Islam

What do you know?20 Questions

• Muhammad the prophet of Islam was an orphan living in a tribal society of Bedouins.

• True

• The Bible is a holy text of Islam

• True

• Islam is the only major world religion not born in an aged or established civilization.

• True

• Prior to the establishment of Islam, Arabs seemed to be gravitating towards Christianity and Judaism.

• True

• Jews hold a poor position in the history of the Islamic world, fueling the current conflict between the Jewish and Islamic worlds.

• False

• Jesus, Muhammad, and Abraham are the primary prophets mentioned in the Quran (Koran).

• True

• By modern Islamic law terrorism in its current form is technically illegal and renders those who practice terrorism in opposition to the teachings of Islam.

• True

• Islam was born out of peace and warfare holds no jurisdiction within the faith.

• False

• Muhammad Ibn Abdullah was the last of the prophets of Allah (God) sent to complete the message of other prophets such as Jesus, Abraham and John the Baptist.

• True

• Muslims are those who practice Islam.

• True

• The Koran (Quran) is infallible and its contents cannot be disputed and must be followed to the letter.

• True

• Muslims view Muhammad as divine in the same way that Christians view Jesus Christ as divine.

• False

• The Quran states “You are the best community evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong…the believers, men, and women, are protectors of one another”.

• True

• Islam holds Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism in the highest regard as they believe in God.

• False

• Islam spread remarkably fast largely through war as a vehicle of conversion.

• False

• A leader in the Islamic world is known as a “sultan”.

• False

• Unlike Christianity, Islam never split into factions and Islam is the same throughout the world.

• False

• Muslims have to practice the “five pillars”– Fasting during Ramadan– Giving of Alms to the poor– Repetition of Islamic Creed– Prayer five times daily– Annual pilgrimage to Mecca

• False

• Muslims make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba a black tapestry covered building in Mecca that was believed to have been built by Abraham himself.

• False

• Conflicts seen in the world today between the West and Islam are religious in nature.

• False