Islam: A Guide for Jews and Christians - Electric Scotland

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Jeremiah, 8
Jerusalem, 11–12, 40, 63, 71, 81,
210, 220, 222, 227–235, 261
Jesus (Isa) 2, 8, 9, 50, 51, 56, 57, 59,
64, 73, 86, 95, 125, 159, 247, 270,
271–272; birth of, 23; background
of his life, 31–32; life and
teachings, 23–25, 53; death and
burial, 24–25, 26–27, 227–228;
ascension of, 27; in the Quran, 22–
25; and Muhammad, 96–98, 156–
157; tomb at Medina, 27, 90, 271
Jews, 3, 4, 16, 171; and death of
Jesus, 24–25, 26–27; at Mecca, 16;
at Medina, 21, 68, 103–104, 120,
128; in Quran, 20–22
Jidda, 34
Jihad, 252. See also Holy War
Joachim, 22
Job, 4
John the Baptist, 2, 22, 56, 189
Jonah, 4
Joseph, 4, 64
Josephus, 31–32
Jubilees, Book of, 13–14
Judah ha-Nasi, 161
Judaism, 6, 9, 186. See also Jews
Judgment, 245, 255–256
Jurisprudence, 170–171; equity in,
181; common good in, 181; and
analogy, 181; schools of, 179–180
Juwayriyya, wife of Muhammad, 84
Kaaba, 14–19, 36, 37–40, 44, 53, 63,
71, 73, 86, 95, 220, 240; rituals at,
39–40
Kab al-Ahbar, 49
Kabbala, 122
Kalam. See Theology
Karama, 250
Karbala, 137, 237, 238
Kasani, al-, 178
Kayfiyya (“howness”), 265
Kerak, 87
Keturah, 14
Khadija, wife of Muhammad, 55,
65
Khaibar, 32, 81–82, 194–194
Khanqah, 248
Kharijites, 135, 136, 201–202, 204
Khazraj, 68, 72, 79
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 154, 271
Kufr (disbelief), 28, 204, 207
Last Supper, 24
Lat, al-, 45, 61
Law. See Sharia, Torah
Lebanon, 152
Lot, 4, 5
Madain Salih, 32
Madrasa, 178
Mahdi, 133, 137–139, 145, 255,
267–268, 271–272
Maimonides, 124
Majlis, 249
Malachi, 110
Malikis, 179
Mamluks, 146, 231–232
Manat, 45, 61
Marriage, temporary (muta), 180
Martyrs, martyrdom, 265–266
Marwa, 15, 36, 44, 224
Mary, mother of Jesus, 2, 22–23, 25,
50, 86, 219, 235
Mary, sister of Moses, 22
Mashad, 152
Matn, 165
Mawla, 192
Mawlid al-Nabi, 236
Maymuna, wife of Muhammad, 82,
84, 85
Mecca, 3, 6, 9, 14–16, 32, 82; pre-
Islamic, 34–35, 239–240; Jews or