Fasting during the month of Ramadan is which pillar of Islam?
What is sawm?
100
Where do Muslims worship?
What is a mosque?
100
The body of Islamic Law that covers politics, economics, banking, business, contracts, sexuality, and social issues.
What is Sharia Law
100
Where did the Umayyads move their capitol?
From Mecca, Saudi Arabia to Damascus, Syria
100
What does ISIS stand for?
What is Islamic State of Iraq and Syria?
200
What is salah? Explain some details about salah.
What is prayer; five times a day facing the Ka'ba in Mecca.
200
What happens during the festival of Ramadan? Why?
Muslims abstain from eating food while the sun is up and only consume food when the sun is down. They try to identify with the poor and express gratitude for their many gifts and blessings.
200
What did non-Muslims pay the Umayyad government?
What is the jizya?
200
Why did the Umayyads fall from power?
Ran out of money because people converted to Islam and stopped paying the jizya
Abassids thought they were too worldly so they murdered them and took over
200
What is the study of the end times?
What is eschatology?
300
What is the Shahada? What must be included?
Proclamation of faith: I believe that Allah is the only God and that Muhammad is his prophet.
300
What is the difference between the burka and hijab?
Burka is full covering with only a slit for the eyes
Hijab is a simple head-scarf
300
What is the difference between the Sunna and Hadith?
Hadith - words and deeds of Prophet Muhammad
Sunna - Qur'an + Hadith
300
Why did the city of Cordoba eventually lose its stronghold as the Muslim capitol of the West?
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella led a conquest of Christians who drove out the Muslim leaders. Cordoba has held on to its Muslim heritage but is no longer a center of Muslim life and culture.
300
What is jihad? What are the two types of Jihad? Which form of jihad do radical Islamic extremist groups use to justify their violence?
What is jihad means "struggle for God"
Greater Jihad is the personal struggle to follow God
Lesser Jihad is a military struggle of self-defense in the name of God. Radical Islamic groups use lesser jihad to justify their violence.
400
What are the five pillars of Islam in English and Arabic?
Shahada - profession of faith
Sawm- fasting
Salah - prayer
Hajj - pilgrimage
Zakat- almsgiving
400
What is the difference between Sunni and Shi'a Islam?
What is Sunni - any faithful follower can be caliph
Shi'a - caliph MUST be a blood relative of Prophet Muhammad
400
The Umayyad government developed governors to govern the provinces. What were they called?
What is emirs?
400
Why has the West remained largely Christian while the East has remained largely Muslim?
Charles Martel led the Franks who beat the Umayyad forces from expanding further into Europe at the Battle of Tours. This battle helped to solidify a religious division between East and West.
400
What is the eschatology of radical Islamic extremists?
They believe they are responsible for helping to bring about the end of the world by inciting violence so that God can judge the good from the evil.
500
Explain at least three aspects of the hajj.
1) Walk around the Ka'ba at least 7 times
2) Throw rocks at the pillar of Satan
3) Wear white to symbolize equality
4) Pray on the plain of Arafat
5) Walk between the two points
6) Males get head shaved
500
Compare and contrast Judaism, Islam, and Christianity
Similarities - monotheistic, Abrahamic religions
Differences - Qur'an, Bible, Torah; Mosque, Church, Synagogue; Jesus is son of God vs. Jesus is prophet, etc.
500
Name a lasting legacy of the Abassid Empire in the fields of medicine, math, science, art, and literature
Medicine - mapped smallpox and measles
Math - invented algebra
Science - mapped the solar system and found out the earth was round, not flat
Art - developed calligraphy (beautiful handwriting)
Literature- mastered the art of paper-making from the Chinese
500
What strategies exist in the realm of foreign policy that the United States can use to combat radical Islamic extremism?
What is DIME: diplomacy, intelligence, military action, and economics to combat extremism.