Comparative Religion Review
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- Monotheism
- belief in one all powerful god
- covenant
- agreement
- exodus
- departure
- prophet
- preachers who interpreted God's will
- diaspora
- greek word "scattered"
- sect
- group
- messiah
- savior
- disciple
- followers
- martyr
- people who died rather then give up their beliefs
- bishop
- a regional leader of the early Christian church, with authority over a diocese
- pope
- the bishop of Rome, later the head of the Roman Catholic Church
- sheikh
- chief of a bedouin tribe
- revelation
- vision of divine truth
- mosque
- a muslim house of worship
- hajj
- pilgrimage to Mecca that over able bodied Muslim is expected to make at least once
- caliph
- supreme leader of Islam
- jihad
- Muslim struggle to introduce Islam to other lands
- Deborah
- widely admired for wisdom, female judge
- Kjadija
- wealthy widow, marries Muhammad
- Sunni
- followers of the way; Muhammad traditions
- Shiite
- followers of Ali
- Bedouins
- nomads
- Kaaba
- cube; shrine
- Hijrah
- departure to Mecca; starting date of Muslim calender
- Koran (Quran)
- Holy book of Islam
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, pilgrimage