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What are the Five Pillars of Faith (Islam) For full credit, you need to put them in the correct order.
1. Declaration of faith
2. Daily prayer 5 times
3. Charity to the poor
4. Fasting from sunrise and sundown during Ramadan
5. Hajj
What are the differences between the Sunnis and the Shiites?
Sunnis:
-The caliph should be chosen by leaders of the Muslim community and viewed the caliph as a leader, not as a religious authority. Sunnis believed that the inspiration came from the example of Muhammad as recorded by his early followers.
Shiites:
-The only true successors to the prophet was descendants of Muhammad's daughter and son-in-law. They believed the descendants of the prophet were divinely inspired.
millet
In the Ottoman empire, a religious community of non-Muslims
What does Mughal mean (origins)?
Persian word for Mongol.
Who was the founder of Sikhism?
Nanak
minaret
Slender tower of a mosque, from which Muslims are called to prayer
Abbas the Great
A king who revived the glory of ancient Persia.
Janizaries
Elite force of the Ottoman Army.
Seljuks
Migrated from the Middle East from Central Asia.
Babur
Founded the Mughal dynasty
Dome of the Rock
Built above a rock from which Muslims believed Muhammad had risen to heaven.
Sultan
Muslim ruler
Sikhism
A new religion in in northern India. A blend of Hinduism and Islam.
Taj Mahal
A tomb built for Mumtaz Mahal. The greatest monument of the Mughal empire.
What word did we get from the Arabic word sakk?
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