Terms
Places
People/Concepts
Concepts
Concepts
100
Body of Islamic law
What is Sharia?
100
Building where Muslims worship
What is a mosque?
100
The followers of Islam
Who are Muslims?
100
Successor to Muhammad
Who was the caliph?
100
According to the Muslims, the "People of the Book"
Who are Jews and Christians?
200
The journey of Moslam from Mecca to Medina.
What is the hijra?
200
City where Muhammad started his new religion.
What is Mecca?
200
Muslim holy month
What is Radaman?
200
Muslims who believe that Muhammad's successors must be descendants of his son-in-law.
Who are Shiites?
200
The religion of Islam began on this peninsula
What is the Arabian Peninsula?
300
The sacred text of Islam
What is the Quran?
300
City where Muhammad was forced to go to because of his teaching in Meccca.
What is Medina?
300
Nomadic herders
Who are Bedouins?
300
Muslims who believe that any religious male from Muhammad's tribe can lead without performing religious functions.
Who are Sunnis?
300

The century of the founding of Islam: the 7th, 8th, or 9th century

What is the 7th Century?

400
Making the pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the Five Pillars of Islam
What is the haij?
400
Islam's holiest site located in Mecca.
What is the Kaaba?
400
Founder of Islam
Who is Muhammad?
400
The number of pillars in Islam
What are the Five Pillars?
400
The three monotheistic religions of the world
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
500
To struggle in God's service
What is jihad?
500
The capital of the Abbasid Dynasty
What is Baghad?
500
Muslims called God by this name.
Who is Allah?
500
Slender towers found at Mosques used to call Muslims to prayer.
What are minarets?
500
The Five Pillars of Islam
What are declaration of faith, prayer five times a day, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca?
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