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15 Cards in this Set
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The Holy book of Islam, the Word of God, is called after the Arabic word meaning "word"
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Quaran
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The Word of God was revealed by the angel Gabriel to the prophet
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Muhammad
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The biblical event named Abraham is the Arabic name Ibrahim, the biblical name Isaac is
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Ishmael
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This even including Ibrahim or Abraham is represented in the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus and commemorated in the Dome of the Rock:
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Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac
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The Arabic word for God:
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Allah
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Worship of Islam didnt require a basilica-type structure because the practice of warship was different: what are the requirements for a mosque
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Space for the individual to pray
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The Five Pillars
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1. belief in God
2. pilgrimage 3. Prayer 4. Fasting during Romadon 5. Alms |
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According to Muhammad ibn Mahmud, writing is important because
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writing the word of God is a form of worship
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Scripts is an important element in the decoration of religious structures; the Dome of the Rock includes frieze with texts from the book of
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Quran
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The function of the minaret
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a tower where people announce when it is time to pray
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a niche in the wall of a mosque which marks the direction of Mecca is called
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Mihrab
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in a Delawarean mosque, this niche would be on the ______ side of the building
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east
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A type of decoration with intertwined strap-like lines may be flowing swirls or geometric shapes; the pattern is called
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arabesque
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The art is so beautifully that the letters themselves are decorative
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Calligraphy
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The decoration of Islamic religious texts and buildings and objects are always aniconic, in what context do Islamic artists use figural images?
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in non religious works
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