The Rise of Allah
Arabian prophet and founder of Islam ...
Answer: Muhammad.
The branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad ...
Answer: Sunni.
The art of beautiful handwriting ...
Answer: calligraphy.
The sacred scripture of Islam, believed by orthodox Muslims to contain revelations made in Arabic by Allah directly to Muhammad ...
Answer: Qur'an (or Koran).
The branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors to Muhammad ...
Answer: Shi'a.
A center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800s ...
Answer: House of Wisdom.
A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims ...
Answer: hajj.
A dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from A.D. 750 to 1258 ...
Answer: Abbasids.
Persian physician, philosopher, and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age ...
Answer: al-Razi (or Rhazes).
A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in the seventh century A.D. ...
Answer: Islam.
A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government ...
Answer: caliph.
A mathematician active during the Islamic Golden Age ...
Answer: al-Kwarizmi.
A body of law governing the lives of Muslims ...
Answer: shari'a.
A dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from A.D. 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in al-Andalus ...
Answer: Umayyads.
Arabian philosopher in Spain: influence on Christian and Jewish thought ...
Answer: Ibn Rushd (or Averroes).