96799772 | Shi'ites | -Muslims -believe God gives power to the leaders of communities who are descendants of Ali -state religion of Iran | 0 | |
96799773 | Sunnis | -Muslims -believe community should select its own leadership -majority of most Islamic countries | 1 | |
96799774 | Mecca | -western Saudi Arabia -birthplace of Muhammad -center of Islam -location of the Ka'ba -place of hajj | 2 | |
96799775 | Muhammad | -570-632 -Arab prophet -founder of Islam -received revelations from god via Gabriel -illiterate | 3 | |
96799776 | Muslim | -adherent of Islam -"submits" the the will of Allah (god) | 4 | |
96799777 | Islam | -founded by prophet Muhammad based on his revelations collected after his death into the Quran (holy book) -monotheistic | 5 | |
96799778 | Medina | -western Saudi Arabia -Muhammad migrated with his closest followers in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca | 6 | |
96799779 | Umma | -all Muslims -kinship rather than faith determines community | 7 | |
96799780 | Caliphate | -succession to Muhammad -rule Islamic Empire | 8 | |
96799781 | Allah | "God" in Arabic | 9 | |
96799782 | Ka'ba | -Islamic cubed building in Mecca believed by Muslims to have been built by Abraham -center of the Muslim Pilgrimage (hajj) | 10 |
Ch. 8A Vocab. Flashcards
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