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185 Glossary ‘adala: justice amn al-dawla: state security amn al-markazi: central security awqaf: religious endowments da‘wa: religious call duf‘a: university graduate class fatwa: religious edict gil al-saba‘inat: generation of the seventies gil al-wasat: middle generation hiwar al-watani: national dialogue hizb: party hurriya: freedom infitah: open-door policy islah: reform jahiliya: state of ignorance jihad: holy war kutla: bloc majlis: council maktab al-irshad: guidance bureau manabir, pl. of minbar: platform murshid al-‘amm: supreme guide rabta: association sha‘ab: people sharika madania: nonprofit company shari‘a: Islamic law shilla: peer group shura: consultation tanzim: organization 186  Glossary ulema: Islamic clergy umma: Muslim community wasatiya: centrist movement zakat: religious alms ...

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