Islam review quiz

When is the start of the Islamic empire?

• 632 AD

• 622AD

• 545 AD

• 400 AD

Who believed that the successor of Muhammad should be in his bloodline?

• Sunni

• Shia

• Abu Bakr

• Ali

Which one of the following answers is NOT one of the five pillars?

• Profession of Faith (shahada)

• Pilgrimage (hajj)

• Jizya Tax

• Fasting (sawm)

What was a "head tax" or "poll tax" placed on non Muslims?

• Sharia

• Jizya

• Hijra

• Jihad

Why did the Sunni and Shia split?

• difference in who they believed should be the successor of Muhammad

• questions over the five pillars

• fight over land

• difference in who should be God

Who is NOT one of the first four rightly guided caliphs?

• Ali

• Uthman

• Gabriel

• Umar

What is Sufism?

• belief in only the five pillars

• Islamic mysticism or asceticism, which through belief and practice helps Muslims attain nearness to Allah by way of direct personal experience of God.

• a belief system in Africa, that has more then one God

• a belief system in objects and animals

(a)   shrine located near the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and considered by Muslims everywhere to be the most sacred spot on Earth.

Match the following

• Umayyad

• whole community of Muslims bound together by ties of religion.

• Umma

• dynasty that ruled from 750 to 1258 that promoted knowledge

• Abbasid

• collection traditions of the Prophet Muhammad, based on his sayings and actions.

• Ulama

• a body of Muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology.

• Hadiths

• first great Muslim dynasty to rule the empire of the caliphate after the first four rightly guided caliphs (661–750 CE)

Which of the following was a tribe controlled Mecca, where it was the custodian of the Kaaba, the sacred Pagan shrine and destination for pilgrims that became Islam's most sacred shrine and Muhammad was born into?

• Islam

• Quryash

• Sunni

• Caliphate