Islam

Question 1

Ka’ba

Answer 1

temporary shrine for God (portable arks), brought trade routes with poly merchants

Question 2

Mecca

Answer 2

market town along major trade route where people pray to Ka’ba

Question 3

Islam =

Answer 3

“submit” to will of Alah (God)

Question 4

Muhammed lives…

Answer 4

Mecca, Arabian Peninsula

Question 5

Rasula

Answer 5

prophet

Question 6

Muhammed Timeline 1

Answer 6

family stewards of Ka’ba

Question 7

MT 2

Answer 7

caravan leader (25)

Question 8

MT 3

Answer 8

married Kadijya

Question 9

MT 4

Answer 9

retreat to Mt. Hira (age 40), receives revelation from Angel Jabril (Gabriel) on Night of Power

Question 10

MT 5

Answer 10

Quran, sura (chapter) 96

Question 11

MT 6 (start of Islam)

Answer 11

Migration to Medina (hijrah) from Mecca where he establishes first ummah (muslim community) = start of Islam

Question 12

MT 7

Answer 12

Pragmatic relations (practical, societal rules enforced)

Question 13

MT 8

Answer 13

battles of Mecca - Medinan conflicts, always win

Question 14

MT 9

Answer 14

Muhammed returns to Mecca to rid the Ka’ba of Poly idols and rededicates to Allah

Question 15

MT 10 (632 CE)

Answer 15

death of Muhammed

Question 16

Ali

Answer 16

cousin and son-in-law

Question 17

Abu Bakr

Answer 17

closest companion

Question 18

Battle of Karbala

Answer 18

prophet’s 2 grandsons are killed

Question 19

Shi’a percent

Answer 19

25%

Question 20

Sunni percent

Answer 20

75% (cause of British colonization)

Question 21

Shi’a worship…

Answer 21

12 imams instead of caliphs

Question 22

Sunna

Answer 22

model/example of prophet in the Hadith

Question 23

Ala

Answer 23

verse

Question 24

Islam spread to France in 732

Answer 24

Mughal Empire in India

Question 25

5 pillars of Islam

Answer 25

sunni codification of Islam

Question 26

Shahada (1)

Answer 26

testimony and declaration of faith, “no god but god”

Question 27

Salah (2)

Answer 27

pray 5 times a day facing Mecca (mystical night journey - M. bargains with Allah)

Question 28

Zakat (3)

Answer 28

2.5% of income donated to poor

Question 29

Saum (4)

Answer 29

fasting during Ramadan

Question 30

Hajj (5)

Answer 30

pilgrimage to Mecca at least once (if able)

Question 31

Jihad

Answer 31

inner (struggle it takes to submit to prayers/will of Allah) vs. outer “struggle” or “striving”

Question 32

Jihad contemporary semantic shift

Answer 32

used to describe violence/terrorism

Question 33

Qur’an only condones war in…

Answer 33

cases of extremity, to defend religion