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Shari’ah: (Islam) The moral code and rules of etiquette Muslims adhere to in daily life Hajji: (Islam) The pilgrimage all Muslims are expected to make to Mecca at least once in their lives, there after, they are called Hajji Sufism: (Islam) The mystic branch of Islam faith whose goal is to see Allah directly and clearly with purity of heart Minaret: (Islam) The Islamic Prayer tower used to call the faithful to prayer Sunni: (Islam) one of the major sects to which the majority of Muslims consider to be the orthodox path of Islamic belief Ramadan (Islam): The ninth month of the Islam Lunar Year in which all Muslims accept the young, elderly, and sick are expected to fast from sunrise to sunset Abu Bakr (Islam): A convert to Islam, he was the chosen successor to Muhammad & the first leader of Sunni Muslims Shaykh: Traditional tribal leader in Iraq. Tribal groups were made up of families and the leader of the family groups was the Shaykh Rogue States: Nation states that don’t work with the rest of the world & are sometimes exporters of terrorism. Isolation, imposed or self-created, is a hallmark of a rogue state. Demagogues: Leaders or prominent figures within a society who preach a scientific philosophy. They often gain prominence by utilizing the fears or prejudices of the population. Mosque: Muslim place for worship Lama (Buddhism) : Tibetan for high priest Mantra (Buddhism) : In Sanskrit, the “sacred utterance”, “which is a sound of group of sounds used to focus the mind in meditation on their inner realities. Bodhisattva (Buddhism) : An enlightened human being who spreads insights to help others and refuses to enter nirvana until everyone has done so. Yoga: (Hinduism) The practice used to gain control over the mind and body in order to reflect on the path to enlightenment Rishis: (Hindu) Inspired sages who heard hymns of go and translated to Vedas