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48 Cards in this Set
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Muslims believe that anyone who helps to build a mosque wins great favour with whom?
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Allah
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At one end of the mosque there is a _______ where Muslims wash themselvesin _______ water before entering the mosque to pray
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courtyard, running water
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The ritual that they follow to do this, called ____, is an important part of Muslim worship
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wudu
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Why are there no images or pictures on the wall?
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this is beacuse the Qur'an forbids any representation of peaople or animals to prevent idol worship
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What is the use of the niche?
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to indicate the direction of the holy city of Mecca(qiblah)
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What is the niche called?
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mihrab.Everyone faces the mihrab when they pray
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Where does the imam sit to deliver his service?
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on a platform to deliver his sermon during Friday prayers
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Who is the imam?
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The imam is a learned and well respected man who knows the teachings of the Qur'an and so can offer his advice and support to the Muslim community
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Wat is the madrasah?
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a school where children go after their ordinary school day to learn Arabic and study the Qur'an
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What are minarets?
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these are towers from which the mu'adhin issues his regular call to prayer, the adhan
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The Muslim call to prayer, given from the minaret of the mosque.
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Adhan
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Towers outside a mosque.
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Minarets
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The platform from which the imam delivers his sermon in a mosque.
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Minbar
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The person who calls Muslims to prayer five times a day.
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Mu'adhin
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The direction which Muslims face when performing salah-towards Mecca.
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Quiblah
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The formal prayer undertaken by Muslims and recited in Arabic five times a day
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Salah
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The ritual washing routine that Muslims follow before prayers.
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Wudu
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In Britain, which is home to one of the largest Hindu communities outside India, a house or a disused church is often converted into a what?
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mandir
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Where does the worship centre around?
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the family shrine that they have at home
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However some Hindus visit the mandir every week to do what?
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place offerings at the feet of one of the statues of the gods or gooddesses(murtis)
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Inside many mandirs there is a special room called what?
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the garbagriha
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What happen in that room?
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smaller images of the gods and goddesses are taken at night
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As part of the preperation for a day's worship, the priest lay offerings of what?
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fruit, flowers and incense in front of the statues
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On special festival days statues are dressed in what?
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fine clothes and have a golden crown placed on thier heads
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True or False. The Mosques have no seats.
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True, the men, women and children sit together
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What is an avatar?
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the special apearance of a god on earth is called an avatar.
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Who was a well known avatar?
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Krishna
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Who is Brahman?
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the Supreme Spirit in Hinduism and Vishnu is one of the forms in which Brahman makes himself known
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What makes a visit to a mandir inportant?
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the attitude of the worshippers as they come to present their offerings to the murtis
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When a god descends to earth in the form of a human being or an animal.
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avatar
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One of the most popular Hindu gods; an avatar of Vishnu.
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Krishna
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One of the most popular Hindu gods.
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Vishnu
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What are holy books or scriptures?
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these are writings that are believed to carry God's message and it is this that gives them their special authority
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Because of the importance believers do what?
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they treat their holy books with greatest respect and they play a central part in nearly all acts of worship
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The Bible took how many years to put in its final form?
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1500
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It had over how many different authors?
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60
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What do Muslims believe about the Qur'an?
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that it is the word of God and so it cannot be replaced as the authority for everything that a Muslim believes and does.It is a perfect record of the revalations given by Allah to the Prophet Muhammad
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What happens to a scroll when it reaches the end of its useful life?
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it is buried just as a human being is-it is never destroyed
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What is the most important part of the scriptures?
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the teachings they contain
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Jews divide their scriptures into 3 parts what are they?
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the Torah; the Nevi'im(the Books of the Prophet) and the Ketuvim(the Writngs)
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What are the most important books of the New Testament?
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the four Gospels;Mathew, Mark, Luke and John
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The first 3 gospels hav a similar approach to telling this storyand they are called what?
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Synoptic Gospels
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Luke wrote which other book in the New Testament?
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the Acts of the Apostle
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How many letters are in the New Testament?
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21
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The main letter writer was who?
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Paul
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One of Jesus's disciples; a missionary and writer of many books in the New Testament
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Paul
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The name given to the first five books of the Jewish scriptures:Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deutoronomy and Numbers
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teknah
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Three of the four Gospels-Mathew, Mark and Luke-in the New Testament in the Bible, which are similar to each other
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Synoptic Gospels
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