Chapter 4 Matching Exercise

(Arabic: Noble Sanctuary): Muslim reference to what Jews call the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. The platform consists of the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, which is the primary reason most Muslims consider Jerusalem to be the third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina.

Those who were followers of Ali ibn Abu Talib, something of a precursor to Shiite Muslims.

Credibility

Divinely guided messiah or savior who, according to Islamic belief, will appear at the end of times to rid the world of injustice.

singular mawla: Non-Arab converts to Islam.