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|'''[[Satanic Verses]]''' | |'''[[Satanic Verses]]''' | ||
|آيات شيطانية | |آيات شيطانية | ||
|Verses that Muhammad proclaimed elevating Allah's three goddess-daughters as intercessors. | |Verses that Muhammad proclaimed elevating Allah's three goddess-daughters as intercessors. These verses were later abrogated/removed/forgotten. (Also, the title of Salman Rushdie's work of fiction that earned him a fatwa calling for his assassination.) | ||
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|'''[[Fasting|Sawm]]''' | |'''[[Fasting|Sawm]]''' | ||
|صوم | |صوم | ||
|''Fasting'' (Arabic: ''Saum'' Persian ''Rozah'') A period of 30 days, in the month of [[Ramadan]], of every year. Consumption of food or water, sexual relations with ones husband/wife is forbidden from sunrise till sunset. | |''Fasting'' (Arabic: ''Saum'', Persian: ''Rozah'') A period of 30 days, in the month of [[Ramadan]], of every year. Consumption of food or water, sexual relations with ones husband/wife is forbidden from sunrise till sunset. | ||
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|'''[[Shahadah]]''' | |'''[[Shahadah]]''' | ||
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|'''Shirk''' | |'''Shirk''' | ||
|شرك | |شرك | ||
|Taking other gods besides Allah (i.e. Polytheism), and is considered the most heinous crime against the Islamic god. Belief in the Trinity is concidered Shirk. | |Taking other gods besides Allah (i.e. Polytheism), and this is considered the most heinous crime against the Islamic god. Belief in the Trinity is concidered Shirk. | ||
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|'''[[Sirat Rasul Allah|Sira]] (or Sirat)''' | |'''[[Sirat Rasul Allah|Sira]] (or Sirat)''' | ||
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|'''[[Slavery]]''' | |'''[[Slavery]]''' | ||
|عبودية | |عبودية | ||
|Slavery is halal (permitted) in Islam. Slaves can be used like [[W:Indulgence|indulgences]] | |Slavery is halal (permitted) in Islam. Slaves can be used like [[W:Indulgence|indulgences]]—free a slave and it will atone for some heinous crime you may have committed. | ||
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|'''[[Sunnah]]''' | |'''[[Sunnah]]''' | ||
|سنة | |سنة | ||
|Arabic word that means "habit" "way" or "usual practice". Within the context of Islam it refers to the words and actions or example of Muhammad. The closer one emulates Muhammad's Sunnah the more pious they are considered. | |Arabic word that means "habit" "way" or "usual practice". Within the context of Islam it refers to the words and actions or example of Muhammad. The closer one emulates Muhammad's Sunnah, the more pious they are considered. | ||
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