Mohammed and the Umayyad Dynasty

The term Islam translates to

• Submission to God

• Holy War

• Qu'ran

• Old Testament

Before Islam there was not a monotheistic faith system, and this god was considered the chief god of many members of a religious pantheon

• Zeus

• Yahweh

• Allah

• Mohammed

The Qu'ran is broken into many parts called the

• Pslams

• Chapters

• Jihad

• Suras

The first caliph established after the death of Mohammed was his father-in-law,

• Abu Bakr

• Uthman

• Charles Martel

• Gregory VII

Supporter of Ali believed that Mohammed had named him as his successor because he appointed him to this religious position

• caliph

• rabbi

• imam

• huangdi