True or False


1	"Mosque" means 'path'; the whole body of Islamic law, which guides a Muslim's life.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	"Sharia" is a festival at the end of the month of Ramadan, during which people feast and visit friends and often visit graves of ancestors.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	"Hadith" refers to a 'recollection' of an act or saying of Muhammad.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	"Hijra" means 'Flight'; Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Yathrib.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	"Hadith" is the month of fasting; the ninth month of the Muslim calendar.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	"Hajj" refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	A "minaret" is a tower from which a chanter calls people to prayer.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	"Muezzin" refers to the majority branch of Islam, which holds that the genuine succession from Muhammad did not depend on hereditary descent from his son-in-law Ali.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	"Id al-Adha" is the Day of Sacrifice during the month of the Hajj, when an animal is sacrificed to recall the submission of Abraham.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	"Qiblah" refers to the direction toward Mecca; the direction toward which Muslims pray.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	A "mosque" is a Muslim place of worship.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	"Shiite" refers to a minority branch of Islam that holds Muhammad's genuine successors descended from his son-in-law Ali.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	"Imam" means 'cube'; the square shrine at the center of the great mosque of Mecca.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	"Kabah" is a devotional remembrance of Allah through the recitation of his ninety-nine names and other devotional practices.
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	"Hirja" means 'submission'; the Muslim religion and the community of believers who have submitted themselves to Allah.
		A)	True
		B)	False


16	"Jihad" means 'struggle'; the ideal of spreading Islamic belief and practice.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	"Sura" means 'successor'; a religious and political leader.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	"Sufism" refers to a group of devotional movements in Islam.
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	"Qur'an" means 'recitation'; God's words as revealed to and recited by Muhammad; an authorized edition of written words that appeared after Muhammad's death.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	"Sura" is a chapter of the Qur'an.
		A)	True
		B)	False


21	"Dhikr" refers to the decorated niche inside a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca.
		A)	True
		B)	False


22	A "mihrab" is a chanter who calls people to prayer.
		A)	True
		B)	False


23	"Fana" is a religious leader; specifically, one of the hereditary successors of Muhammad, venerated in Shiite Islam.
		A)	True
		B)	False


24	"Fana" means 'extinction'; the sense of loss of self in mystical experience.
		A)	True
		B)	False


25	A "qiblah" is a person who submits to Allah.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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