Across
- 3. formed to regain the land of Israel for Palestinian Arabs
- 5. the religion of the Jewish peoples and their ancestors, the Israelites
- 7. spot where Muslims believe their prophet Muhammad rose into heaven
- 10. one of the two main branches of Islam including most Iranians
- 12. the holiest city of Islam
- 13. Muslim place of worship
- 14. fundamentalist Muslim terrorist group that protected Osama bin Laden after 9/11
- 16. the founder of Islam
Down
- 1. a form of government that is controlled by religious leaders
- 2. one of the two main branches of Islam made up of about 83% of all Muslims
- 4. ethnic group in Southwestern Asia that has occupied Kurdistan
- 6. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where civilization began
- 8. the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 9. movement to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland
- 11. the only remaining piece of the Second Temple in Jerusalem where Jewish people come to worship
- 15. a religion based on the founding's of it's teacher, Muhammad
