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

___ 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

• dynasty that ruled from 750 to 1258 that promoted knowledge

• Abbasid

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

• Ulama

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

• Umma

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

• Hadiths

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

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