Part2

Question 1

Mecca

Answer 1

Mecca is defined as a city in Saudi Arabia that Muslims consider to be a holy city in Islam, or any place that is the center of an activity and attracts many visitors with a similar interest.

Question 2

Medina

Answer 2

the old Arab or non-European quarter of a North African town.

Question 3

The five pillars

Answer 3

The believer worships God directly without the intercession of priests or clergy or saints. The believer’s duties are summed up in five simple rules, the so-called Five Pillars of Islam: Belief, Worship, Fasting, Almsgiving, and Pilgrimage.

Question 4

Kadija

Answer 4

is a feminine (female) given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of Muhammad. Together with Fatima, it is one of the most popular female names among Muslims. Hatice is the Turkish equivalent.

Question 5

Hadith

Answer 5

a collection of traditions containing sayings of the prophet Muhammad that, with accounts of his daily practice (the Sunna), constitute the major source of guidance for Muslims apart from the Koran.
one of the sayings from the Hadith.

Question 6

Ulama

Answer 6

a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology.

Question 7

Caliphate

Answer 7

caliphate is an Islamic state. It’s led by a caliph, who is a political and religious leader who is a successor (caliph) to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His power and authority is absolute.

Question 8

Ummayed

Answer 8

a member of a Muslim dynasty that ruled the Islamic world from AD 660 (or 661) to 750 and Moorish Spain from 756 to 1031. The dynasty claimed descent from Umayya, a distant relative of Muhammad.