MENA

belief in the right of a nation to be an independent state

• nationalism
• stateless nation
• hajj
• natural boundary

belief in one God

• shari'ah
• monotheism
• desertification
• mosque

person believed to be a messenger from God

• wadi
• arid
• prophet
• monotheism

in Islam, a house of worship

• shia
• embargo
• nationalims
• mosque

an ethnic group without a formal country

• stateless nation
• hajj
• natural boundary
• sunni

boundary created by a physical feature, such as a mountain, river, or strait

• sunni
• natural boundary
• migrant worker
• prophet

regards the first four successors of Muhammad as his rightful successors

• migrant workers
• prophet
• sunni
• wadi

regards Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali and the imams as his rightful successors

• embargo
• nationalism
• stateless nation
• shia

Islamic law derived from the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad

• shari’ah
• desertification
• mosque
• shia

yearly pilgrimage to Makkah that Muslims must make at least once in a lifetime

• natural boundary
• hajj
• sunni
• migrant workers