Islam

Question 1

Motherhouse

Answer 1

Home base for a religious community

Question 2

Laity

Answer 2

Unmarried/married persons who are a part of the church

Question 3

Secular clergy

Answer 3

People of the church who don’t take vows

Question 4

Consecrated persons

Answer 4

People of the church who take vows, part of a religious order

Question 5

Monastic

Answer 5

A type of religious order that retreats from the world

Question 6

Mendicant

Answer 6

Type of religious order that doesn’t retreat from the world

“Beggars”

Question 7

Cloister

Answer 7

Part of the convent where the laity doesn’t enter.

Question 8

Nun

Answer 8

A cloistered religious woman

Question 9

Sister

Answer 9

A religious woman who is not cloistered

Question 10

Brother

Answer 10

A religious man that isn’t cloistered

Question 11

Habit

Answer 11

The clothing of a consecrated person

Question 12

Refectory

Answer 12

Monastic word for dining room

Question 13

Islam

Answer 13

“Submission”

Question 14

Cell

Answer 14

Monastic word for room

Question 15

Qu’ran

Answer 15

The holy text of Islam

Question 16

Sunna

Answer 16

Quran + hadith

Question 17

Salat

Answer 17

The 2nd pillar of Islam: prayer

Question 18

Ramadan

Answer 18

Islamic celebration involving fasting

Question 19

Ka’ba

Answer 19

Building in Islam’s most sacred sacred mosque

Question 20

Hijra

Answer 20

The migration to Yathrib

Question 21

Khadija

Answer 21

Muhammad’s wife

Question 22

Allah

Answer 22

Islam’s God

Question 23

Mecca

Answer 23

The holy Islamic city

Question 24

Quibla

Answer 24

The direction of mecca

Question 25

Caliphate

Answer 25

The territory ruled by a caliph

Question 26

Caliph

Answer 26

Political leaders in islamic land

Question 27

Vow

Answer 27

Promise made to god

Question 28

Sunnis

Answer 28

People who follow the sunna

Question 29

Imam

Answer 29

A leader in Shi’ite Islam

Question 30

Muslim

Answer 30

An adherent to Islam

Question 31

Vocation

Answer 31

A call from God

Question 32

Monk

Answer 32

A cloistered religious man

Question 33

Hadith

Answer 33

The life and teachings of muhammad

Question 34

Shahada

Answer 34

1st pillar of Islam: profession of faith

Question 35

Zakat

Answer 35

3rd pillar of Islam: alms giving

Question 36

Hajj

Answer 36

5th pillar of Islam: pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 37

Umma

Answer 37

The muslim community

Question 38

List the 5 pillars of Islam

Answer 38

1. Shahada: profession of faith
2. Salat: prayer (5 times per day)
3. Zakat: almsgiving (2.5% of income is donated)
4. Sawm: fasting
5. Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 39

List the 3 parts of the church

Answer 39

• laity
• secular/diocesan clergy
• consecrated persons

Question 40

List the 3 kinds of religious orders and give examples of each

Answer 40

Monastic E: Benedictans
Mendicant: dominican
Reformation/ post-reformation: jesuits

Question 41

What did your trip to the Downtown Islamic center teach you about Islam that you did not know before or fully realize?

Answer 41

From my visit I learned that Muslims and Christians worship the same god, Muslims just call it Allah. If I went to a Muslim country I would say, “I worship Allah” according to the presenter.

Question 42

Describe one religious order that you “met” this November. What did you learn about them?

Answer 42

This November, we “met” a group of Franciscan brothers. They are a mendicant order, so they don’t stay in their convent. I learned that it is a Franciscan tradition to have a beard.

Question 43

What did you learn from Fr. Laniauskas’s visit about his story and about priesthood in general?

Answer 43

From Fr. Laniauskas’s visit, I learned that he wanted to be a priest since he was 4. He also helped me learned what a vocation is and how we generally ignore them when we are younger. I also learned that he was going to marry someone, but decided not to to become a priest.

Question 44

How did the Qu’ran come about?

Answer 44

The angel Gabriel gave Muhammad segments of the revelation of the Qu’ran. Muhammad received revelations his whole life. He stopped receiving them before he died.

Question 45

If you had to pick one of the 5 pillars of Islam as most important, which one would you pick and why?

Answer 45

I would pick Shahada as the most important pillar of Islam. You can not be a Muslim without professing your faith, therefore Shahada is important. This is the equivalent to baptism.

Question 46

What does in Islam believe about the human person?

Answer 46

Muslims believe in life after death, except not quite the way Hindus or Buddhists do. Muslims believe that they will stay in their grave after they die (body & soul) and that they will stay there until the day of judgement. If they have been good during their life, they will get a little taste of heaven before actually going to heaven on judgement day. If they have been bad, they will suffer before going to Hell on judgement day.

Question 47

How do Islam’s beliefs about the human person compare to those of Hinduism and Buddhism?

Answer 47

Buddhists believe in life after death in the form of samsara, the wheel of rebirth. They will be reincarnated into some form of life based on their actions in their past life. Their ultimate goal is to escape this cycle and reach Nirvana, an end to suffering.
Hindus, similar to Buddhists, also believe in life after death in the form of samsara. They will be reincarnated into some life form based on their karma, the moral law of cause and effect. Their ultimate goal is also to escape the cycle and to be swallowed up by brahman.