Across
- 3. One of the two main branches of Islam including most Iranians and some populations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
- 7. Islamic place of worship
- 9. A shrine in Jerusalem, located on the Temple Mount.
- 13. Holiest city of Islam
- 14. One of the two main branches of Islam
- 15. The founder and prophet of Islam
- 16. A strict Muslim group in Afghanistan that has imposed rigid rules on society.
Down
- 1. A nationalist group formed in the 1960s
- 2. The religion of the Jews and their ancestors.
- 4. religious leaders control the government
- 5. A region in Southwest Asia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
- 6. Monotheistic religion
- 8. For Jews, the holiest site in in Jerusalem
- 10. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 11. An ethnic group in Southwestern Asia that has occupied Kurdistan
- 12. A movement that began in the 19th century to reestablish a Jewish state in the Jewish homeland
