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EIdalAdha: ("Feast of the Sacrifice"). Holiday marking the end of the hajj.
EidalFitr : ("Feast of the Breaking of the Fast"). Holiday celebrated at the end of the month of Ramadan.
Ihram : White cloth wound around the body during the hajj.
Ishmael : Son of Jewish patriarch Abraham and the maidservant Hagar (Genesis 16). According to both Jewish and Islamic tradition, he is the ancestor of the Arabs.
Islam : ("to surrender"). To surrender to the will of God; the name of the religion founded by Muhammad (pbuh).
Jihad : ("striving"). Holy war; the defense of Islam against its enemies. Sufism focuses on the "greater" jihad against sin in oneself.
Jinn : (from junna, "to be mad, furious, possessed"; singular jinni or genie). Shape-shifting fiery spirits, especially associated with the desert. Belief in jinn predates Islam, where they were widely believed to be the inspiration of poets and seers. In Islam, they are spiritual beings inferior to angels and devils who will face salvation or damnation along with humans.
Jizya: Tax imposed on "People of the Book"( christian and jewish) living under Muslim rule.
Kaba: Cube-shaped monument in Mecca containing a sacred black stone. All Muslim prayer faces the direction (qibla) of the Ka'ba.
Kafir: (kafara, "conceal; be ungrateful") One who does not believe in Allah, or in the content of the Qur'an, or in the prophetic status of Muhammad. Unbelief (kufr) is fundamental opposition to God and Islam, and is punished eternally in hell.
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Across:1. | ("striving"). Holy war; the defense of Islam against its enemies. Sufism focuses on the "greater" jihad against sin in oneself. | 4. | Son of Jewish patriarch Abraham and the maidservant Hagar (Genesis 16). According to both Jewish and Islamic tradition, he is the ancestor of the Arabs. | 7. | White cloth wound around the body during the hajj. |
| 9. | Cube-shaped monument in Mecca containing a sacred black stone. All Muslim prayer faces the direction (qibla) of the Ka'ba. | 10. | ("Feast of the Breaking of the Fast"). Holiday celebrated at the end of the month of Ramadan. |
| | Down:2. | ("to surrender"). To surrender to the will of God; the name of the religion founded by Muhammad (pbuh). | 3. | (from junna, "to be mad, furious, possessed"; singular jinni or genie). Shape-shifting fiery spirits, especially associated with the desert. Belief in jinn predates Islam, where they were widely believed to be the inspiration of poets and seers. In Islam, they are spiritual beings inferior to angels and devils who will face salvation or damnation along with humans. | 5. | ("Feast of the Sacrifice"). Holiday marking the end of the hajj. |
| 6. | Tax imposed on "People of the Book"( christian and jewish) living under Muslim rule. | 8. | (kafara, "conceal; be ungrateful") One who does not believe in Allah, or in the content of the Qur'an, or in the prophetic status of Muhammad. Unbelief (kufr) is fundamental opposition to God and Islam, and is punished eternally in hell. |
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Across:1. | ("striving"). Holy war; the defense of Islam against its enemies. Sufism focuses on the "greater" jihad against sin in oneself. | 4. | Son of Jewish patriarch Abraham and the maidservant Hagar (Genesis 16). According to both Jewish and Islamic tradition, he is the ancestor of the Arabs. | 7. | White cloth wound around the body during the hajj. |
| 9. | Cube-shaped monument in Mecca containing a sacred black stone. All Muslim prayer faces the direction (qibla) of the Ka'ba. | 10. | ("Feast of the Breaking of the Fast"). Holiday celebrated at the end of the month of Ramadan. |
| | Down:2. | ("to surrender"). To surrender to the will of God; the name of the religion founded by Muhammad (pbuh). | 3. | (from junna, "to be mad, furious, possessed"; singular jinni or genie). Shape-shifting fiery spirits, especially associated with the desert. Belief in jinn predates Islam, where they were widely believed to be the inspiration of poets and seers. In Islam, they are spiritual beings inferior to angels and devils who will face salvation or damnation along with humans. | 5. | ("Feast of the Sacrifice"). Holiday marking the end of the hajj. |
| 6. | Tax imposed on "People of the Book"( christian and jewish) living under Muslim rule. | 8. | (kafara, "conceal; be ungrateful") One who does not believe in Allah, or in the content of the Qur'an, or in the prophetic status of Muhammad. Unbelief (kufr) is fundamental opposition to God and Islam, and is punished eternally in hell. |
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