Exam 9: The Expansive Realm of Islam

The Hadith are _______.

The __________ was a kind of Arab Pantheon.

Shari'a law is based on _______

Islam became the majority religion of the empire _______

The 'People of the Book' are _______.

The practice of veiling women in public _______.

Religious judges were called

Arabic is an Indo-European language.

The obligation for Muslims to make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lifetimes is called _______.

Before the 6th century the peoples of Arabia lived by _______.

The core message of the Qur'an is that prayer alone brings salvation.

The Qur'an gives women the right to give testimony in legal cases.

The Abbasids made their capital at _______________.

Muhammad died in

Shi'a Muslims believed that _________ was the first true caliph.

The House of Wisdom at Baghdad was _______.

Muslim writers excelled at producing _______.

The purpose of Kalam was to _______.

The Muslim legal doctrine of the dhimmi covered _______.

Historians know much more about the life of Muhammad than about the lives of Moses or Jesus.