Grade 11 Religion Unit 4 (Islam): Test your knowledge!

The Qur'an is so important because . . .

Halal refers to Islamic food laws (what is pure or impure)

"Allah" is simply the Arabic name for:

The Hadith is a collection of stories and sayings of prophet Muhammad (=Scripture)

The fifth pillar of Islam - Hajj - means pilgrimage to . . .

The founder of Islam in the 600s AD was:

It's fair to say that today, Christian--Muslim interfaith dialogue...

In earliest Islam the Qur'an was transmitted orally (=word of mouth, person to person)

Islamic law (which is all about moral codes) is called . . .

According to Muslims, the Qur'an is authored by . . .

As an adult, after spending solitary periods in a cave near Mecca, Muhammad claimed to have a revelation called...

Halal refers (not unlike Kosher laws in Judaism) to...

At the centre of Muslim moral codes is an idea very similar to Christian and Jewish morality:

Prophet Muhammad was born in Arabia in c. 570 AD

Islam belongs to the family of religions known as . . .

The Scripture of Islam we call Torah

After Muhammad's death arose a conflict over leadership succession: The two rivals for succession were . . .

In Islam, the family is . . .

The word Islam means, in Arabic "submission" (to the one God)

Basic to Islamic sexual morality is that sex occur in the context of (i) committed love; and (ii) marriage

In normative (=Sunni) Islam, Muslims are to pray four times a day.

The Shahadah (or profession of faith), Islam's first pillar, claims:

Because Islam forbids depictions of God, Muhammad or even nature (since it disrespects God), Muslim art is limited to...

The name giving ceremony for a newborn in Islam is called...Aqiqah.

Muslims approach death with a sense of hope, for Islam believes in . . .

According to Islam's third pillar, any able Muslim should donate 2.5% of her/his income; this pillar is called

The Sunni sect of Islam is the largest and most influential today

Major prophetic figures common to Islam and Christianity, generally speaking, include...

As a result of the dispute came two different sects, the . . .

In the month of Ramadan, most Muslims fast (sunrise to sunset) = Fourth pillar (Sawm)