True or False.

1. Raiding one’s enemies was known in the Quran as the “struggle in the way of
God” or jihad.

2.The courage of the Arab soldiers was enhanced by the fact that they had superior
weapons to most of their enemies.

3. Mu’awiyah moved the capital of the Arab Empire from Madinah to Damascus,
Syria.

4. Arab expansion in Europe came to a halt because of geographical barriers that stood in the way of advancing Arab armies.

5. The Shiite Muslims accept only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam, while the Sunni Muslims claim the descendants of the Umayyads were the true caliphs.

6. In 1187, Saladin’s army invaded the kingdom of Jerusalem and destroyed the
Christian forces there.

7. As a result of the Mongol destruction of Baghdad, the center of Islamic civilization became Cairo, in Egypt.

1. True
2. True
3. True

4. False; Arab expansion in Europe came to a halt because of military reasons that stood in the way of advancing Arab armies.

5. False; The Shia Muslims accept only the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam, while the Sunni Muslims claim the descendants of the Umayyads were the true caliphs.

6. True
7. True

2 answers

5. Aren't the Shia and Shiite Muslims the same?

I agree with your other answers.
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