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- 3. the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, a group established in 1960 by some oil-producing nations to coordinate policies on selling petroleum products
- 6. Muslim place of worship
- 7. one of the two main branches of Islam, comprising about 83 percent of all Muslims, including those in Turkey, Iraq, and Afghanistan
- 9. a strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society
- 12. Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
- 13. a region in Southwest Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, which was the location of some of the earliest civilizations in the world
- 15. Holiest city of Islam
- 16. the religion of the Jews and of their ancestors, the ancient Israelites
- 18. one of the two main branches of Islam including most Iranians and some populations of Iraq and Afghanistan
- 19. of the Rock the spot where Muslims believe Muhammad rose into heaven and where Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac to God
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- 1. a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad
- 2. ethnic group in Southwestern Asia that has occupied Kurdistan, located in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran
- 4. A former country in south-western Asia, now called Iran
- 5. the founder and a prophet of Islam
- 8. a movement that began in the 19th century to rees-tablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland
- 10. Religious leaders control the government
- 11. Palestine Liberation Organization: a nationalist group formed in the 1960s to regain Israel for Palestinian Arabs
- 12. organization in control of the Gaza Strip
- 14. Wall for Jews, the holiest site in Jerusalem; the only remaining portion of the Second Temple
- 17. bin Laden Leader of the terrorist group al-Qaeda