Across
- 2. a wall in Jerusalem where Jews, on certain occasions, assemble for prayer and lamentation
- 3. the Muslims of the branch of Islam that adheres to the orthodox tradition and acknowledges the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad
- 5. the birthplace of Muhammad and is the holiest city of Islam
- 6. a shrine in Jerusalem at the site from which Muhammad ascended through the seven heavens to the throne of God
- 7. a place of worship for Muslims
- 10. relating to or denoting a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god.
- 14. the Arab prophet who, according to Islam, was the last messenger of Allah
- 15. The Taliban is a Sunni Islamist nationalist and pro-Pashtun movement
- 16. Judaism, monotheistic religion developed among the ancient Hebrews.
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- 1. The Palestine Liberation Organization is recognized by the Arab League as "the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people"
- 4. between rivers" in Greek
- 8. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 9. a movement for (originally) the re-establishment and (now) the development and protection of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel.
- 11. illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam
- 12. a member of a pastoral and agricultural people who inhabit a plateau region in adjoining parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
- 13. a person who belongs to one of the two main branches of Islam