| Ibada |
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noun
- (Islam) service to Allah; sometimes included in the five pillars
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| ijtihad |
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noun
- (Islam) the process of Muslim jurists making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the Qur'an and the Sunna; such a jurist is a mujtahid
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| imam |
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noun
- a Shiite Muslim leader
- one who leads the Salat prayers in a Mosque
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| Isis |
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proper noun
- the ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility
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| Islam |
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noun
- A monotheistic religion that originated with the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) having the same roots as Christianity and Judaism; its revelatory scripture is the Qur'an; its followers are Muslim.
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| Islamism |
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noun
- Muslim fundamentalism
- Advocacy of government under Islamic law, sharia
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| Islamite |
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noun
- A Muslim.
adjective
- Islamic.
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| isnad |
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noun
- (Islam) a Muslim tradition, rather like the Christian one of Apostolic succession, that there exists a chain of human reporters from the time of Muhammad that authenticates the legitimacy of the hadith (sayings and acts of the prophet)
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