Vocab
The Muslim place or building of worship, traditionally including a prayer hall and courtyard, with towers called minarets at the corners.
Mosque
The Second Pillar
This pillar says men and women must pray five times a day: early morning, noon, mid afternoon, sunset, and evening.
The people who follow the established custom, or Word of the Prophet; believe pious Muslims should lead.
Sunni
Legal rights of women in the Islamic empire
Divorce, property ownership
What is the meaning of the word Islam?
"surrender" or submissive
Sometimes counted as the sixth pillar of Islam? (Refers to an armed struggle for the sake of Islam which the Qur'an supports only if it is carried out in self-defense.)
Jihad
Third Pillar
Takes place during Ramadan and calls for fasting.
A figure in Shi'ism who has special spiritual insight and is the true authority of the Earth.
Imam
This is a head scarf that some women in Islam wear.
Hijab
What is the holiest city in the Islamic faith?
Mecca
The name for the community of all Muslims?
Umma
The First Pillar
"There is no God except God. Muhammad is the messenger of God."
A third but less common branch of Islam
Sufi
Role of upperclass women in Islamic empire
To supervise servants
Considered by Islam to be earlier prophets
Abraham and Jesus
The confession of faith, and the central statement of Islam, “There is no god except God. Muhammad is the messenger of God.”
The First Pillar
The Fifth Pillar
This pillar is the pilgrimage, Hajj
Second largest branch of Islam
Shi'ites
Roles of women in the Islamic Empire were determined by
Social status
The savior. Similar to Judaism's Messiah who will come to restore Islam and bring order on earth.
Mahdi
The stone cubical statement in the court-yard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, believed to have been built by Abraham and regarded by the Muslims as the sacred center of the earth
Kaaba
The Fourth Pillar
This pillar requires you to contribute 2.5% of the value or your possessions.
Followers of descendants of the Prophet
Shia (Shi'ites)
Regardless of social status, women were expected to
Care for the children
The teachings of Islam are based on this compilation of text.
The Koran