Vocabulary! 😊

Question 1

Sheik

Answer 1

The patriarch of a tribe or family; chief, a term of polite address

Question 2

Quran

Answer 2

The scared text of Islam, considered by Muslims to contain the revelations of God to Muhammed.

Question 3

Islam

Answer 3

The religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammed as the Prophet of Allah

Question 4

Hijab

Answer 4

A head covering worn in public by some Muslim women

Question 5

Hajj

Answer 5

The Muslims pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime

Question 6

Bedouin

Answer 6

a nomadic Arab of the desert.

Question 7

Jihad

Answer 7

(among Muslims) a war or struggle against unbelievers.

Question 8

Mosque

Answer 8

a Muslim place of worship

Question 9

Muhammad

Answer 9

Arab Prophet: Founder of Islam

Question 10

Abu Bakr

Answer 10

companion of 1st Muslim leader after Muhammad, regarded by Sunni’s as the 1st caliph and rightful successor.

Question 11

Muāwiyah

Answer 11

Muawiyah or Muaawiya (معاوية) is a male Arabic given name of disputed meaning. It was the name of the first Umayyad caliph

Question 12

Sunni

Answer 12

one of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs.

Question 13

Shiite

Answer 13

an adherent of the Shia branch of Islam.

Question 14

Caliph

Answer 14

the chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad

Question 15

The Moors

Answer 15

a member of a northwestern African Muslim people of mixed Berber and Arab descent.