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What are the correct definitions of these Vocabulary words? Need to know ASAP. I will give you 18 points!

oasis
minaret
Shia

pilgrimages
nomad
caravan

bazaar
alms
mosque

sheikh
caliph
jihad

Sunni
Quran

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oasis: a fertile spot in a desert, where water is found.

minaret: a tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.

shia: one of the two main branches of Islam, followed especially in Iran, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor.

pilgrimages: a pilgrim's journey.

nomad: a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.

caravan a vehicle equipped for living in, typically a trailer towed by a car and used when traveling for recreation

bazaar: a market in a Middle Eastern country.

alms: (in historical contexts) money or food given to poor people.

mosque: a Muslim place of worship.

sheikh: an Arab leader, in particular the chief or head of an Arab tribe, family, or village.

caliph: the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad.

jihad: a struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam.

sunni: the larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna, its conception of religious leadership, and its acceptance of the first three caliphs.

quran: the Islamic sacred book

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