Islam

Question 1

How is Islam similar to Buddhism

Answer 1

Both religions are based on what they seek to achieve

Question 2

Why is it not called muhammadism

Answer 2

It is not called muhammadism because the religion was not created by Muhammed, it was created by God

Question 3

Abraham

Answer 3

Descendent of Noah

Question 4

Sarah

Answer 4

Abraham’s wife, mother of Issac

Question 5

Hagar

Answer 5

Abraham’s “second wife” mother of Ishmael

Question 6

Isaac

Answer 6

Abraham and Sarah’s son

Question 7

Ishmael

Answer 7

Abraham and hagar’s son

Question 8

Where was Muhammed born

Answer 8

Mecca

Question 9

When was Muhammed born

Answer 9

570 AD

Question 10

How did Muhammed compare to other prophets

Answer 10

He was “the seal of the prophets”

Question 11

Did he create a new religion

Answer 11

No, Christianity and Judaism came first

Question 12

How were Muhammed and his followers treated by Meccan leaders

Answer 12

People were Violently hostile

Question 13

What is the Hijra

Answer 13

The migration to yathrib

Question 14

When did the Hijra occur

Answer 14

622

Question 15

Where is yathrib

Answer 15

280 miles north of Mecca

Question 16

What was the city now named

Answer 16

Medinat al-nabi

Medina

Question 17

What is the Quran

Answer 17

The bible of Islam

Question 18

What does Quran mean

Answer 18

Recitation

Question 19

What is the comparison between the Quran and Jesus

Answer 19

If Christ is God incarnate, the Quran is God inliberate

Question 20

How long is the Quran

Answer 20

Four-fifths the length of the New Testament

Question 21

How does the Muslim view of Jesus differ from the Christian view

Answer 21

Muslims see Christians as defying their monotheism by making Jesus into a God.
They do believe he was a prophet and in the virgin birth

Question 22

Does the Quran believe in the incarnation and the Trinity?

Answer 22

No, then Quran sees the trinity as blurring the divine/human distinction. Shirk is the sin of practicing idolatry or polytheism

Question 23

How similar are the Muslim and Christian God?

Answer 23

They are the same.

Question 24

Ghaflah

Answer 24

Forgetting
People forget their divine origin

Closest thing to original sin

Question 25

Two human obligations

Answer 25

Gratitude for life

Sacrifice. The story of Abraham sacrificing his son

Question 26

What happens when one dies?

Answer 26

Judgement day.

Heaven or hell

Question 27

First pillar of Islam

Answer 27

Shahadah

Question 28

Shahadah

Answer 28

“There is no God but God, and Muhammed his prophet

Question 29

Second pillar of Islam

Answer 29

Canonical prayer

Pray 5 times per day

Question 30

Third pillar of Islam

Answer 30

Charity.

2.4% tax

Question 31

Fourth pillar of Islam

Answer 31

Observance of Ramadan

Question 32

Ramadan

Answer 32

The month Muhammad made his hijrah

Question 33

Fifth pillar of Islam

Answer 33

Pilgrimage.

Everyone should go to Mecca

Question 34

Before Muhammad lived, how were women treated

Answer 34

As less than possessions

Question 35

How did Islam improve the lives of women

Answer 35

Infanticide was forbidden

Women were required to be included in an inheritance

Question 36

Jihad

Answer 36

Exertion

Question 37

What is the difference between lesser jihad and greater jihad

Answer 37

Lesser is outer war, greater is battle within ourselves

Question 38

How must the Muslim enemy be treated?

Answer 38

With respect. Women, children, and the elderly shall not be harmed

Question 39

Does Islam promote violence

Answer 39

Not unless it is in self-defense

Question 40

What does the word Islam mean

Answer 40

Peace that comes when one’s life is surrendered to God