11288093303 | What are the five pillars of Islam? | Faith, Prayer, Alms, Fasting, Pilgrimage | 0 | |
11288098473 | Bedouins | People who prepared Muhammad for desert life. | 1 | |
11288122758 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, and ritual center of the Islamic religion. | 2 | |
11288126507 | Blood feud | Fiercely independent Bedouin cities, clans, and tribes | 3 | |
11288141539 | Kabba | A small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of Allah (God). | 4 | |
11288147095 | Quraysh | Tribe of bedouins that controlled Mecca in 7th century C.E. | 5 | |
11288154457 | Muhammad | Founder of Islam | 6 | |
11288159054 | Khadija | Wife of Muhammad | 7 | |
11288304173 | Quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | 8 | |
11288372037 | True or False: It is considered sacrilegious to show Muhammad's face | True | 9 | |
11288437683 | Seal of the Prophets | Muhammad's name for himself, signifying that he was the final prophet of Allah. | 10 | |
11288450354 | Muslim | A follower of Islam, means "one who has submitted" | 11 | |
11288459203 | Umma | The community of all Muslims. A major innovation against the background of seventh-century Arabia, where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community. | 12 | |
11288465678 | Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | 13 | |
11288472486 | Jihad | A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal | 14 | |
11288478917 | Hijra | Muhammad's move to Medina. Start of the Islamic calendar (632 CE) | 15 | |
11288493385 | Sharia | Body of Islamic law that includes interpretation of the Quran and applies Islamic principles to everyday life | 16 | |
11288509222 | Battle of Talas River | Arab victory over the Chinese in 751 CE that checked Chinese expansion to the west and enabled the conversion of Central Asia to Islam | 17 | |
11288515713 | Dhimmis | "the people of the book"-- Jews, Christians; later extended to Zoroastrians and Hindus | 18 | |
11288530173 | Jizya | A tax for Dhimmis to pay in order to avoid military service | 19 | |
11288545714 | Caliph | Military and religious leader | 20 | |
11288573541 | Rightly Guided Caliphs | Lose companions of the Prophets | 21 | |
11288615205 | Sunni | The rightful political and military leaders chosen by umma | 22 | |
11288638268 | Imam | Blood relatives of Muhammad | 23 | |
11288654118 | Shia | Leaders should derive from the blood relatives of Muhammad. Felt like oppressed minority and revolted | 24 | |
11288675531 | Sunni-Shia Schism | Rift that still exists between the two on who should rule after Muhammad's death | 25 | |
11289152955 | Umayyad Dynasty | Capital city is Damascus, turned into Monarch by overthrow and replaced by the Abbasid | 26 | |
11289182447 | Ulama | Religious Scholars | 27 | |
11289271309 | Umar | Second caliph | 28 | |
11289319984 | Mansur | legislated a separate bridge for women | 29 | |
11289339114 | Honor killing | Killing women by men for committing sexual taboos | 30 | |
11289364625 | Clitoridectomy | Female genital cutting | 31 | |
11289385249 | Hadiths | Poorly sourced traditions about the sayings or actions of Muhammad | 32 | |
11289410764 | Mullah | Male and female leaders in Shia spiritual world | 33 | |
11289518746 | Abbasid Dynasty | Capital city is Baghdad | 34 | |
11289532102 | Sultanate of Delhi | Established in 1206 and caused Turkish rule to be more systemic | 35 | |
11289543101 | Bhakti | Devotional | 36 | |
11289547575 | Guru Nanak | Founder of Sikhism | 37 | |
11289560408 | Sikhism | Blended Islamic elements and Hindu, Karma, and rebirth | 38 | |
11289584039 | Ottomans | Turkish empire that overthrew Christian Byzantine | 39 | |
11289589477 | Sonni Ali | 15th CE Ruler of Songhai who observed Ramadan | 40 | |
11289598690 | Cordoba | Was one of the largest and finest cities in the world | 41 | |
11289604709 | Granada | Last Muslim stronghold, took over by Christians | 42 |
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