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World Religions 101
World Religious terms including: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 3
12/13/2011
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Term
Hadiith
 Definition
The recorded sayings and actions of The Prophet.
Term
Allah
 Definition
The One and only God.
Term
Angels
 Definition
Messengers of Allah
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Black Stone
 Definition
A holy stone set within the Kaabah
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"Closing of the Gates"
 Definition
Leaning away from independant inquiry in ca. 1500 CE.
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Crusades
 Definition
Series of military campaigns from Christian Europe from 1095-1272 CE
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Demons
 Definition
Fallen angels of Iblis
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Dome of the Rock
 Definition
Holy Islamic shrine in Jerusalem signifying The Prohet's Night Journey.
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Eschatology
 Definition
Sutdy of end times
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Gibril
 Definition
Angel Gabriel who gave The Prohpet recitations.
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Shahadah
 Definition
Pillar 1, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his Prohpet."
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Salat
 Definition
Pillar 2, Pray 5 times a day to Mecca
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Sawm
 Definition
Pillar 3, Fasting
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Zakat
 Definition
Pillar 4, Giving to the poor
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Hajj
 Definition
Pillar 5, Piligrimage to Mecca.
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Iblis/Shaytan
 Definition
Satan
Term
Islam
 Definition
"Submission" to God.
Term
Jerusalem
 Definition
International city, home of the Dome of the Rock.
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Jihad
 Definition
Internal struggle, sometimes Holy War
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Djinn
 Definition
Creatures of smokeless fire, coexist with humans.
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Kaabah
 Definition
Ancient shrine in Mecca.
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Masjid
 Definition
Islamic place of worship
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Mecca
 Definition
Holiest city in Islam
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Mongol Catastrophe
 Definition
Invasion of the Mongols into Islamic territoty.
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Mosque
 Definition
English term for Masjid
Term
Muhammad
 Definition
Founder, most inportant prophet in Islam.
Term
Muslim
 Definition
One who practices Islam
Term
Night Journey
 Definition
The journey of Muhammad to Jerusalem to Heaven.
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Orthopraxy
 Definition
How to live life, not what to believe.
Term
Qu'ran
 Definition
Islamic holy book.
Term
Salaam
 Definition
"Peace" in Arabic
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Shariah
 Definition
Islamic law and moral code
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Shiite
 Definition
Second largest group in Islam, differences over succession.
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S-L-M
 Definition
Root word for Salaam and Islam, means "safe, intact".
Term
Submission
 Definition
Islam
Term
Suffi
 Definition
Myystical branch of Islam
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Sunnah
 Definition
Customary practices of Islam
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Sunni
 Definition
Largest group in Islam, more traditional
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Wahhabi
 Definition
Sub-group of Sunni, emphsizes Qu'ran and Hadith.
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