Exam 13: Islam

After 630, Muslims took ________, and Islam quickly became the dominant political and religious power throughout most of Arabia.

Muhammad and the Muslims moved north to Yathrib in a famous migration referred to as the ________.

According to tradition, Muhammad was born in 570 CE into the Arab tribe of the Islam.

The hadith is considered by Muslims to be

Within the framework of the ________ message of Islam, classical Muslim scholars tried to protect women from undue violence from men.

Muhammad is not thought to have started a new religion but to have preached the old monotheistic faith of Abraham and the other biblical prophets.

Ali was

During "the Night Journey" an angel transported Muhammad to the temple in ________ and then into heaven.

The country with the largest Muslim population is Iran.

What does the following Key Term mean: -hajj

________ heard passages of the Quran from the Prophet himself, ordered a full written copy to be prepared, and corrected the scribe.

Provide the key events of the Night Journey.

While teaching Islamic law, Al-Ghazali experienced a spiritual crisis that eventually led him into _________ studies.

The prayers called ________ include recitation of verses of the Quran accompanied by specific movements and postures.

________ strive for a "vision of union and oneness" with God, a mystical revelation informed by the Quran and Muslim tradition.

Traditionalists argue that Muhammad greatly improved the status of Arabian women in his day.

What does the following Key Term mean: -Quran

Which of these best describes the Five Pillars of Islam?

During the month of Ramadan, Muslims are required to fasrom dawn to dusk, which means they

Ibn Sina developed a sophisticated cosmological argumenor the existence of God, one that ________ would use two hundred years later.