Middle East Vocab Words - Kate Haynes

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  1. 6. Any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comparing those of Adam to Noah and those between the Deluge and the birth of Abraham.
  2. 12. A set of individuals whose identity as such is distinctive in terms of common religious creed, beliefs, doctrines, or rituals.
  3. 13. The handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc. from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice.
  4. 15. A habitual practice, the usual way of acting in given circumstances.
  5. 16. The monothesitic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial and legal foundation in the precepts of the old testiment and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found cheifly in the Talmud.
  6. 17. The first of the great Biblical patriarchs, Father of Isaac, and traditional founder of the ancient Hebrew nation.
  7. 19. A place apart for religious rites.
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  1. 1. The belief in one God
  2. 2. One of the two main branches of Islam, followed especially in Iran, that rejects the first three Suhni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor.
  3. 3. A member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad.
  4. 4. The state of fact of being diverse; different; unlikeness; diversity of option.
  5. 5. A member of the native people of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
  6. 7. A member of an Islamic People speaking Kurdish and dwelling chiefly in Kurdistan.
  7. 8. The religion including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches
  8. 9. A community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
  9. 10. Of or relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.
  10. 11. the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah.
  11. 14. The religious faith, based on the words and religious systems founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god.
  12. 18. A member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East.