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64 matches to Islam
Allah. Arabic word for God; name of Islam’s God.
Archangels. Chief angels of Christian, Judaic, Islamic, other religions.
Assassins. 1124-1270. Secret Moslem order who murdered all enemies.
Berbers. Caucasian North African peoples, mostly Moslem. Nomadic since 12C Arab invasions. Almohads. Almoravids. Barbary.
Black Muslims. 20C US movement to apply Islam to Black life. Malcolm X.
Borneo. 7C BC Indian influence. 3C BC-15C Chinese inf. 3C-15C Funan/Khmer, Malacca, Srivijaya, Majapahit. 15C Moslem. 16C- European inf. 19C Dutch(S)/Eng(N). WWII Japan occupies. Brunei. Malaysia. Indonesia.
Boumédienne, Houari. 1925-78. Islamic Algerian President from 1965 coup.
Caliphate Empire. 632-1258. Moslem Empire founded by Muhammad. From Afghanistan to north Africa and Spain. Umayyad. Abbasid.
Carmathians. 890-10C. Moslem reform sect. Kidnaped and ransomed Stone of Ka’bah 930-950.
Delhi Sultanate. 13-16C. First Indian Moslem Empire.
Dervish. Friar of Islam religion. Often mystic.
Emir. Moslem commander or governor.
Ghazali, al-. 1058-1111. Islamic Sufi philosopher, mystic.
Ghazan, Mahmud. 1271-1304. Mongol Persian ruler 1295-. Made Islam state religion.
God. Christian, Judaic, Islamic supreme being. Infinite, omniscient, benevolent creator.
Guinea. Fulani, Malinke, Soussou. 18C Moslem. 1882 French 1958 Independent.
Husayn ibn Ali. 626-680. Shi’ite Moslem saint. Muhammad’s heir.
Ibn al’Arabi. 1165-1240. Spanish Moslem mystical philosopher. Meccan Revelation 1201.
Iran. (Persia). 3000BC Elamite. 9C BC Median. 549 Achaemenid emp. 330 Alexander...Seleucid. 2C BC Arsacid. 224 Sassanid. 7C Moslem. 10C Local dynasties. 11C Seljuk Turks. 13C Mongol. 1501 Safavid. 1736 Nader Shah. 1795 Kajar dynasty 19C Britain, Russia dispute. 1925 Pahlavi coup. 1935 = Iran. 1979 Islamic Revolution, Khomeini dictator. Islamic Republic.
Iran-Iraq War. 1980-90. Iraq seeks oil rich Khuzestan. US supports war on Islamic regime.
Islam. =Muhammadism. 7C-. Monotheistic religion based on Koran. 1/6 of world’s population, especially north Africa, Middle East, SW Asia. Sunni. Shi’ite. Caliphate Empire.
Islamic Revolution. 1979. Ayatollah Khomeini led overthrow of Pahlavi in Iran.
Java. 3C BC Indian infl. 8C Srivijaya(W). 13C Majapahit. 16C Mataran (Islamic). 1618 Dutch E Ind Co...1799 Dutch. 1811-16 British occupy. 1910 Indonesia. 1942-5 Japan occupies.
Jibril. Islamic archangel. God’s messenger to Muhammad. = Gabriel.
Jihad. Moslem duty to spread Islam by holy war.