Chapter 22 vocabulary

3. The Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah
6. of the rock/ a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God
7. a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. It was established as a political organization in 1897 under Theodor Herzl, and was later led by Chaim Weizmann.
9. a Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement
13. A form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular among the nobility in 16th- and 17th-century England, which consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players.
15. wall/ a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation

1. monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews
2. a person who belongs to one of the two main branches of Islam.
3. "between rivers" in Greek.
4. a member of a pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit a plateau region in adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
5. umbrella political organization claiming to represent the world's Palestinians
8. A city in Saudi Arabia that was the birthplace of Muhammad and is the holiest city of Islam.
10. “submission to the will of God.”
11. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
12. relating to or denoting a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
14. the Muslims of the branch of Islam that adheres to the orthodox tradition and acknowledges the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad