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Questions & Verified Correct Answers
Caliph - Answer--successor to the prophet
Caliphate - Answer--area that contains a caliph
Jihad - Answer--a holy struggle
Fitnah - Answer--civil war between uthman followers and ali followers
Battle of Karbala - Answer--Hussein defeated and beheaded
Sunni and Shia - Answer--split between slams
Shia - Answer--believe that the caliph should be a direct descendent of the prophet; the
minority
Sunni - Answer--believe that the caliph should be the best and most qualified person.
the majority
Ashura - Answer--event that commensurates the death of Hussein
Battle of Tours - Answer--if the Islamic Army would have won we would Islamic today
, vizier - Answer--politcal adviser
Sultan - Answer--holder of power
Battle of Manzikert - Answer--takes Anatolia
Alexius 1 - Answer--known for fight against the turks
First Crusade - Answer--Christians take Jerusalem
Saladin - Answer--recaptures Jerusalem
Mosque - Answer--house of worship
Dome of the Rock - Answer--mosque in Jerusalem
Ulama - Answer--Muslim scholars
Polygamy - Answer--multiple wives
infanticide - Answer--killing babies; prohibited in islamic society
Ibh Sina - Answer--Canon of Medicine; first medical encyclopedia
Omar Khayyam - Answer--great Islamic poet
1001 Arabian Nights - Answer--famous Islamic book; Aladdin is based off of this
Al Mus'udi - Answer--famous Islam historian; Atlas of the world
Alhambra - Answer--mosque and palace in Spain
Samarra - Answer--shia mosque
Aztlán - Answer--legendary ancestral home of the Aztec people
Huitzilopochti - Answer--protector God