World History Religions
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- 6. the doctrine or belief that there is only one God
- 8. considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, the Baháʼí Faith and other Abrahamic religions
- 10. The biblical name for the area of ancient Palestine west of the Jordan River, the promised land of the Israelites
- 11. the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah
- 13. the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- 15. the Prophet Muhammad's migration (622 ce) from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina) upon invitation in order to escape persecution
- 17. (in Judaism) the law of God as revealed to Moses and recorded in the first five books of the Hebrew scriptures (the Pentateuch).
- 18. Means “the praise of the Lord, confession”. according to the Book of Genesis, the fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah, the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Judah. By extension, he is indirectly eponymous of the Kingdom of Judah, the land of Judea and the word Jew.
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- 1. an agreement which brings about a relationship of commitment between God and his people. The Jewish faith is based on the biblical agreements made with Abraham, Moses, and David
- 2. a Muslim place of worship.
- 3. Islamic canonical law based on the teachings of the Koran and the traditions of the Prophet (Hadith and Sunna), prescribing both religious and secular duties and sometimes retributive penalties for lawbreaking
- 4. a follower of the religion of Islam.
- 5. Mean “he who wrestled with God”, a biblical name given to the patriarch Jacob after he wrestled with God, a republic in southwest Asia on the Mediterranean formed in May 1948
- 7. the traditional portion of Muslim law based on Muhammad's words or acts, accepted (together with the Koran) as authoritative by Muslims and followed particularly by Sunni Muslims
- 9. Arabic (“God”), the one and only God in Islam.
- 12. was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of the world religion of Islam
- 14. a Muslim who has been to Mecca as a pilgrim
- 16. the Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of God as dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel and written down in Arabic