Islamic Word Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim (5)
  2. 5. The fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship (5)
  3. 7. Leader of Black Muslims who campaigned for independence for Black Americans (8)
  4. 9. Capital and largest city of Iraq (7)
  5. 11. The way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices (6)
  6. 14. A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal (5)

Down

  1. 1. The way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices (5)
  2. 3. A sale of miscellany (6)
  3. 4. The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed (7)
  4. 6. Muslim name for the one and only God (5)
  5. 7. A Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret (6)
  6. 8. The second pillar of Islam is prayer (5)
  7. 10. The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era (6)
  8. 12. A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons (5)
  9. 13. The fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja (4)
  10. 15. A material effigy that is worshipped (4)