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- 3. the most holy month of the Islamic calendar where Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset
- 5. the code of law derived from the Quran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed
- 8. a pilgrimage or journey to Mecca that is a religious duty for Muslims
- 9. the act of accepting the authority or control of someone else
- 12. a sign or message from God
- 13. member of a religion who delivers messages that are believed to have come from God
- 14. a member of a people having no permanent home
- 15. the most sacred Muslim shrine in Mecca shaped like a black stone cube which Muslims turn in its direction when praying
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- 1. 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
- 2. a member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs
- 4. a believer in or follower of Islam
- 6. Muhammad’s departure from Mecca to Medina in CE 622 where the first Muslim community came together
- 7. the book of sacred writings used in the Muslim religion
- 10. the larger of the two main branches of Islam differing from Shīʿa in its conception of religious leadership and acceptance of the first three caliphs
- 11. the sacred city of Islam in present day Saudi Arabia
- 13. to treat someone cruelly or unfairly especially because of race or religious or political beliefs