Islam Vocab

A journey

• clans

• oasis

• Mecca

• pilgrimage

The name of a follower of Islam

• Muhammad

• Qu'ran

• Bedouin

• Muslim

Islamic law

• shari'a

• Qu'ran

• Sunna

• caliph

successor

• shari'a

• Qu'ran

• Sunna

• caliph

A teacher believed to be inspired by God

• Muhammad

• prophet

• Mecca

• mosque

The holy book of Islam

• Muhammad

• Qu'ran

• Bedouin

• Muslim

hired soldiers

• mercenaries

• Sunni

• Umayyads

• bureaucracy

A Muslim place of worship

• shari'a

• Qu'ran

• mosque

• imam

Persian title for king

• shah

• Mughal

• medieval

• minarets

A group of highly trained and disciplined soldiers

• Ottomans

• sultans

• tolerance

• janissaries