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37 Cards in this Set
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When did Islam begin?
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When God created the earth, it began with Adam.
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Muhammad (restord/started) islam?
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Restored.
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Sunni, a subset of Islam, makes up (a majority, a minority) of the world's muslims.
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a majority
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Approximately what percentage of muslims are Sunni?
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85 percent
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What is significant about the year 1947?
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A section of India broke away and created Pakistan, a new majority Islam country.
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Wallace Fard
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Founded the Nation of Islam in 1930.
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Elijah Muhammad
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Took over leadership of the NOI from Wallace Fard.
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Wallace Muhammad
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Took over leadership of the NOI from Elijah Muhammad.
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Louis Farrakhan
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Current leader of NOI, re-established NOI to get it back on track, and he is very outspoken against Jews.
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Malcom X
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Chief spokesman of NOI.
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According the Islam law, a muslim shoud pray __ times a day.
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5
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Name and describe the first pillar of Islam.
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Profession of Faith, also know as the Shahada. The Shahada is ideally the first words to a newborn, and the last words to a dying person. The first pillar is the most important.
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Name and describe the second pillar of Islam.
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Prayer. Pray 5 times a day.
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List the 3 parts of the second pillar of Islam.
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1. Muezzin: crier, calls people to prayer 2. Minerate: tower where muezzin calls people to prayer. 3. Adan: the prayer itself
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Name and describe the third pillar of Islam.
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Almsgiving. Give money to the needy.
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Name and describe the fourth pillar of Islam.
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Fasting. No food, drink, sex from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan
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Name and describe the fifth pillar of Islam.
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Pilgrimmage or Hajj. Trip to Mecca at least once in a muslim's lifetime.
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List 2 major festivals of Islam (excluding Ramadan). How long do they last?
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1. Eid al-Fitr: end of Ramadan 2. Eid al-Adah: conclusion of Hajj. Both last one day each.
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Allah u Akbar means…
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God is great
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Kaaba
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Large building in the middle of Mecca. Holds the black stone.
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Hajj
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trip to Mecca
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Hijrah
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Muhammed's journey from Mecca to Medina
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Hijri
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Islam's calender wjocj starts the year of the hijrah
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IMAM
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the leader of a mosque, the quivalent of a priest in catholicism
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Miraj
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second part of Muhammed's journey. Muhammed rides a Buraque.
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Translated meaning of mosque.
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Prostration
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Jinn
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spirits of good or evil; created from smokeless fire
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3 things involved in Islamic prayer:
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Muezzin, Adan, Minerate
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Muslisms (worship/do not worship) muhammad.
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do not worship
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Muhammad is buried in ___.
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Medina
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Successors of Muhammad are called ___.
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Caliphs
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Muslims believe the Quran is ___.
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infallable, without error
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Quran was orginally written in what language
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Arabic
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The last prophet of Islam
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Muhammad
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The Islamic Calender is ___.
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Lunar
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Hadith
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collection of muhammad's stories
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The ___ and ___ are sources for sacred stories.
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Quran, hadith
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