Islam and Africa

A Hebrew prophet and believer in one God

• Abu Barkr

• Shi'a

• Abraham

• Ulama

An Islamic scholar class which include religious teachers who apply the words and deeds of Muhammad to everyday life.

• Fatimid

• Ulama

• Abraham

• Abu Baker

Caliphiate formed by Shi’a Muslims who claimed descent from Muhammad’s daughter Fatima

• Abraham

• Abu Bakr

• Ulama

• Fatimid

The branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad

• Muslim

• Sunni

• Shi'a

• Fatimid

First Caliph of Islam after the death of Muhammad

• Abraham

• Abu Bakr

• Ulama

• Fatimid

A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad which stresses belief in one god (Allah), Paradise and Hell, and a body of law written in the Quran. Followers are called Muslims.

• Muslim

• Sunna

• Allah

• Islam

An Islamic model for living, based on the life and teachings of Muhammad

• Sufi

• Sunna

• Caliph

• Hiijirah

A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad

• Ulama

• Abbasids

• Shi'a

• Sunni

Successor to Muhammad as political and religious leader of the Muslims

• Hijrah

• Umayyads

• Caliph

• Allah

A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal (holy war)

• Mecca

• Abbasids

• Sunni

• Jihad