ISLAM

TOPICS

   1. Religion in Arabia before Islam
   2. Life of Muhammad
   3. Development in Islam

 

VOCABULARY and IDEAS

Muslim

Allah

Kaaba (Ka'ba, Ka'bah)

Mecca

Muhammad

Gabriel

Qur'an (Koran)

surah

Hadith

Jinn

The Hijrah

Mosque

Imam

 

 

The Five Pillars

   Testifying allegiance to God (Shahadah)

   Daily Prayer

   Giving of Alms

   Month-long Fast

   The Hajj

Ramadan

Jihad

Caliphate / Caliphs

Sunni

Shi'ite

Sufi

Dervish

Wahhabi