Geography crossword

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  1. 3. One of the two main branches of Islam including most Iranians and some populations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
  2. 7. Islamic place of worship
  3. 9. A shrine in Jerusalem, located on the Temple Mount.
  4. 13. Holiest city of Islam
  5. 14. One of the two main branches of Islam
  6. 15. The founder and prophet of Islam
  7. 16. A strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society.
Down
  1. 1. A nationalist group formed in the 1960s
  2. 2. The religion of the Jews and their ancestors.
  3. 4. religious leaders control the government
  4. 5. A region in Southwest Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
  5. 6. Monotheistic religion
  6. 8. For Jews, the holiest site in in Jerusalem
  7. 10. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
  8. 11. An ethnic group in Southwestern Asia that has occupied Kurdistan
  9. 12. A movement that began in the 19th century to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland