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Eid al-Adha. Celebration of Sacrifice, a
Muslim holiday that commemorates the
passage, both in the Bible and the
Koran, about Abraham or Ibrahim
showing his willingness to sacrifice a
son as an act of obedience to God. The
latter intervened to give the former a
lamb to sacrifice instead of his son.
Eid al-Fitr. Break of the fast. Islamic
festivity celebrating the end of
Ramadan.
Halal. Although it encompasses all
practices acceptable by Islamic law, as
opposed to the sinful ones (haram), the
term is often associated with food.
Imam Yahya. Religious leader
Madhhab. School or interpretative
mainstream of Islamic jurisprudence.
Maliki. One Sunni schools centered in
the tradition of the city of Medina.
Ramadan. Ninth month of the Muslim
calendar, when every faithful of Islam
practices daily fasting from sunrise to
sunset.
Salafi. Sunni political and religious
movement that claims the return to the
origins of Islam: the companions of the
Prophet and the first three generations
of successors. It predominates in Saudi

Arabia and Qatar.
Shahada. Declaration of faith in one
God (Allah) in accordance with the
teachings of Muhammad
Sunita. A Muslim devoted to the Sunna
—collection of sayings and deeds
attributed to the Prophet Mohammed—
along with the Koran. Sunnism is the
majoritarian branch of Islam.
Tabligh. Islamic religious movement
that started around 1926 in India and
seeks spiritual reform through the work
of prophets among the Muslims of all
social and economic strata, to bring
them closer to the practices of Islam.
Tasawwuf. Sufism, a mystical form of
Islamic spirituality oriented to be as
close as possible to God or holiness.
Jumu'ah. Muslim prayer every Friday
shortly after noon. It is mandatory for
men and only recommended for women,
who should pray with others in the
mosque.
* This verse is quoted form a Martí´s
poem about a pearl owned by a female
moor. The latter is the name given to
the Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian
Peninsula and North Africa.

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