Chapter 5 Self Quiz - Fill ins

. Muslims pray and recite the Quran in the _______ language.

. _______ refers to Islamic law as found in the Quran and also means the "right" or "straight" path.

. In Shiah Islam, the _______ serves as both religious and political leader of the community.

. _______ is seen as the prophet who brought the final and complete revelation of God.

. Muhammad is thought to have ascended to heaven into the presence of God from a site in _______.

. The _______ branch of Islam believes that the caliph must be a direct descendent of the Prophet and serve as both religious and political leader of the community.

. Extreme fear and resulting discrimination against Islam and Muslims is called _______.

. The first four successors to Muhammad in Sunni Islam are called _______.

. The _______ branch of Islam believes that the caliph must be a direct descendent of the Prophet and serve as both religious and political leader of the community.

. The Islamic modernist _______ failed to produce a systematic reinterpretation of Islam, creating space for activist organizations to emerge.

. The Quran affirms the _______ birth of Jesus.

. The four official sources of Islamic _______ are the Quran, the Sunnah, qiyas, and ijma.

. Noon prayer is a traditional congregational prayer which takes place in a _______ on Fridays.

. Five times a day in many cities around the world, the muezzin calls Muslims to _______.

. The _______ consists of hundreds of thousands of stories, or hadith, about Muhammad.

. Islamic mysticism began as a _______ movement.

. Muhammad is said to have received the first revelation on a private street in _______.

. _______ became the most prominent and popular Muslim public figure in America and globally in the twentieth century.

. Muslims believe that the Quran is the _______ of the earlier revelations given to Moses and Jesus.

. A Word Between Us and You was a(n) _______ to Christians leaders from 138 of the world's Muslim leaders.

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