Unit 3 Flashcards
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| 236359239 | Mecca | the holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace | 0 | |
| 236359240 | Medina | the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa | 1 | |
| 236359241 | Muhammad | the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632) | 2 | |
| 236359242 | Quran | the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina | 3 | |
| 236359243 | Sharia | Islamic law | 4 | |
| 236359244 | Shiite | A group of Islamic religion that believes that its religious leader should be chosen based on heredity. | 5 | |
| 236359245 | Sufi | a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam | 6 | |
| 236359246 | Sultan | the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire) | 7 | |
| 236359247 | Sunni | one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam | 8 | |
| 236359248 | Umayyad | the first dynasty of Arab caliphs whose capital was Damascus | 9 | |
| 236359249 | Umma | Muslim religious community | 10 |