Glossary of Islamic Terms: Difference between revisions

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|'''Iblis'''

|see '''Shaytan'''

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|'''[[Quadrinity and Idolatry in Islam|Idolatry]]'''

|Although most will not admit it, Idolatry is rampant within Islam, as all Muslims idolize Muhammad. Undeniably, Islam is in fact [[Muhammadanism]]. In Semitic religions idolatry is related to the monopolization of God through some sacred books held to represent The 'One' Truth: God's Words or Laws.

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|'''[[Ibrahim]]'''  

|According to all three Abrahamic faiths, he is considered to be the patriarch of the Israelites.  In Islam, however, he is also considered to be a prophet and a Hanif.  The Israelites descended from Abraham's son Isaac (through his first wife Sarah), and Arabs believe they descended from Abraham's son [[Ishmael]] (through his concubine-wife [[Hagar]]).

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|'''[[Ijtihad]]'''

|A technical term of Islamic law that describes the process of making a legal decision by independent interpretation of the legal sources

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|'''[[Injil]] (Arabic)'''

| Derived from the Greek ''evangelion''; a holy book given to Isa by Allah that Muslims claim is the "true" Gospel whereas the gospels of the New Testament are generally considered by them to be corrupted.

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|[[If Anyone Slew a Person|'''Innocent''']]

|In Islam, only Muslims are viewed as innocent. Non-Muslims have not accepted Islam, therefore they are seen as guilty of a crime against Allah. (see [[If Anyone Slew a Person|If Anyone Slew a Person (Qur'an 5:32)]])

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|'''In sha' allah'''  

|"Allah willing"  

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|'''[[Jesus|Isa]]'''

|The Messiah described in the Qur'an born of the virgin Mariam.  Muslims generally believe that 'Isa is the same person as Jesus of Nazareth described in the New Testament. The actual Arabic term for Jesus used by Arab Christians is Yasū‘

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|'''Isha'''

|Nightly prayer.  

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|'''[[The Meaning of Islam|Islam]]'''

|Submission, the actual meaning behind the word ''Islam''. (Also, "Submission" is the name of Theo van Gogh's [[Theo_van_Gogh#Submission:_The_movie_that_cost_Theo_van_Gogh_his_life|movie]] for which he was assassinated.)

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|'''[[Islam]]''' (the religion)

|Totalitarian ideology propounding Arabic imperialism, based on the alleged teachings of Muhammad, which determines the entire social, political and legal life of the Muslims and the non-Muslims dominated by them.

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|'''Islamofascism'''

|Like Nazism was a National-Socialism, Islam is such a Religious-Socialism since its Khalifat is meant to be imposed worldwide, including its lifestyle, through forced conversion.

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|'''[[Islamophobia]]'''

|The neologism itself is a logical fallacy, and it is frequently used to inhibit very valid criticism of Islam.

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|'''Iqamat-ud-Deen'''  

|Establishment of the Islamic system of life; An Islamic Social Economic and Political Order

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