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- 2. A board game invented in India that involves 32 pieces that move around to capture the king.
- 4. A crier who chants people when it is time to prayer.
- 6. Moses, Jesus and Muhammad were who God revealed themselves to.
- 7. The angel Gabriel visited _______ and revealed God’s teaching.
- 11. The third pillar is about charity and give 2.5% of wealth to the less fortunate.
- 14. Muslim scholar of law and gets consult by a qadi.
- 15. The fourth caliph and he was Muhammad’s cousin and his daughter Fatima’s husband.
- 16. Human struggle to overcome challenges with external and internal struggles.
- 17. The fifth pillar conducts that once in your life if “able” to make a pilgrimage to Makkah during 12th month of Islamic calendar.
- 20. A body or collection of law that covers Muslim duties towards God, Qur’an and to respect others.
- 21. Five basic duties that all Muslim must conduct by the Qur’an and the Sunnah explain how to do them.
- 23. A majority group of Muslims who accept Mu’awiyah as caliph.
- 25. Found the Umayyad dynasty and became a caliph.
- 29. The fourth pillar is fasting throughout Ramadan to know what it feels like to be poor and hungry.
- 30. A rich city and major trade center and was the birthplace of Muhammad.
- 31. A house in Baghdad which was founded by Caliph al-Ma’mun in 830.
- 33. A cuded building built by Abraham to honor God in Makkan.
- 34. A religious war fought over the holy land by Christians and Muslims.
- 36. When a winged horse took Muhammad to Jerusalem and then to 7 levels of heaven.
- 37. Muhammad’s set example for muslim to follow.
- 38. Arabian peninsula was not united politically but united by .
- 42. A war in which the Christians want to take back the Iberian peninsula from Muslims during 718 to 1492.
- 44. A way of writing used in the Qur’an and it is very prestigious to be a this type of writer.
- 45. This city was created by Abbasid dynasty and became one of the largest cities.
- 46. A compass which locates what direction is Makkah.
- 48. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all trace back to this one man.
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- 1. During _______ reign he conquered Mesopotamia and Syria and moved forward into Iran and Egypt.
- 3. The minority of Muslims who believed that caliph that only direct descendant of Muhammad should be caliph.
- 4. A tower from a muezzin call people to prayer.
- 5. A singer and musician from Baghdad and he started the first music school in Corda, Spain.
- 6. The belief in many gods.
- 7. The belief in one God.
- 8. Second pillar which is about daily ritual prayer like praying 5 times a day and washing before prayer.
- 9. This book contains God’s final revelation to the world and describes God’s law and moral teaching.
- 10. A persian mathematician and astronomer introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the concepts of algebra can be inferred as the “father of algebra”.
- 12. A diffusion of elements from one society to another
- 13. Muhammad’s wife known as the “Mother of the Believers”.
- 15. A scholar who present the idea of evolution of animals and often wrote about government policies to show support and thoughts.
- 18. Muhammad’s only child to continue the bloodline and was born in year of Ka’bah rebuilt and 5 years before Muhammad was sent as a prophet.
- 19. A branch of biology that studies structure and development of animal and deals with the animal kingdom.
- 22. The second largest religion in the world.
- 24. He was the third caliph who oversaw the official version of the Qur’an. He died June 17, 656 in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
- 26. ______ was the first caliph, He was also known as al-Siddiq, in Arabic it means “the Upright”.
- 27. In 622, Muhammad and his followers left Makkah because they were getting boycotted and went on a journey to Madinah and his journey marks the first year of Islamic calendar.
- 28. A sport on horseback using a mallet to hit a ball in a goal and was very popular in the Muslim world.
- 30. House of worship for Muslim.
- 32. A ritual where Muslims wash their feet, hands and face to have a sense of purification.
- 35. A type of design using patterns and shapes from nature.
- 39. A device to tell time by the location of the stars or sun and is often used by sailors.
- 40. This philosopher was born in August 980 AD in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Two hundred forty of his creations survived including 150 on philosophy and 40 on medicine.
- 41. An Empire founded by Genghis Khan in 1206 and lasted until 1368 and conquered southeast Asia to east Europe.
- 42. The ninth month of the Islamic calendar where God first revealed himself to Muhammad.
- 43. The first pillar that Muslims declare there is only god but God and Muhammad is God’s messenger.
- 46. A judge in Muslim court who hears cases with evidence and witnesses.
- 47. The leader of prayer and is synonymous with caliph and in the Qur’an is often a prayer to Abraham.