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278 t INDEX<br />

Arabia (cont.)<br />

<strong>Jews</strong> in, 48–49; pre-<strong>Islam</strong>ic, 31–32<br />

Arabic script, 92<br />

Arabization, 191–192<br />

Arabs, 13–14, 132, 191–192<br />

Arafat, Mount, 44, 223, 224<br />

Aristotle, 171<br />

Armenians, 197<br />

Asceticism, 158, 246–247<br />

Ashura, 71–72<br />

Assassin, 267<br />

Avicenna, 124<br />

Aws, 68, 72, 78, 79<br />

Ayat (verses) of Quran, 99<br />

Ayla (Aqaba/Elath), 88<br />

Azhar, al-, 143<br />

Azraqi, al-, 19<br />

Badr Wells, 69, 70, 119<br />

Baghdad, 54, 85, 146, 147, 148, 211,<br />

230, 238<br />

Balkans, 197<br />

Banu Hashim, 54, 65<br />

Banu Israil (Israelites), 5, 6, 22, 71, 82<br />

Baqum (Pachomius), 86<br />

Bar Kokhba, 268<br />

Baraka, 234, 250<br />

Basra, 135<br />

Batin, 125, 139, 140<br />

Baya, 249<br />

Bayt Allah, 40<br />

Beatific Vision, 263–265<br />

Bedouin, 42–43, 66, 80, 86, 129,<br />

131–132<br />

Berbers, 144, 146<br />

Bernard of Clairvaux, 102<br />

Bethlehem, 228<br />

Bible, 2, 4, 6–7, 91; in the Quran, 4–6<br />

Bida (“innovation”), 202<br />

Binding of Isaac, 19–20, 62. See also<br />

Sacrifice of Isaac<br />

Bishop(s), 161, 198<br />

Black Stone, 17, 40<br />

Book, 9–10<br />

Bostra, 87<br />

Bukhari, al-, 168<br />

Busra. See Bostra<br />

Cairo, 143, 146, 148, 153, 230, 232<br />

Caliph, caliphate, 129–131, 146–150<br />

Calligraphy, 242–244<br />

Camel, Battle of the, 135<br />

Canaan, Canaanites, 7, 14<br />

Catechism, 199<br />

Chosen People, 8, 109, 131 (?)<br />

Christianity, 6, 9, 186<br />

<strong>Christians</strong>, 1, 3, 171; <strong>and</strong> the state,<br />

127–128; Orthodox <strong>and</strong> Eastern<br />

under <strong>Islam</strong>, 197; in the Quran, 25–<br />

29<br />

Circumambulation ritual, 39, 44, 224<br />

Circumcision, 184–185<br />

Clergy, 175–176<br />

Comm<strong>and</strong>er of the Faithful (amir almuminim),<br />

130<br />

Companions of the Prophet, 167<br />

Consensus, 183, 198<br />

Constantine, 227–228<br />

Conversion, 188–189<br />

Cordoba, 147, 148<br />

Covenant, 7, 8–9, 23<br />

Covenant of Umar, 81<br />

Creation, 2, 7, 59<br />

Crusades, 12, 209, 230–231<br />

Custom (sunna), 161; of the Prophet<br />

52, 161–165, 220<br />

Damascus, 85, 135, 147, 232<br />

Dante, 260, 261<br />

Dar al-Harb. See Abode of War<br />

Dar al-<strong>Islam</strong>. See Abode of <strong>Islam</strong><br />

Dar al-Nadwa, 34<br />

Dargah, 248<br />

Daughters of Allah, 45, 62, 95<br />

David, 2, 4, 125, 227, 229<br />

Dawa, dai, 143

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