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Jizya

jis-yuh

Protection tax or Poll tax.  Extorted from Non-Muslims.

This is mention in Surah 9:29, one of the most famous verses in the Qur’an. This goes with the word “dhimmi” above. When a person is in dhimmitude, he is subject to Islam and pays the jizya, which is a protection tax. The tax can be 50% of what they own and 50% of what they earn. ISIS is receiving this from the Christians they allow to live. The best way to describe it is like the Mafia protection money.

Ka’aba

kaw-bah

Cube shape Temple in Mecca

It is adorned with a black cloth with gold writing in it. It has gold doors and writings inside. It has the black rock mentioned above. Before Islam, this rock was tied to moon worship. When you see the hoards of people in Mecca going around a black building, it is the Kaaba.

Kafr

ka-fur

Vile word for unbeliever.  The filth or excrement.  The word used in the Qur’an to describe the infidel, the unbeliever.

This is really a bad term, it means excrement. This is the word for the unbeliever in the Qur’an. The only thing worse than a kafr is an apostate, someone who was a Muslim and has left Islam.

Khums

Cooms

Tax.  Literally a fifth.  War booty tax

This is a one fifth tax. Muhammad would get one fifth of the war booty, and his fighters would get the 95% to divide among themselves. They would then pay the khums to Muhammad.

Kufr

coo-far

Singlur of Kafr.

Madhhab

mud-hob

Type of doctrine of Islamic law.  School of thought or interpretation.

It is the 5 schools, or divisions, within Islamic jurisprudence.

Madrasah

ma-dras-uh

School

This is a fundamentalist Islamic school. Obama went to one of these when he lived in Indonesia.

Mahdi

ma-h-dee

Messiah – ‘a guide’

Islam has a messianic figure in their prophecy. He is going to guide them into an Islamic World Order. There is a division between the Sunni and the Shi’ite Muslims on this. Shi’ite Muslims believe he is the 12^th imam. They believe he has already come and waiting to be revealed. The Sunnis believe he is yet to come and that he will come with Isa (Jesus) and rule the entire world. It is a mirror image of what the Bible teaches. They also believe that he will sign a 7 year covenant with Israel.

Mecca

meh-ka

Holiest city in Islam.  The birth place of Muhammad.

This is the birthplace of Islam.

Medina

ma-dee-nuh

City of the prophets. About 100 km North of Mecca in Arabia

In Medina things changed. This is where new revelation abrogated, or superseded, older revelation. This is were Muhammad became a warlord. He was no longer just a prophet, he became an emperor.

Minaret

meen-a-ret

Prayer tower at a mosque.

Mufti

muf-tee

Scholar who can issue Fatwas.

Mullah

mu-la

Scholar of the Qur’an,Hadith & Fiqh

Muslim

moos-lim

The surrendered one

This is someone who is surrendered to Allah.

P.B.U.H.

means Peace Be Upon Him

This is usually referring to Muhammad. The reason they use this term is that in Islam there is no guarantee of salvation, and nothing in Islamic writing that says Muhammad went to Paradise. They are hoping that he is in a place of peace in submission to Allah.

Qibla

Kib-luh

Direction of prayers

The direction of Muslim prayers must be toward Mecca. It is interesting that Muhammad prayed toward Jerusalem when he was in Mecca, but when the Jews rejected him in Medina, he changed it to Mecca.

Qur’an or Koran

ko-ran or      k’ran

The recitations of Allah given to the prophet through the Angel Gabriel.

The Qur’an is a compilation of those things recited to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel. It was not written down until the 3^rd caliph, and we do not have an original manuscript of it anywhere in the world.