Deck 12: Islam

Question 1

Muhammad had only one son who survived him.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The main mosque in Mecca is sometimes called the "Sacred Temple."

Answer 2

True

Question 3

"Masjid" means "mosque."

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Muslims believe that the angel Gabriel took Muhammad to Jerusalem.

Question 5

What school has had a controversy over women-only gym hours for Muslim women?

A) The University of Saudi Arabia
B) Oxford University
C) Harvard College
D) Dearborn College

Question 6

Muhammad hid by himself in a cave for five days.

Question 7

According to Muslims,the author of the Qur'an is

A) God
B) The Angel Gabriel
C) Muhammad
D) Jesus

Question 8

Islam teaches there is no God

A) at all
B) but God
C) but Jesus
D) In the hearts of men

Question 9

Although Muhammad had many wives,he had only one wife at a time.

Question 10

Many Muslims believe that Muhammad visited heaven during his lifetime.

Question 11

Muhammad was driven out of Mecca by his opponents.

Question 12

The Qur'an does not narrate the death of Muhammad.

Question 13

Fatihah is

A) a Prophet
B) a priest
C) a ritual for pious Muslims
D) a chapter in the Qur'an

Question 14

What is a surah?

A) a chapter
B) a priest
C) a prophet
D) a religious book

Question 15

The Sunni-Shi'a struggle began while Muhammad was still alive.

Question 16

Muhammad was married to Kadijah.

Question 17

Even the very poor are required to give a very small amount of monetary alms.

Question 18

Muslims originally faced Medina during prayer.

Question 19

One of the many names of God is "merciful."

Question 20

The hadith are chapters added to the Qur'an by some Muslims.

Question 21

Most legal material in the Qur'an comes from the later,______ phase of Muhammad's career.

Question 22

Muhammad's response to his opponents to produce anything like his revelations is called the

A) Request verses
B) Challenge verses
C) Triumph verses
D) Submission verses

Question 23

Tafsir is

A) commentary
B) ritual
C) the Islamic priesthood
D) a form of jihad

Question 24

Those who are given the book of their deeds in their right hand are _______.

Question 25

The Qur'an commands Muslims not to kill their children for fear of ______.

Question 26

Paradise is the ideal Garden of ______.

Question 27

Hadith are

A) traditions about Muhammad
B) traditions about the first generations of Muslims
C) both a and b
D) neither a or b

Question 28

The modern movement to let the original meaning of the Qur'an be understood has in recent times:

A) fared well
B) fared poorly
C) fared very well.
D) been taken up by most mosque leaders

Question 29

Some complained that Muhammad,unlike other prophets before him,did not perform _______ to authenticate himself.

Question 30

Most Muslims believe that ______ did not die on the cross.

Question 31

God's eternal choice of his own people is called:

A) Calling
B) Predestination
C) summoning
D) fate

Question 32

"Islam" means

A) Submission
B) peace
C) Rebirth
D) Devotion

Question 33

The "farther Temple" (mosque)is in

A) Mecca
B) Jerusalem
C) Indonesia
D) Istanbul

Question 34

Covers of mass-produced Qur'ans are often:

A) simple
B) elaborate
C) unartistic
D) done in only green color

Question 35

The Garden of Repose is in

A) Heaven
B) Indonesia
C) Iran
D) Hell

Question 36

"I divorce you" pronounced by the husband on three occasions leads to a/an ______ divorce.

Question 37

The ultimate authority in Islam is

A) revelation
B) priests
C) inspiration
D) Qur'an

Question 38

The purpose of passages in the Qur'an about hell are designed to ________ against godlessness.

Question 39

In pre-Islamic times,unwanted children were ______ alive.

Question 40

Satan is an evil ______.

Question 41

What is the role of fasting within Islamic life?

Question 42

What is the status of women in Islam? How does this differ from their status within Judaism?

Question 43

What is the status of Jesus in Islamic thought? How does this differ from that of Christianity?

Question 44

The claim that Muhammad is God's prophet is part of the first ______ of Islam.

Question 45

In what ways could Islam be considered an expansionist religion,and in what ways not?

Question 46

Qiblah is the direction of ______,toward Mecca.

Question 47

Striving for the faith is,in Arabic,______.

Question 48

Pilgrimage can take place in many cities,but only pilgrimage to _____ fulfills the obligation of pilgrimage for Muslims.

Question 49

Alms in officially Islamic countries are more of a ______ than an offering.

Question 50

What is the role of pilgrimage within Islamic life? How does this compare to the Christian use of pilgrimage?

Question 51

What is the Islamic understanding of jihad? How might it differ from non-Muslim understandings?