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| second president of Egypt, led Egyptian revolution of 1952 |
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| egyptian member of Al-Qaeda, flew first plane into world trade center |
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| leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan |
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| an Al-Qaeda leader, often belived to be the real brains of the organization |
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| disapproved of American life and influenced Al-Qaeda with his beliefs |
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| father of Osama, owned construction company |
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| a captured member of Al-Qaeda, confessed to masterminding the september 11 attacks |
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| one of the planners of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombings, nephew of Kalid Sheik Mohammed |
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| a sunni islamist extremist organization responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, among others |
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| a Sunni islamist group who's goal is to make the Koran the sole reference point in all issues, say they oppose violence, but this statement is often questioned |
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| a sunni islamist group in power in Afghanistan from 1996-2001, use guerilla warfare |
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| a group of muslim fighters during the Soviet-Afghan war, often doubted as a fighting force, but achieved near-hero status for their role in the war, Osama bin Laden-most famous member |
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| a U.N. authorized conflict in which a force made up of 34 nations (namely U.S. and U.K.) expelled Iraqi forces from Kuwait |
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| an attack on a housing complex used to house foreign military personnel |
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| an attack on the U.S. naval ship, the USS Cole; the ship was seriously damaged, and 17 sailors were killed |
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| took place in 1998, hundreds killed in attacks on United States embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. The attacks were linked to local members of Al-Qaeda |
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| also known as North Tower, first to collapse, 18 people from impact zone and above escaped |
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| also known as the south tower, collapsed after the north tower, none able to escape from above the impact zone |
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| An individual's striving for spiritual self-perfection. A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels |
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| a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali, the son-in-law of Muhammad, as the legitimate successor of Muhammad |
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| a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad |
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| a conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia |
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| An Islamic revivalist movement, often characterized by moral conservatism, literalism, and the attempt to implement Islamic values in all spheres of life. |
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| a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel. |
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| not pertaining to or connected with religion (opposed to SACRED ) |
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| exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of others; authoritarian; autocratic. |
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| governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. |
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| a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. |
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| an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth. |
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| preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. |
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| favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms |
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| a political or social philosophy advocating the freedom of the individual, parliamentary systems of government, nonviolent modification of political, social, or economic institutions to assure unrestricted development in all spheres of human endeavor, and governmental guarantees of individual rights and civil liberties. |
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| a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities. |
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| the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group |
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| a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church. |
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| The ninth month of the year in the Islamic calendar. A fast, held from sunrise to sunset, that is carried out during this period. |
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| the pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the Pillars of Islam. |
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| Religious devotion and reverence to God |
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| the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, esp. wife, at one time |
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