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Spencer's Islam

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The God of Islam Allah
The book of Islam the Qur'an
The founder of Islam Muhammad
When, approximately, was Islam established early 600's CE
The five pillars of Islam Testimony: acknowledge Allah as only God and Muhammad as his prophet Prayer: prayer five times a day facing mecca Fasting: fasting during month of ramadan Alms-giving: charity Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
Three sects of Islam Sunni, Shia, Sufi
First political leader after Muhammad Abu Bakr
Sharia is Islamic holy law
The first Muslim empire ruled by Muslim Arabs Umayyad
Who overthrow the Umayyad Empire and began the Abbasid Empire Abu al-Abbas
"people with religious knowledge" ulama
"judges" qadis
Islam was spread with trade and conquest
As Muslims expanded into the Byzantine and Sasanid Empire this practice for women spread to other Islamic lands the veiling of women
Institutions of higher education Madrasas
Al-Ghazali and Ibn Rushd both were what and were influential because They were philosophers who helped shape Islamic philosophy
Which Mongol ruler's public conversion to Islam caused the absorption of the Mongols into Muslim Persian Society Ilkhan Ghazan in 1295
The Turkish Muslims who conquered Constantinople in 1453 The Ottomans
Mansa Musa, the ruler of the Mali Empire did what between 1324-1325 A pilgrimage to Mecca
Ibn Battuta visited which empire and was upset with the lack of observation to Islamic law Battuta visited Mali
Holy wars against the Muslims by the Roman Catholics were called the crusades
In the Islamic Ottoman Empire ghazi were Muslim religious warriors
The ruler Ismail claimed he was the twelfth or "hidden" imam (religious leader) and created this sect of islam Twelver Shiism
This famous Byzantine Church was converted into the mosque of Aya Sofya Hagia Sofia
In 1906 this organization was created to advance the political and social interests of Muslims The All-India Muslim League
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