Muhammad
Five Pillars of Islam
Sunni versus Shi'ite
Expansion of Islam
Miscellaneous
100
The city in which Muhammad began preaching
Where is Mecca?
100
The Islamic holiday of a month long fast
What is Ramadan?
100
The majority sect of Islam
What are Sunni Muslims?
100
What was the second Islamic empire that overtook the first
What is the Abbasid Empire?
100
The Meccan place of worship allegedly built by Abraham
What is the Ka'ba
200
Muhammad's role in Islam
What is the final prophet?
200
The Shahada
What is "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet."
200
The percentage (roughly) of Shiites.
What is ten percent
200
The community of Muslims
What is the umma
200
The Islamic leaders, or "deputies," that have followed Muhammad without actually being prophets
What is a caliph?
300
The holy book that Muhammad dictated based on the supposed instructions of Gabriel
What is the Qu'ran
300
Praying five times a day
What is Salah?
300
The portion of Islam that believes the caliph should be a direct descendant of Muhammad.
What is Shi'ite
300
The first Islamic empire
What are the Umayyad
300
Islamic concept of "the struggle"
What is jihad?
400
Muhammad's home in Medina became the first---
What is a mosque/masjid
400
The percentage of one's income that must be given to charity
What is 2.5%
400
The place with the highest concentration of Shi'ite Muslims
What is Iraq and Iran
400
The name of Islamic Law
What is Sharia Law?
400
Islamic traditions or proverbs that are attributed to Muhammad/about him
What is the hadith
500
The age difference between Muhammad and his first wife
What is fifteen years
500
The Arabic name of the month of the hajj
What is Dhul-Hijjah?
500
The first caliph elected by the Sunni
Who is Abu Bakr?
500
The capital of the Abbasid Empire
What is Baghdad?
500
What is the jizya tax?
The tax the Abbasid Empire placed on non-Muslims in their territories who did not convert to Islam.
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