Islam Flashcards

2177377954	Quran (Koran)	Holy book of Islam	0
2177395032	Calligraphy	Art of beautiful handwriting in Islam	1
2177495298	Medina	City Muhammad moved to and home to the earliest converts to the Muslim faith.	2
2177505937	Caliph	Successor or leader in Muslim faith	3
2177514492	Bedouins	Native people to the Arabian Peninsula that were organized into tribal family groups and depended on trade	4
2177539967	Hajji	Pilgrimage to Mecca...all Muslims are required to go to Mecca at least one time	5
2177570096	Kaaba	The holiest place in Islam	6
2177574581	Battle of Tours	Ended Muslim expansion into Western Europe	7
2177578350	Dome of the Rock	Islamic building modeled after the Pantheon in Rome. Where Muhammad left to go to heaven.	8
2177586885	Five Pillars of Islam	The major requirements of Islamic faith	9
2177601475	Minarets	Towers built from where Muslims are called to prayer 5 times a day	10
2177611216	Abu-Bakr	Loyal friend of Muhammad and first caliph	11
2177618246	Muhammad	Founder of Islam, prophet	12
2177639647	Sunnah	Books written showing the accounts of Muhammad's life and are the example for proper living	13
2177657331	Allah	Muslim word for God	14
2177661781	Arabic Alphabet	Written right to left, the Koran is written in this writing system	15
2177698251	Arabian Peninsula	This crossroad of trade between Africa, Asia and Europe is separated from Africa by the Red Sea	16
2178368167	Ramadan	Month of fasting	17
2178386269	Mosque	Muslim place of worship	18
2178411443	Mecca	Holiest city in Islamic faith, city where Muslims take their pilgramage	19
2178423741	Sunni	Believed that the wisest should be chosen as the successor to rule, majority group today (85-90%)	20
2178431703	Shi'a	Believed that Muhammad's son in law/cousin was the rightful caliph, minority group today (10-15%)	21