Across
- 3. Migration
- 4. a pilgrimage made to the Kaaba, the "House of Allah," in the sacred city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
- 6. a square building, elegantly draped in a silk and cotton veil.
- 9. second holiest city in Islam, after Mecca.
- 10. a kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages.
- 12. frankish leader Charles Martel, a Christian, defeats a large army of Spanish Moors, halting the Muslim advance into Western Europe
- 13. Shahada, Salah, Zakat, Sawm, and Hajj
- 15. any house or open area of prayer in Islam
- 17. he divine counsel that Muslims follow to live moral lives and grow close to God
- 18. successor of the prophet Muhammad
- 20. the holiest city in the Islamic faith
- 22. used for making astronomical measurements and for navigation.
- 23. the tower from which the faithful are called to prayer five times each day by a muezzin, or crier.
- 24. follower of Islam faith
Down
- 1. helped set the stage for the modern world.
- 2. a person who speaks for God or a god, or a person who tells what will happen in the future
- 5. to "war against non- Muslims ... to establish the religion (of Islam)
- 7. belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
- 8. an octagonal structure on an elevated platform in the middle of the Temple Mount area in Jerusalem.
- 11. member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad.
- 14. the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Mohammed as the prophet of Alah.
- 16. followers of Ali
- 19. a flexible triangular sail that allowed ships to harness the power of natural resources, specifically headwinds.
- 21. the sacred text of Islam