Places
What is Mecca?
Islam's holiest city and the birthplace of Muhammad.
Who was Abraham?
A prophet of Islam.
What is a nomad?
People who are always traveling from place to place.
What is Ramadan?
The ninth time of the Muslim year where the people start fasting from sunrise to sunset.
What is Medina?
A city in western Saudi Arabia. It also contains the site where Muhammad received the command to change the direction of prayer to Mecca.
Who was Ismael?
Ishmael is the figure known in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Abraham's son, born to Hagar.
What is a patron?
A supporter of the arts.
What is the Quran?
The Islamic sacred book
What is Constantinople?
It was the city of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
Who was Khadija
The first wife of Muhammad. She was also the leader of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca, and was a successful business woman.
What is a Muslim?
A follower of the religion of Islam.
What is Salat?
The ritual prayer of Muslims, preformed five times a day in a set form.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The former Greek orthodox.
Who was Muhammad?
The founder of Islam. He was the prophet in the Islamic religion.
What is a prophet?
A person regarded as an inspired teacher or pro-claimer of the will of God.
What is Shahada?
A Muslim profession of faith.
What is the Kaaba?
A building at the center of Islam's most important mosque.
Who was Justinian?
The Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
What is tolerance?
Acceptance of differences.
What is Sawm?
Fasting from dawn until dusk during Ramadan, one of the Five Pillars of Islam.