All About Islam

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  1. 2. charity
  2. 4. Yathrib was renamed ______ short for “City of the Prophet.”
  3. 10. fasting (going without food).
  4. 12. the example that Muhammad set for Muslims about how to live]
  5. 13. muslims who belonged to a single Islamic community called _____
  6. 14. the holy book of the religion of Islam
  7. 15. majority of Muslims, population found in Saudi Arabia, Egypt
  8. 16. The Muslim government led by the caliphs _____
  9. 20. chants the call to prayer
  10. 22. the city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.
  11. 26. muhammad and Khadijah only daughter _____had children of her own, she continued the bloodline of Muhammad.
  12. 27. a ruler in certain Middle East lands, especially Persia (modern-day Iran)
  13. 31. What was the name of the angel who revealed God's messages to Muhammad
  14. 32. the spread of cultural elements from one society to another is cultural _____
  15. 33. Muslims’ struggle with challenges within themselves and the world as they strive to please God
  16. 35. is the Arabic word for God
  17. 36. image of Christ as the _______ also known as ruler of all gazed down from the domes of all Orthodox churches
  18. 37. the belief in a single God
  19. 38. judge in a shari’ah court
  20. 39. belief in more than one god
  21. 41. Turkish Sunni Muslim dynasty that defeated a large Byzantine army at Manzikert in present-day Turkey
  22. 42. last crusade Crusades recaptured ______
  23. 44. the area between Egypt and Syria that was the ancient homeland of Jews and the place where Jesus Christ had lived; also called Palestine
  24. 46. allow people to identify the direction in which they are traveling
  25. 48. Jewish christian, Muslim local city
  26. 50. donations from Jews and Christians support their houses of worship
  27. 52. tall tower where speaker called to prayer in the community's mosque
  28. 53. a violent action in opposition to a government or law]
  29. 54. Mu’awiyah the leader of the ______, claimed the caliphate.
  30. 56. minority of Muslims, population found in Iran, followers of Muhammad’s son-in-law and cousin Ali
  31. 57. the great sultan named by Europeans who formed the largest Muslim empire since the Seljuks
  32. 58. _______Orthodox Church: a Christian religion that developed out of early Christianity in the Byzantine Empire
  33. 59. Muhammad’s birthplace
  34. 60. the ninth month of the Islamic calendar during which Muslims are required to fast
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  1. 1. became the third caliph He helped unite Muslims when he oversaw the creation of an official edition of the Qur’an.
  2. 3. the supreme ruler of a Muslim state
  3. 4. a Muslim house of worship
  4. 5. ‘icon smashing” led to the destruction of much religious art
  5. 6. _______Empire the name for the eastern Roman Empire, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia; it lasted from about 500 to 1453 C.E
  6. 7. a device for computing time based on the location of the sun or the stars
  7. 8. a series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites from Muslims
  8. 9. a judicial body established by the Roman Catholic Church to combat forms of religious error
  9. 11. a Persian, became Islam’s most famous philosopher
  10. 17. the religious faith of Muslims; also the civilization based on the Islamic religion and the group of countries where Islam is the main religion
  11. 18. government officials _________.
  12. 19. Muslims learned paper making from the ______
  13. 20. a follower of the Islamic faith which means “those who surrender to God.”
  14. 21. a person who speaks or interprets the words of God]
  15. 23. in which a winged horse took Muhammad to Jerusalem, the city toward which early Muslims had directed their prayers
  16. 24. a scholar, teacher, or thinker who seeks knowledge Plato and Aristotle
  17. 25. Muslims pilgrimage that they attend at least once in there life
  18. 28. Muhammad and his followers left Makkah on a journey known as the ____
  19. 29. Umayyads moved their capital to ______ in Syria.
  20. 30. A celebration that takes place when Ramadan ends.
  21. 34. the body of Islamic law based on the Qur’an and the Sunnah
  22. 36. in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city
  23. 40. a man born around 570 C.E. who taught the faith of Islam
  24. 43. _____ of Alexandria, Father of Geometry
  25. 45. first crusade crusaders seized _____ in Syria
  26. 47. Muhammad’s uncle was, a respected merchant, took charge of the orphan.
  27. 49. Indian concept of _____ Arabic word meaning "something empty"
  28. 51. became the first caliph
  29. 55. declaration of faith
  30. 57. daily ritual prayer