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Key Te r m s 3 5 7Tablighi Jama’at (4, 10)A modern Muslim organization founded in 1926 by the Deobandi scholarand Naqshbandi Sufi, Maulana Muhammad Illyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944). Ithas rapidly expanded into a global Islamic movement that promotes anagenda of “purifying” Islam through a strict adherence to the s u n n a of theProphet and the dictates of the shari’a. It considers itself to be an apoliticalmovement whose primary mission is one of da’wa.Ta j d i d (4, 7)An Arabic term, literally meaning “renewal,” used in a number of Muslim societiesto refer to a considerable range of different programs for religious andsocial reform.Ta n z i m a t ( 2 )The reorderings, or reforms, of the Ottoman administration in the eighteenthcentury. These reforms set the stage for a comprehensive revision intraditional methods of legal and religious training and thus had a considerableimpact upon the Middle Eastern lands of the Ottoman Empire.Ta re k a t ( 7 )A Bahasa Indonesia term, derived from the Arabic tariqa, that in SoutheastAsia can refer not only to organized Sufi orders but also to mystical dimensionsof Islam more generally.Ta r i q a (1, 4)An Arabic term, literally meaning “way,” referring to various organized Sufiorders. Since the twelfth century, t a r i q as have proliferated as means to preservethe teachings of revered Sufi shaykhs. They have spread throughout theMuslim world, where they have come to play a wide variety of social roles indifferent Muslim societies.Tasawwuf (1, 4)See SufismTa w h i d ( 3 )The Islamic religious doctrine of the oneness of God. This uncompromisingconception of monotheism is perhaps most concisely expressed in the firstline of the shahada, “There is no god but God.”Ta z i y e h ( 3 )The name of the passion plays performed in Iran during the A s h u r a c o m-memorations reenacting the martyrdom of Imam Husayn. The word is Persian,derived from Arabic.