islam vocab

4. the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, that constitute a model for Muslims to follow.
6. no eating or drinking during the month of Ramadan.
9. one tenth of earnings as a tax for the support of the Church.
12. Pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims.
14. the angel that Muhammad received his first revelation from.
15. a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east.
16. A Muslim ruler.
17. Arabic word for God used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews as well as by Muslims.
18. Mecca, in a desert valley in western Saudi Arabia, is Islam’s holiest city, as it’s the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the faith itself.
19. People that inhabited the desert area in the Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia.
20. he was considered to be a prophet or the messenger of god.

1. A black square shrine located in Mecca, which is considered the holiest shrine to Muslims.
2. the larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna, its conception of religious leadership, and its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
3. A place of worship for Muslims.
5. the city where Muhammad went to after fleeing from Mecca.
7. where Islam started.
8. the art of writing created for beauty as well as to convey ideas.
10. there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his prophet(one of the five pillars).
11. mouth of god.
13. the spiritual struggle within oneself against sin.
16. one of the two main branches of Islam, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor.