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What Pillar of Faith requires that a Muslim make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca?
Hajj
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Struggle in the way of God or "Holy War"
jihad
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Who were the early converts to Islam who lived in the desert?
bedouin
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The distinctive tower of a mosque
minaret
100
Arabic term for a person who believes in Islam
Muslim
200
What Pillar of Faith requires that a Muslim fast from dawn to dusk during Ramadan?
Sawm
200
Islamic legal code that combines religious & social laws
sharia
200
The prophet who is the founder of Islam
Muhammad
200
The pre-Islamic belief in many gods is called-
polytheism
200
Arabic for God; the supreme god of Islam
Allah
300
What Pillar of Faith requires that a Muslim pray 5 times a day at specific times?
Salat
300
The secular & spiritual leader of an Islamic community
caliph
300
A scientist who wrote a medical encyclopedia stressing the contagious nature of disease
Ibn Sina
300
An important trading city that became the spiritual center of the Islamic faith
Mecca (or Makkah)
300
In what year did the Muslim calendar begin?
622CE
400
What Pillar of Faith requires that a Muslim declare that there is only one God & Muhammad is his prophet?
Shahada
400
Group of Muslims who only accept the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam
Shia
400
Muhammad's wife - the first convert to Islam
Khadija
400
Holy scriptures of Islam
Quran (Koran)
400
This black shrouded temple is the holiest site of the Islamic faith
Kaaba
500
What Pillar of Faith requires that a Muslim give to charity?
Zakat
500
Group of Muslims who only accept only the Ummayyads as the true rulers of Islam
Sunni
500
Muhammad claimed this angel visited him and transmitted the message of Allah
Gabriel (Jibreel)
500
The journey of Muhammad and his followers to Medina (Yathrib) in 622
Hijrah
500
The building that serves as a place of worship for Muslims
mosque