Islam Quiz

Who did Shias/Shiites think should succeed Muhammad?

• a relative of Muhammad

• one of the rightly guided caliphs

• a member of the Umayyad dynasty

• a member of the Abbasid dynasty

Which sect of Islam is the larger one?

• Sunni

• Shiite

What was Muhammad's teaching with respect to the revelations of other monotheistic religions?

• Muhammad accepted the earlier Christian revelations, but rejected completely any influence form Judaism.
• Muhammad accepted the earlier Judaic revelations, but rejected completely and influence from Christianity.
• Muhammad accepted the validity of earlier Christian and Judaic revelations and taught that his revelations were a final refinement of earlier ones.
• Muhammad stressed that only his own revelations had merit and that others were works of the devil.

What holy city are Muslism expected to make a pilgrimage to in their lifetime?

• Medina

• Mecca

• Jerusalem

• Damsacus

What are the basic tenants of the Islamic faith called?

• Four Noble Truths

• Five Pillars

• Eightfold path

• Three Wise Sayings

What are the three sacred texts in Judaism, Islam, & Christianity

• Torah, Book of Mormon, Bible

• Torah, tablets of faith, bible

• Torah, Qu'ran, Bible

• Torah, Qu'ran, Canon Law

Where did Islam originate?

• Abrabian peninsula
• China
• North Africa
• India

What is the Arabic word for God?

• Yahweh

• Allah

• Jesus

• Quran

Islam means--

• Submission to the will of Allah

• Muhammad is the messenger of God

• There is no god but Allah

• One who has submitted

The Quran is--

• the prophet of Islam

• the Muslim house of worship

• the Islamic holy text

• a sacred holy site