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Islam - Jargon

"In God we trust.
All others we monitor."

• The burka is a head-to-toe robe. There is often a mesh-like or see-through material over the eyes so a woman can see outside.
• How, why, and where is it worn?

• The burka is worn in many Middle Eastern countries and is well known in the Western world as the typical dress for Afghani women.

• The word Dajjal signifies one who conceals the truth with falsehood, or a liar or a great deceiver.

• Land of the Enemy

• Land of Muslims

• A fatwa is a legal pronouncement, the opinion of a Mufti (an Islamic legal scholar who is capable of pronouncing his judgments, his opinions on an legal issue in regards to Islam.
• A fatwa is not enforceable, except to the followers of that Mufti.
• Fatwas can very easily contradict each other because no formal hierarchy exists in Islam (especially in Sunni Islam, Shi'a Islam does provide more of a hierarchy)
• Fatwas issued by a Mufti with more training and having more followers are regarded as having greater meaning and influence
• There is no central authority in Islam, consequently a fatwa is not comparable to a Papal bull, which is regarded as a divine ordination from God, for Catholics.

• Role of the Fatwa in Modern Islam (NPR)

• Inflammation, instigation, or provocation

• Juriprudence

• The word hadith means new or recent, and is hence applied to a narration or announcement which is new or gives some new information.

• Forbidden

• In Arabic, hijab means "barrier" or "cover."
• For non-Muslims, it's synonymous with the headscarf, but it can be used to describe total modesty.
• Those who cover up do so because of passages in the Qur'an and other Muslim scripture.
• A woman doesn't have to cover up in front of her husband, father, son, or other relatives she cannot marry.
• Some argue that just wearing a headscarf with tight-fitting outfits is not modest.

• "To abandon," "to break ties with someone," or "to migrate" (such as a bond of kinship or other personal association), or "to migrate".
• "Hijra"... refers primarily to the Prophet Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina in AD 622. It is also discussed with reference to the group of Muslims from Mecca to Abyssinia in AD 615-622. Although the "hijra" to Abyssinia was voluntary and limited in scope, the "hijra" to Medina was obligatory and involved almost the entire Muslim community.
• The word "hijara" has been used in the Qur'an to mean "to reject" (23:69), "to shun" (74:5), "to depart" (19:46) and "to banish" (4:34). The shared meaning in all these useages may be deduce to be a distancing - physical or otherwise - usually from evil and disbelief.

• The derivative forms "hajara" (59:9, 2:218, 3:195) and mujahir (9:100, 9:117, 33:6, 59:8, 60:10, 8:72) mean "to migrate."
• Most verses employing the derivative form "hajaru" ("they migrated") are often paired with "jahadu" ("they waged war") and thus imply a close association of "hijra" with "jihad".
• The Sufi commentators of the Qur'an usually explain that the oblication of physical migration was repealed. The only "hijra" required was spiritual.
• Notes from "Muslim Travellers : Pilgrimage, Migration, and the Religious Imagination" edited by Dale E. Eickelman, in chapter two, "The Obligation to Migrate: The Doctrine of Hijra in Islamic Law" by Muhammad Khalid Masud, pp. 29-49. Published by Routledge, 1990.

• Suicide

• Martyrdom

• Sermon

• Unbelief, unbelievers

• Nickname, possibly chosen to disguise one's true identity, frequently through adopting names of the Prophet Muhammad's earliest followers

• Polytheists
• Some Muslims regard Shi'a Islam as a religion of mushriks (polytheists)

• Religious Scholars