Ka'ba  
   The most holy structure in Islam situated in Mecca. Centre of the world according to Islam.
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Kabylia  
   Mountain area in northeastern Algeria, equalling a stretch of about 200 km.
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Kairouan  
   City in Tunisia with 150,000 inhabitants, situated inland in the northern part of Tunisia.
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Karaj  
   City in Iran with 940,000 inhabitants, in the Teheran Province.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?karaj.htm

Karbala  
   City in Iraq with with 550,000 inhabitants, situated about 50 km southeast of Baghdad.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?karbala.htm

Karun  
   River of Iran, with its source in the Zagros Mountains.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?karun.htm

Kasbah  
   Traditional fortress and palace of towns in pre-colonial North Africa.
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Kemal, Mustafa  
   Founder of the modern republic of Turkey.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?ataturk.htm

Kenitra  
   City in Morocco with 580,000 inhabitants, situated in the northwestern part of the country.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?kenitra.htm

Kermanshah  
   City in Iran with 690,000 inhabitants.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?bukhtar.htm

Khaled  
   Algerian musician and singer.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?khaled.htm

Khalil, Al  
   City in Palestine with about 110,000 inhabitants.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?hebron.htm

Kharijis  
   The smallest of the three orientations in Islam, today counting for less than 1% of all Muslims.
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Khartoum  
   Capital of Sudan with 1,2 million inhabitants.
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Khayyam, Omar  
   Persian mathematician and poet.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?khayyam.htm

Khomeini, Ayatullah  
   Iranian religious leader and politician.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?khomeini.htm

Khufu  
   Egyptian Pharaoh reigning in the 26th century BCE, being the 2nd ruler in the 4th dynasty.
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Khutba  
   A central sermon in Islam, performed with the midday prayer in the mosque on Friday.
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Kiddush  
   Jewish praise used in the home, and in the synagogues, as a start of the sabbath and of holidays.
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Kippah  
   Skullcap worn by Jews during prayer.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?kippah.htm

Knesset  
   From Hebrew, meaning 'assembly'. The parliament of Israel, located to Jerusalem.
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Konya  
   City in central Turkey with 600,000 inhabitants.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?konya.htm

Koran  
   The holy book of Islam. Also referred to in English as "Quran", or "Qur'an".
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?koran.htm

Kosher  
   Jewish rules for what is ritually acceptable.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?kosher.htm

Kufra  
   Group of oases in southeastern Libya, with a population of about 10,000.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?kufra.htm

Kurds  
   People living in a landscape called Kurdistan.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?kurds.htm

Kuwait  
   Independent monarchy, divided into 5 governorates, bordering southeastern Iraq northeastern Saudi Arabia.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?kuwait.htm

Kuwait City  
   Capital of Kuwait with 900,000 inhabitants.
   http://i-cias.com/cgi-bin/eo-direct.pl?kuwaitby.htm