Little Green Footballs Dictionary

This is a suggestion that several of the admins have already made to me, so this should be a popular one. I got an email about it last year, which I’ll paste in here:

“Islamist jargon is not very well known, so I would like to see at least words
like ‘hudna’, ‘jizya’, ‘caliphate’ and ‘ummah’ covered as Terms that Originated
Elsewhere.”

Who wants to take this one on? It should be pretty fun and easy, since there will be little or no need to research the “first usage” of the words, as they date back to antiquity. Just add the new terms to the list and write the definitions!

Perhaps you could even create a new “section” in the dictionary for them. (If you do, just copy the code for one of the existing dictionary category headers, and re-use it.) And feel free to add in any other relevant Islamic-themed terms you think might be appropriayte: taqqiya, burqa, Dar ul Harb, hijab, and so on.

Remember to be completely fair, scholarly and non-sarcastic in your definitions!