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- 3. any of a type of early scientific instrument used for reckoning time and for observational purposes
- 9. the core beliefs and practices of Islam
- 14. an important battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul
- 16. a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God
- 18. was a kingdom centered in Northeast Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages
- 19. an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
- 21. a religious structure at the center of Islam's most important mosque
- 22. a Muslim place of worship
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- 1. a tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer
- 2. the central religious text of Islam
- 3. the attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena
- 4. the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler
- 5. the journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina
- 6. a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion
- 7. monotheistic religion centered around the Quran
- 8. an Islamic shrine located on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem
- 10. the holiest city in Islam
- 11. triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation
- 12. the larger of the two main branches of Islam
- 13. an adherent of the Shia branch of Islam
- 15. islamic canonical law based on the teachings of the Koran and the traditions of the Prophet
- 17. adherents of Islam
- 20. a struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam
