Vocab 7

2. Triangular sail set on a long sloping yard, used especially on the Mediterranean Sea.
3. Lofty, slender tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by balconies where people pray.
6. Core obligatory practices forming the basics of Muslim life, faith, and community.
8. An adherent of Shiah.
12. Relating to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam.
13. Law, seen as deriving from the Quran, hadith, ijma, and qiyas.
14. Spiritual striving against moral failings, undertaken as a religious duty by Muslims.
17. Sacred text of Islam divided into 114 chapters.
18. 1394-1460 price of Portugal
21. Whole body of Muslim believers, civilization, & religion.
23. City in and capital of Hejaz. Birthplace of Muhammed.

1. Significant battle where Frankish leader Charles Martel defeated the Umayyad Caliphate.
4. Shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammed ascended through the 7 heavens to Gods throne.
5. Astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars for solutions and navigation.
7. Person who speaks for God or a deity.
9. Muslim temple or place of public worship
10. Spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammed.
11. Member of a great religious divisions of Islam.
15. Cube shaped building in Mecca. Most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine.
16. A variant of Hegira
19. Pilgrimage to Mecca, which every adult Muslim is supposed to make at least once in their lifetime.
20. Belief that natural objects, and the universe itself posseses souls.
22. Powerful trading empire located in northern Ethiopia