The music's most ardent opponents are the Islamic equivalent of those finger-wagging Christian elders in the 1950's who denounced rock 'n' roll as the devil's music.

At ten years old, he studied Quranic recitation with a Hanafi faqih (one who has received the Islamic equivalent of a Master of Law).

He raised his eyes in the Islamic equivalent of crossing oneself.

Waqf the Islamic equivalent of mortmain.

He appreciated the headmaster's affection for all things English, even including the Wilson family, but to spring the Islamic equivalent of the Messiah on them seemed a little unfair.

Sukuk, plural of صك Sakk, is the Arabic name for financial certificates that are the Islamic equivalent of bonds.

The Red Crescent, the Islamic equivalent of the Red Cross, said the death toll in the cyclone, which struck on Tuesday, was likely to reach 200,000.

The schools, called madrasas, were once the Islamic equivalent of Sunday school.

Urf is the Islamic equivalent of "common law".