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| Shahada |
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Profession of the faith |
| Sulat |
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Praying five times a day |
| Zakat |
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Almsgiving |
| Satun |
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Fasting in Ramadan |
| Hajj |
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Pilgrimage to Mecca |
| The holy book of Islam – 'the perfect, final form of the scriptures' – as dictated to Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel |
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Koran (Quran) |
| The 114 books into which the Koran is divided (83 Meccan, 31 Medinan) |
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Suras |
| The year (in the Christian calendar) of Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina, from which the Muslim calendar begins |
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622 AD |
| Letters used in the Muslim calendar equivalent to the Christian AD |
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AH (Hejira) |
| Number of wives that the Koran (controversially) allows a man to have – in order "to deal justly with the orphans" |
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4 |
| Leader of the Ismaili muslims (the second largest branch of Shi'ite Muslims) |
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Aga Khan |
| Leader of the world–wide Muslim community (defunct since the fall of the Ottoman Empire; some would like to see it revived) |
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Caliph |
| Holiday that marks the end of Ramadan |
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Eid (ul–Fitr) |
| Muslim holy day |
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Friday |
| One who has memorised the Koran |
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Hafiz (fem. hafiza) |
| Meat killed according to Moslem rites |
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Halal |
| Flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina |
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Hejira |
| Leader of prayers in a mosque |
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Imam |
| The two Middle Eastern countries with a Shi'ite majority |
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Iran, Iraq |
| Third holiest city of Islam (after Mecca and Medina) |
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Jerusalem |
| Holy war (literally "conflict" in Arabic) |
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Jihad |
Cube–shaped shrine, 60ft x 60ft x 60ft, in the quadrangle of the Great Mosque in Mecca, faced by Muslims
when they pray; the focus of the Hajj; name means 'the Cube'
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Kaaba (Ka'bah) |
| Prophesied redeemer of Islam, who many Muslims believe will change the world into a perfect and just Islamic society alongside Jesus. Name means "Guided One" |
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The Mahdi |
| Holiest city of Islam – Muhammad's birthplace (now in Saudi Arabia) |
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Mecca |
| Second most holy city of Islam – after Muhammad died and was buried there, in 632 AD |
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Medina |
| Crier who proclaims the hours of prayer from a minaret |
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Muezzin or Mu'addin |
| Word for a Muslim scholar – also used in English to refer to civilian dress |
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Mufti |
| Seclusion of Muslim (and Hindu) women – from the Persian and Hindu for curtain |
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Purdah |
| The ninth month of the Muslim calendar, during which the Quran is believed to have been revealed to the prophet
Muhammad, and in which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset |
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Ramadan |
| Mecca and Medina are in (country) |
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Saudi Arabia |
| The sacred law or 'Main Path' of Islam |
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Sharia |
| Smaller of the two main Muslim sects – see legitimacy vested in the lineage of Muhammad through his son–in–law Ali |
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Shi'ites |
| Islam means |
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Submission (to the will of Allah) |
| Mystical movement in Islam which began in the 8th century AD |
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Sufism |
| The teachings and acts of the Prophet Muhammad |
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Sunna |
| The larger of the two main Muslim sects – recognise all four caliphs who followed Muhammad as lawful rulers |
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Sunni |
| The largest branch (85%) of Shi'ite Muslims – name derived from the number of Imams they believe will appear before the day of judgement (a.k.a. Imamis) |
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