What is?
What is a muezzin?
The person who calls Muslims to prayer
What city did the Ottoman Turks capture?
Constantinople
Who is the main prophet of Islam?
Muhammad
What is the Koran?
The holy book for Muslims
What is a mosque?
a place of worship for Muslims
Who urged Christians to free the shrines of the Holy Land from the Muslims?
Pope Urban II
What do you call a group of families claiming a common ancestor?
Clan
What does it mean to meditate?
to think quietly or carefully about something
Who journeys for religious purposes?
a pilgrim
Caliph
What is a minaret?
a high tower on a mosque, from which Muslims may be called to prayer
Who is chosen by God to bring a message to people?
a prophet
What is The Hegira?
Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Medina
What is a heretic?
a person who does not accept or follow the ideas of a particular religion
Who calls Muslims to prayer?
a muezzin