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1. Azan, n. View full entry 1855
...The Muslim call to public prayers, made by the crier from the minaret of a mosque....
2. bint, n.2 View full entry 1855
...A girl or woman (usu. derogatory); girl-friend. ...
3. fiqh, n. View full entry 1855
...Islamic jurisprudence; the study or philosophy of Islamic religious law....
4. halal, v. View full entry 1855
...trans. To kill (an animal) in the manner prescribed by Muslim law....
5. mafeesh, int. and adj. View full entry 1855
...Chiefly expressing rejection: ‘nothing’; ‘finished’; ‘done for’....
6. mujahidin, n. and adj. View full entry 1887
...With pl. concord. Fighters (esp. guerrillas) who seek to propagate or defend Islam; an organization or group of such fighters; esp. Afghan guerillas resisting the Soviet army in...
7. murshid, n. View full entry 1855
...In Sufism: a spiritual guide who initiates into a mystical order a postulant wishing to follow the Sufi path to God. Cf. murid...
8. Muslimah, n. View full entry 1851
...A Muslim woman. Now chiefly in the usage of Muslims....
9. ouabaio, n. View full entry 1856
...An arrow poison made from any of several East African trees of the genus Acokanthera (family Apocynaceae), esp. A. ouabaio and A. schimperi....
10. Sharia, n. View full entry 1855
...The Islamic religious law, including the teachings of the Qur'an and the traditional sayings of Muhammad....
