Glossary:
Assimilation:
Assimilate is the act of making people like ourselves. To assimilate in another
culture is to forget about our own culture. We become like the people of another
culture and we do exactly like they do.
Christians, Jews:
Christians and Jews are what Muslims call the people of the book. Christians are
followers of Jesus or Christ, called Iesa in Arabic; the Jews are people who
followed Moses, called Musa in Arabic. Among the Christians are, on one hand,
the Catholics who believe in the authority of the Pope and the Church; on the
other hand, the Protestants who were also called the rebels who believe they can
have their own interpretation of the Bible.
Intervarsity:
Intervarsity of faith is groups from different religion who meet together in order
to speak about their different religions and to pray together.
Exiled:
A person who is exiled is a person who was banishes, rejected by people from the
same country or community. This person is not allowed to come back in his, her
country or community.
Hierarchy:
A hierarchy is a system where some people are more powerful than others, where
people less powerful obey the laws of people more powerful.
Hegira:
Hegira means migration from place to another.
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