Arabic Glossary
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Bedouins
(Bed-oo-in-z)
Arab herders
My great grandfather used to be a Bedouin.
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Hijrah
(Hi-ruh)
A specific migration that occurred in 622
Hijrah only occurred in 622.
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Mecca
(Meh-ka)
A city in Saudi Arabia; Muslims consider to be a holy city in Islam
My friend traveled to Mecca over the Summer to visit her family.
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Mosque
(Mos-c)
A building used for Muslim worship
I go to the mosque everyday.
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Muhammed
(Moo-h-ah-mid)
held by Muslims to be the chief prophet of God; Muslims believe that the Qu'ran was dictated to him by an angel sent from God
Muslims worship Muhammed, while Christians worship Jesus and God.
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Muslim
(M-us-lum)
People who believed in this basic principle of Islam
Merina is a Muslim that goes to church everyday.
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Shi'a
(she-ah)
They believed that the caliph should always be a relative of the Prophet.
Amrah is part of the Shiite group of Muslims who practiced the religion of Islam.
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Sunnah
(Sew-nah)
Muhammed's words and deeds
The Sunnah got put together with Qur'an to make a legal system of laws.
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