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Idolatry
worship of idols
Iconoclasts
against use of icons
Iconoclasm
rejecting/ attacking the use of idols
Tetrarchy
rule of 3
Bedouin
nomads, tribes, desert people
Sheikh
ruling members of bedouins
Majlis
leading families from which a ruler was chosen
Allah
Islamic God
Muhammad:
Muhammad: Prophet that brought Islam
Ka’aba:
a stone building at the center of Islam’s most important mosque and holiest
Monotheism:Worship of one god
Worship of one god
Qu’ran
the ethical guidebook and code of law
5 pillars of Islam:
the declaration of faith (shahada), prayer (salaT), alms-giving (zakat), fasting (sawm) and pilgrimage (hajj)
Zarat:
almsgiving to the poor
Umba:
Umba: muslim scholars
Sharia:
code of laws to regulate everyday life
Hashemite
: lower clan of Quraish
Hadith:
collection of sayings
“People of the book”
Al Ah L’Kitab
Umayyad:
elite clan of Quraish
Mecca:
trade hub, religious center destination for hajj
Black stone:
inside ka’aba
Jihad:
holy struggle
Razzia
raids
Factionalism
a group of people with a common political purpose
Imam
leader of community and religious leader
Mosque:
islamic holy temple
Hagira:
flight/ pilgrimage from mecca to medina after being outcast
Ummah:
community
Caliphs:
Hereditary autocrat that made empire expand and become more complex
Dome of the rock:
Muslim Shrine
Sultan:
military leaders
Diwan:
council that advised caliphs
Sultan
military leaders
Dhimi:
protection
Sharia:
Islamic laws
Mu’awiyah:
founder of Umayyad Dynasty
Dhow:
ship guided by compass and astrolabe
Minarets:
pillars on Mosques
What was the difference between the Sunni’s and the Shiites beliefs on leadership?
Shiites: hereditary leadership
Sunnis: follow Muhammad’s teachings not bloodline