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Who did the sunnite muslims accept as leader after muhammad?
Abu-Bakr and the caliphs who came after him
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What is the dome of the rock?
another holy place
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Who is Allah?
The name of God among Muslims (and Arab Christians)
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How did the sufis seek a more personal relationship with Allah?
Through the practice of meditation and fasting for long periods of time and giving away all that they had
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What is the first pillar
The first pillar is the statement of faith
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Who did the Shi'i Muslims follow after Muhammad?
The descendants of Ali
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What is the kaaba?
The central point for muslim worship
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What is Ramadan?
The ninth month of the Muslim year during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset
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Which muslims form the majority of muslims in the world today?
sunnite muslims
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What is the second pillar
The duty is to pray five times a day at set times and face the mecca
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Who was Rabi'a?
A woman who was also a Sufis. She wrote poetry in which she told of her feelings for Allah
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What is a mosque?
The Muslim House of Worship
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What is Hajj
Muslim pilgrimage to mecca that takes place in the last month of the year and that all muslims are expected to move at least once during their lifetime
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Who was considered the greatest of prophets and the revealer of the truth of Islam?
Muhammad
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What is the third pillar
The duty of giving alms (religious taxes)
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Guess What?
I'm bored
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What is a minaret?
A high tower on a mosque
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What is Mecca
A city in Western Saudi Arabia, an oasis town in the Red Sea region of Hejaz east of jiddah, considered by muslims to be the holiest city of Islam
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When Muhammad preached in Medina, some of his followers wrote down the messages. What was the name of the book?
Qur'an which is the holy book of islam
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What is the fourth pillar
The fast (ramadan)
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Guess What?
I don't want to play this anymore
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What is alms?
A donation to the poor> religious taxes
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Summarize the split within islam after the death of muhammad?
The unity of Islam was broken in it's early years. The first split came of the leadership of the caliphs. The division caused them to split into two completely opposite groups- the Sunnite Muslims and the Shi'i Muslims. The Sunnite Muslims accepted the leadership of Abu-bakr and the caliphs that followed. The Shi'i Muslims did not. They accepted Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law, Ali.
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When the unity of islam was broken- what was the first split over?
The leadership of the caliphs
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What is the fifth pillar
The pilgrimage to mecca- the hajj