Checking for Understanding Match each term with its description.
Mecca
set of beliefs governing the practice
of Islam
Arabic
giving to the poor or those
in need
alms
the holy city of Islam that Muslims
must face while in prayer
Qur'an
the language of Islam
Five Pillars
the holy book of Islam

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Mecca is the holiest city of Islam that Muslims must face

set of beliefs governing the practice is five pillars

the language of Islam is Arabic

alms is giving to the poor

Quran is the holy book

that’s true, tatiana prouskouriakoff established that the inscriptions were primarily historical.   they recorded events in the lives of mayan rulers and their families.

so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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