English > Islam: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition| Meaning | The monotheistic religious system of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran. |
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| Synonyms | Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism |
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| Category of | Had crime | (Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran |
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| Hadith | (Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions |
| Kaaba, Caaba | (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine |
| Mahdi | (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion |
| Ramadan | (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset / sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan |
| Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer, Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness | (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God |
| Sunnah, Sunna, hadith | (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran |
| Ta'ziyeh | (Islam) a form of Iranian musical pageant that is the theatrical expression of religious passion |
| Tazir crime | (Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims |
| Ummah, Umma, Muslim Ummah, Islamic Ummah, Islam Nation | The Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan |
| eblis | (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology |
| genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny, djinn | (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals |
| halal | conforming to dietary laws |
| halal | (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah |
| houri | (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise |
| imam, imaum | (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque |
| kismet, kismat | (Islam) the will of Allah |
| masjid, musjid | (Islam) a Muslim place of worship |
| mihrab | (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca |
| mihrab | (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug |
| mosque | (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret |
| paynim | A heathen |
| pillar of Islam | (Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslims |
| shaitan, shaytan | (Islam) a rebellious / rebellious jinni who leads men astray |
| Narrower | Mahdism | belief in the appearance of the Mahdi |
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| Salafism, Salafi movement | A militant / militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels |
| Shiism | The branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs |
| Wahhabism, Wahabism | A conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia |
| Broader | monotheism | belief in a single God |
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| Spanish | islamismo, islam, Islam |
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| Catalan | islamisme, islam |
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| Adjectives | Islamic | of or relating to or supporting Islamism |
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| Nouns | Islamist | an orthodox Muslim |
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