Islam Book Vocabulary - Ch. 12, 14, and 16

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Islamic Religious Tradition


 
  
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The seventh day after a birth; sacrifice is given; word itself refers to the infant’s hair,...
 
'Aqiqa
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Honorific name; Abu for father or Umm for mother.
 
Kunya
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Name a child bears; Ibn for “son of” or Bint for “daughter of.”
 
Nasab
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Honorific or nickname acquired through special circumstances such as a superior accomplishment,...
 
Laqab
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Name given after the town in which a person was born and reared and to which they later returned.
 
Nisba
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Consecration phrase; “In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.”
 
Basmala
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Circumcision that occurs after a boy can recite the entire Qur’an once through; usually...
 
Khitan
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Female circumcision operation; involves cutting away a part or all of the clitoris.
 
Khafd
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A legal contract in an Islamic marriage; is the basis of the union with the rights and duties...
 
Nikah
10
Everything but the face and hands and sometimes feet; parts of the woman’s body that should...
 
Awra
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“Adultery” or “fornication” of the eyes.
 
Zina
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Traditional celebratory phrase that comes after the signing of a marriage contract.
 
'Urs
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Bridal gift from the groom; the marriage contract is null and void without payment of the...
 
Mahr
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Divorce; man used to have the advantage in initiating proceedings and carrying it out; Qur’an...
 
Talaq
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The prohibition of interest; “usury”; any increase in wealth by means of a loan.
 
Riba
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"Taboo” or “unlawful”; one whom it is impossible to marry because of close blood tied;...
 
Mahram
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Certain types of substances that are forbidden.
 
Haram
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Substances that are permitted.
 
Halal
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The Abode of Submission; cosmos; opposed Dar al-Harb.
 
Dar al-Islam
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The Abode of Warfare; chaos; opposed Dar al-Islam.
 
Dar al-Harb
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Flexible fundamentalism based on an “ecstasy of obedience”; fanatical opposition to...
 
Wahhabis
22
"Idolatry."
 
Shirk
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“Blind imitation”; struggle against this was led by Ibn Taimiya.
 
Taqlid
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Heresy.
 
Bid'a
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The messiah; the “guided one.”
 
Mahdi
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Salvation in this world and the next.
 
Falah
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Orthodox class of Mulsims; arabicized and conscious of their relationship with Muslims everywhere.
 
Santris
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Class of Muslims who are syncretized with traditional regional beliefs and customs.
 
Abangan
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Class of Muslims deeply influenced by aristocratic past as Javanese, with older Indian-influenced...
 
Priyayi
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Five principles; basis of Indonesian nationhood: monotheism, humanism, national unity, democracy...
 
Pancasila
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Westoxication; the intrusion and importation of Western cultural norms and attitudes into...
 
Gharb zadegi

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