Islam: The Religion and the People

Index

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abaya (article of clothing), 179

photos, 119, 129

‘abd (slave), 172, 179

Abd al-Malik, 23

Abdullah, King of Jordan, 119

ablutions, 41

Abrahamic religions, 2

Abu (“father of”), 173

Abu Bakr, 82

Abu Hanifa al-Nu‘man, 30, 194

activist tradition, 87-88

adultery, 115

‘ayn, 171

A’isha (wife of Prophet Muhammad), 118

‘alim (“one who knows”), 44

Africa, spread of Islam to, 93

afterlife, 23

aga (form of polite address), 179

aga khan (title), 180

agha (form of polite address), 179

Ahmadiyya, 54

al (definite article), 170-171

‘alaihi’s-salam (“upon him be peace”), 8

Alawi, 64, 180

Ali (son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad), 61, 82

Alif (letter of alphabet), 169

alms-giving, 16

Ammar ibn Yasir, 220

Amin, Qasim, 120

amir, 83, 180

amir al-mu’minin(title), ...