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In Arabic, it means "recitation"
What is Qur'an
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He would go to the mountains outside of Mecca to meditate on the problems of society.
Who is Muhammad
100

City in which Muhammad was born

What is Mecca

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The Arabic word for giving to charity - the third pillar of Islam.
What is zakat
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This was the year that Muhammad and his army re-captured Mecca.

What is 630 CE?

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In Arabic, this means "the people of the book" and includes Jews and Christians.
What is ahl al-kitab
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Shi'ite Muslims believe he was the rightful first caliph.

Who is Ali.

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The capital city of the Umayyad Caliphate.
What is Damascus
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What are the words to the Shahadah?

"There is no god but God (Allah) and Muhammad is his Prophet."

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This denomination of Islam is practiced by 85-90% of Muslims today.

What is Sunni Islam?

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These are collections of sayings of the Prophet that are an addition to the Qur'an
What is Hadith
300

The first of the Rashidun

Who is Abu Bakr


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The site of a mosque with lots of decoration, including double horseshoe arches, in Spain.
What is Cordoba
300

According to the Qur'an, when is fighting justified?

When you are attacked or persecuted.


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Muslims are not supposed to drink alcohol, gamble, or eat pork according to this code of law.
What is Shari'ah.
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This translates to "community of believers"

What is umma

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The 'Abbasid Caliphate reached its "Golden Age" under his reign.
Who is Harun al-Rashid
400

This palace was in the city of Granada, the last stronghold of Muslim power in the Iberian Peninsula.

What is the Alhambra?


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This means a holy struggle in the way of Allah, it could be a personal struggle and is not always violent.

What is jihad.


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This battle cemented the schism between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims in 680.

What is The Battle of Karbala. 


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The name given by Europeans for scrolling patterns of plant and floral motifs that are common in Islamic art.

What are arabesques?

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The first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate.
Who is Mu'awiya.
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The journey Muhammad and his supporters made when they retreated north from Mecca to the rival city of Yathrib, later named Medina “city of the Prophet”

What is the hegira?

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His name // is sometimes followed by p.b.u.h. which stands for . . . 

(both parts)

Who is Muhammad? // "peace be upon him"

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What were two major factors in the rapid spread of information across the Islamic world during the 'Abbasid caliphate?

Paper and Arabic language