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271276053Who was Muhammad?founder of Islam0
271276054Shi'itesMuslims who believe that God rests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali1
271276055SunnisMuslims who believed that the community should select its own leadership2
271276056What is the most important resource in the desert?Water3
271276057What does Muslim mean?Those who surrender to God4
271276058What was the capital of the Umayyad dynasty?Damascus5
271276059What was the capital of the Abbasid dynasty?Baghdad6
271276060CaliphateOffice in succession to the Prophet Muhammad7
271276061What marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar?Muhammad's hijra to Medina8
271276062Five Pillars of Islam1. Avowal that there is only one god and Muhammad is his messenger 2. Prayer five times a day 3. Fasting during the lunar month of Ramadan 4. Paying alms 5. Making pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during one's lifetime9
271276063What is the Quran?The unalterable word of god. Islam's "bible"10
271276064What is the law of Islam called?Shari'a11
271276065How does one become Muslim?One has to say "There is no God, but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God" in the presence of a Muslim12
271276066What was the role of women?Rarely traveled, veiled in public, could inherit property, practice birth control13
271276067Who could not be enslaved?Other Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians14

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