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da'wah search for term

"invite" or "invitation," Islamic equivalent to evangelism, Muslims invite others understand to Islam

dar al-harb search for term

the abode of war, i.e., territory not under Muslim sovereignty, against which warfare for the propagation of Islam is licit. The converse of dar al-Islam, the abode of Islam

dar al-Islam search for term

house of Islam; territory under Islamic sovereignty or areas where Islam is secure

darwish search for term

a member of a mystical order; saintly person, mendicant

dawah search for term

"invite" or "invitation," Islamic equivalent to evangelism, Muslims invite others understand to Islam

dervish search for term

a member of a mystical order; saintly person, mendicant

dhikr search for term

“remembrance,” especially applied to the Sufi group practice of invoking or chanting the name of God

dhimmi search for term

a member of one of the protected religions, i.e., the non-Muslim religions tolerated by the Muslim state in accordance with the sharia, on payment of certain taxes and on acceptance of an inferior social status