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3. an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and ethnic religion
4. "Shi'a geopolitics is the combination of the geographical capacities of the Shiite areas with the ideals and teachings of Shi'ite political culture
6. western Saudi Arabia, located in the Ṣirāt Mountains, inland from the Red Sea coast.
8. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
12. the largest sect of Islam, making up roughly 85% of all Muslims
13. submission, surrender, and peace.
16. an organization founded in 1964 with the aim of creating a state for Palestinians

1. a covered building, but can be any place where Islamic prayers are performed, such as an outdoor courtyard.
2. a movement of religious students (talib) from the Pashtun areas of eastern and southern Afghanistan who were educated in Pakistani traditional Islamic schools.
5. "government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided"
7. Oldest existing Islamic monument.
9. Muhammad translates to “praiseworthy”
10. a historic region of West Asia within the Tigris-Euphrates river system
11. a place of prayer and pilgrimage in the Old City of Jerusalem that is sacred to the Jewish people.
14. an Iranic ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria.
15. Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews