The History and Fundamentals of Islam

The requirement to give money to the poor and less fortunate is called?

The Ka'aba is located in what city?

Arabic merchants travelled across the desert in ____________ to trade their goods in far away markets.

During prayers Muslims must face the direction of which city?

The term Dar-al-Islam refers to what?

Which of these trade routes was not dominated by Muslim merchants?

Sunni Muslims believe that the Caliph of Islam should be

What religious founding father is accepted by Judaism, Christianity and Islam?

The Arabian Peninsula, where the religion of Islam, was dominated geographically by what?

How many times a day are Muslims required to pray?

The basic actions all Muslims must take are outlined in what?

What city was Muhammad's hometown, and a center of Pagan pilgrimage prior to Islam?

The basic actions that Muslims must take are outlined in what?

Muhammad and his followers escaped persecution by traveling to the city of _______ during a journey called the Hijra.

The requirement to go to Mecca and visit the Kaaba at least once in a lifetime is called?

The most traveled person until modern times was this Muslim

Muhammad began having visions in 610, in which who visited him and began revealing the inspired words of God

Towers around Mosques which are used by Muezzin to call people to prayer are called?

The revelations Muhammad delivered to his followers were collected in a holy text called

The founder and chief prophet of Islam is

Shia Muslims believe that the modern day Caliph of Islam...

Political law based on the traditions of Islamic culture that are instituted in governments is called?

Which branch of Islam has always had the most followers since the first major religious split?

Which division of Islam believes that the Caliph should be from the bloodline of Muhammad?

Sunni Muslims accept the legitimacy of the first caliph, who was he?