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622
Five Pillars
100

This is a body of water to the east of the Arabian Peninsula.

Persian Gulf

100

The name of the wealthy merchant who became the wife of Muhammad.

Khadija

100

The religion of the Muslims based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad.

Islam

100

True or false: Most people of Mecca were polytheistic and did not believe in one God.

True

100

Recite Pillar One

There is only one God, Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet

200

The present-day country in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsila.

Yemen

200

This person was the prophet of the religion of Islam.

Muhammad

200

The name of the holy book of the Muslim people.

Quran

200

True or False:  The leaders of Mecca feared they would lose trade if pilgrimages to the Kaaba stopped as a result of Muhammad's belief in one God.

True

200

Recite pillar two.

Pray five times per day facing towards Mecca.

300

The city Muhammad migrated to in order to escape the angry people of Mecca.

Medina

300

In the religion of Islam, this is the name of their God.

Allah

300

A Muslim journey for religious purposes.

hajj

300

Why did Muhammad choose to go to Medina?

The leaders and people of Medina were more accepting of Muhammad's teachings of the belief in one God, Allah.

300

Recite pillar three.

Give to those in need.

400

The Arabiab city beleived to be the birthplace of Muhammad.

Mecca

400

He was a Muslim doctor who published a huge medical encyclopedia to teach doctors how to treat many illnesses.

Rhazes

400

The most sacred religious temple in Mecca.

Kaaba

400

True or False:  Muhammad's hijra from Mecca to Medina was not an important event in Islamic history.

False

400

Recite pillar four.

Fast during the holy month of Ramadan from sunrise to sunset.

500

The ancient Arabian capital, a trading center, in present day Jordan.

Petra

500

Muslim Dr. who lived in Persia. He wrote a medical text used by medical students in Europe for 600 years.  

Avicenna

500

The name for the five basic duties of all Muslims.

Five Pillars

500

The year 622 AD/CE marks the beginning of what?

The Muslim Calendar

500

Recite pillar five.

Those that can afford it, make a hajj (Muslim journey for religious purposes) to Mecca, at least once in a lifetime.