Islamic World Vocab

belief in a single God

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Anti-Semitism

• Muhammad

a man born around 570 C.E. who taught the faith of Islam

• Muhammad

• Prophet

• Allah

• Qur'an

the example that Muhammad set for Muslims about how to live

• Siege

• Qur'an

• Sunnah

• Five Pillars of Islam

A Muslim house of worship

• Church

• Mosque

• Qur'an

• Temple

the spread of cultural elements from one society to another

• Cultural Diffusion

• Prophet

• Jihad

• Qur'an

Which is NOT one of the Five Pillars of Islam

• prayer

• pilgrimmage

• charity

• baptism

the struggle, usually an internal, spiritual one, that Muslims undergo to get closer to God

• jihad

• sunnah

• prophet

• cultural diffusion

hostility to or discrimination against Jews

• Prophet

• Persecution

• Anti-Semitism

• Jihad

belief in more than one God

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Qur'an

• Five Pillars of Islam

forced separation of one group from the rest of a community

• Siege

• Segregation

• Jihad

• Prophet