Vocab #7

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  1. 3. A body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith
  2. 4. A spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad
  3. 11. A tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer
  4. 12. Was fought on 10 October 732, and was an important battle during the Umayyad invasion of Gaul
  5. 15. A central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion
  6. 18. A struggle or fight against the enemies of Islam
  7. 19. A triangular sail on a long yard at an angle of 45° to the mast
  8. 21. A kingdom in East Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages
  9. 22. An instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies
  10. 23. The second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor
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  1. 1. The larger of the two main branches of Islam, which differs from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna
  2. 2. A strictly monotheistic religion, and its adherents, called Muslims, regard the Prophet Muhammad as the last and most perfect of God's messengers
  3. 5. Person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God
  4. 6. A Muslim place of worship
  5. 7. A follower of the religion of Islam
  6. 8. A stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  7. 9. Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina in AD 622, marking the consolidation of the first Muslim community
  8. 10. An Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem
  9. 13. Islam’s holiest city, as it’s the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the faith itself
  10. 14. The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena
  11. 16. The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime
  12. 17. Fundamental practices in Islam, considered to be obligatory acts of worship for all Muslims
  13. 20. The central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God