islam

Noun
  1. associated with:
    • fatwah - (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar
    • sigeh - a Shiite tradition of temporary marriage permitted in Iran that allows a couple to specify the terms of their relationship; can last from a few minutes to 99 years
    is a type of: civilisation, civilization - a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
    member holonym:
    same as: muslimism
  2. associated with:
    • hadith, sunna, sunnah - (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
    • had crime - (Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran
    • tazir crime - (Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way
    • ramadan - (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan
    • caaba, kaaba - (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying
    • 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; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca
    • mosque - (Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
    • hadith - (Islam) a tradition based on reports of the sayings and activities of Muhammad and his companions
    • pillar of islam - (Islam) one of the five religious obligations accepted by all Muslims
    • ta'ziyeh - (Islam) a form of Iranian musical pageant that is the theatrical expression of religious passion; based on the Battle of Kerbala and performed annually (in Farsi)
    • kismat, kismet - (Islam) the will of Allah
    • halal - (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
    • islam nation, islamic ummah, muslim ummah, umma, ummah - the Muslim community or people, considered to extend from Mauritania to Pakistan
    • beelzebub, devil, lucifer, old nick, prince of darkness, satan, the tempter - (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
    • djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee, jinni - (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
    • shaitan, shaytan - (Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray
    • eblis - (Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology
    • houri - (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
    • paynim - a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim)
    • imam, imaum - (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide
    • mahdi - (Islam) a messianic leader who (according to popular Muslim belief) will appear before the end of the world and restore justice and religion
    • halal - conforming to dietary laws
    is a type of: monotheism - belief in a single God
    subtypes:
    • mahdism - belief in the appearance of the Mahdi; devotion to a Mahdi
    • salafi movement, salafism - a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels; seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world
    • shiism - the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs
    • wahabism, wahhabism - a conservative and intolerant form of Islam that is practiced in Saudi Arabia
    same as: islamism, mohammedanism, muhammadanism, muslimism

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