Glossary of Terms

From The Islamic Counterterrorism Institute

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A

• a.k.a.: Also known as

F

• FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

H

• halal: Arabic for permissible [by God] (Arabic: حلال).

I

• ibn: Arabic for "son of" (Arabic: إبن).
• ibnat: Arabic for "daughter of" (Arabic: إبنة).
• Inshallah: Also spelled as insha'Allah. Arabic for God willing (Arabic: إنشاء الله).

K

• Kafer or Kafir: An Arabic Qur'anic expression, which means "one who rejects God" as in the One God of Abraham, PBUH.
• Kitabi: Arabic for "for follower of the [holy] book." This terms applies to the members of the Jewish and Christian faiths. In Islam, Jews and Christian are considered as "People of the Book."

P

• PBUH: Peace be upon him/her
• PBUH&HF: Peace be upon him and his family; also, in the case of Imam Mahdi, Peace be upon him and his forefathers.
• PBUH&T: Peace be upon him and them
• PBUT: Peace be upon them