Muslim World Vocab 1-3

The art of beautiful handwriting

• Lettering

• Painting

• Calligraphy

Muslim who looks after direct contact with God through mystical means

• Shi'a

• Sufi

• Sunni

Supreme religious and political leader in a Muslim government

• Caliph

• Sufi

• Sunni

A muslim-ruled region in what now is Spain.

• Turkey

• Fatimid

• al-Andalus

Muhammad was a...

• believer

• successor

• prophet

Prophet of Islam whom Muslims recognize as Allah's messenger to all humankind.

• Allah

• Muhammad

• Caliph

Model of living, based on the life and teachings of Muhammad.

• Shi'a

• Sunna

• Sunni

Islamic place of worship

• mosque

• temple

• acropolis

God (an Arabic word, used mainly is Islam)

• Muhammad

• Allah

• God

Center of learning established in Baghdag.

• MIT

• House of Prayer

• House of Wisdom