Islam Vocab. Part 1

Which of the following is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

• praying 5 times a day
• giving away 2.5% of income
• confessing your belief in the gods
• a pilgrimage to Mecca

Muhammad was persecuted in ________ and during the Hijrah he fled to a city that became known as ________

• Jerusalem;Rome
• Medina ;Constantinople
• Arabian Peninsula ; Mecca
• Mecca; Medina

Sunni Muslims believe that Islamic leaders:

• don't have to be related to Muhammad
• have to be related to Muhammad
• are in the line of Ali's descendants
• should use the Torah as the holy book

Sharia is a word for Islamic

• beliefs
• rituals
• law
• gods

Semi-nomadic desert dwellers are called:

• Mongols
• Paleolithic hunter-gatherers
• Barbarians
• Bedouins

The word "jihad" is most closely related to:

• law
• prayer
• ritual
• war

During the Hajj, Muslims make a pilgrimage (trip) to _________, which is the birthplace of Islam. 

• Medina
• Mecca
• Jerusalem
• Yathrib

________Muslims believe that Islamic leaders have to be related to Muhammad.

• Sunni
• Sufi
• Sharia 
• Shi'a

An Islamic state led by a Muslim leader is called a/an

• caliphate
• domain
• sultanate
• cooperative 

Sunni and Shi'a Muslims disagree over:

• leadership
• prayer
• Hajj
• Hijrah