Marriage and the Family - KEY WORDS

Question 1

Living together without being married

Answer 1

Cohabitation

Question 2

Nikah

Answer 2

Marriage contract

Question 3

Sex where one or both of those involved are already married to someone else

Answer 3

Adultery

Question 4

Sexual relations between two people of the same sex

Answer 4

Homosexuality

Question 5

Premarital Sex

Answer 5

A sexual relationship before marriage occurs

Question 6

Blended family

Answer 6

Two families uniting together when parents meet new partners

Question 7

Nuclear family

Answer 7

Mother, father and children living together as one unit

Question 8

When a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth for a couple who are unable to have children

Answer 8

Surrogacy

Question 9

Community of muslims in the world

Answer 9

Ummah

Question 10

Adhan

Answer 10

Call to prayer

Question 11

Aqiqah

Answer 11

A ceremony marking the birth of a new born

Question 12

Khitan

Answer 12

Male circumcision

Question 13

Shari’ah

Answer 13

Islamic legal system based on Muslim scholars’ understanding of the Qur’an, Sunnah and the Hadith

Question 14

Coitus Interruptus

Answer 14

When the penis is removed from the vagina before ejaculation

Question 15

The deliberate prevention of pregnancy

Answer 15

Contraception

Question 16

Family Planning

Answer 16

When a couple considers whether or not to have a child

Question 17

Situation Ethics

Answer 17

The idea that people should base moral decisions on what is the most loving thing to do

Question 18

When it is declared that marriage was never valid

Answer 18

Annulment

Question 19

Legally ending a marriage

Answer 19

Divorce

Question 20

Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

Answer 20

Remarriage

Question 21

Gender Prejudice

Answer 21

Believing that one gender is superior or inferior to the other

Question 22

Gender Discrimination

Answer 22

Actively treating people more or less favourably because of their gender