Islam

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah (5)
  2. 4. A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal (5)
  3. 5. The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca (5)
  4. 7. The man who leads prayers in a mosque (4)
  5. 9. A Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret (6)
  6. 10. The second pillar of Islam is prayer (5)
  7. 11. Beautiful handwriting (11)
  8. 12. Slender tower with balconies (7)
  9. 13. The fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship (5)
  10. 14. A design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug (6)

Down

  1. 1. The fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja (4)
  2. 3. The third pillar of Islam is fasting (4)
  3. 6. The ninth month of the Islamic calendar (7)
  4. 8. Muslim name for the one and only God (5)
  5. 10. The first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith (8)
  6. 12. The Muslim official of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayer from a minaret five times a day (7)