Middle East Vocabulary

Islamic houses of worship

• mosque

• caliph

• Quran

Muslim's religious and political leader

• Jihad

• caliph

• Islamism

the holy book of Islam

• caliph

• mosque

• Quran

the use of violence against citizens to create fear for political reasons

• terrorism

• fundamentalism

• monotheism

the belief that politics and government should follow Islamic teachings

• monotheism

• Islamism

• fundamentalism

a belief that the holy book should be taken literally

• Islamism

• monotheism

• fundamentalism

means "struggle" in Arabic

• Quran

• caliph

• jihad

the head covering Islamic women are expected to wear in public

• hijab

• jihad

• mosque

the belief in one god

• fundamentalism

• monotheism

• theocracy

a government controlled by religious law

• hijad

• monotheism

• theocracy