

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Towers attached to mosques, from tower muezzin calls to prayer (adban) 5x a day

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