The House of Islam

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  1. 3. Many of the rules of Islamic law come from this.
  2. 4. Used to call Muslims to prayer.
  3. 8. Used to estimate taxes in Cairo.
  4. 9. This food is "haram", forbidden in the Quran.
  5. 12. Imperial capital of Islamic Spain.
  6. 14. Muslim-controlled Iberia.
  7. 17. Year One in the Islamic calendar.
  8. 18. "There is no deity but Him, the Alive, the Eternal. Neither slumber nor sleep overtaketh Him."
Down
  1. 1. If all you have is this guy, then every Muslim raiding party looks like a nail...
  2. 2. A shrine located on Temple Mount.
  3. 5. Tax on "dhimmis", or non-Muslims living in the Islamic state.
  4. 6. The northward expansion of the Arabs was stopped here.
  5. 7. This will point the way.
  6. 10. The holiest city in Islam.
  7. 11. Surprise attack.
  8. 13. Desert-dwelling nomadic Arabs.
  9. 15. Striving.
  10. 16. Arabic for "nation"; the community of Islamic believers.