islam vocab

2. the city where Muhammad went to after fleeing from Mecca.
4. a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east.
6. A place of worship for Muslims.
9. A black square shrine located in Mecca, which is considered the holiest shrine to Muslims.
10. the traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, that constitute a model for Muslims to follow.
11. People that inhabited the desert area in the Arabian Peninsula and Mesopotamia.
13. the spiritual struggle within oneself against sin.
14. Mecca, in a desert valley in western Saudi Arabia, is Islam’s holiest city, as it’s the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the faith itself.
15. there is no god but allah and Muhammad is his prophet(one of the five pillars).
17. the angel that Muhammad received his first revelation from.
20. the art of writing created for beauty as well as to convey ideas.

1. where Islam started.
3. A Muslim ruler.
5. he was considered to be a prophet or the messenger of god.
7. the larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna, its conception of religious leadership, and its acceptance of the first three caliphs.
8. no eating or drinking during the month of Ramadan.
10. one of the two main branches of Islam, that rejects the first three Sunni caliphs and regards Ali, the fourth caliph, as Muhammad's first true successor.
12. one tenth of earnings as a tax for the support of the Church.
16. mouth of god.
18. Arabic word for God used by Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews as well as by Muslims.
19. Pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims.