Shirk

Shirk may refer to:

  • "Shirk", to avoid work or other responsibilities
  • Shirk (surname)
  • Shirk (Islam), in Islam, the sin of idolatry or associating beings or things with Allah
  • Shirk, Iran, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Shirk-e Sorjeh, a village in South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • "Shirk break", a synonym for coffee break
  • USS Shirk (DD-318), a United States Navy destroyer in service 1921 to 1930

Famous quotes containing the word shirk:

    For once you must try not to shirk the facts:
    Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts.
    Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)