The belief in the compatibility of Islam and modernity
What is Islamic Modernism?
100
Damascus
What is the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate?
100
An Egyptian movement.
What is Shepherding?
200
Caliphate
What the early Islamic Empire was called.
200
The famous Sunni scholar that condemned the terrorist attack of 9/11
Who is Qaradawi?
200
They ruled in Egypt and Syria were ethnically turks.
Who are the Mamluks?
200
Sharia
What is the term that refers to Islamic Law?
200
Two religious sects that we have recently seen an increasing conversion to.
What are Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity?
300
Hadith
What is everything Muhammad said, did, and approved?
300
The first ruler after Muhammad.
Who was Abu Bakr?
300
They believe Islam should rule on all aspects of life
Who are Muslim activists
300
Reconquista
What is the Christian War to take Spain back from Muslims?
300
They emphasize experience over doctrine and claim the divorce of spirituality and religion.
Who are Spiritual Seekers?
400
They invaded the Islamic World and then converted to Islam
Who are the Mongols?
400
A Muslim philosopher who lived in Spain
Who was Averroes?
400
Three manifestations of Globalization in the religious sphere.
What are Fundamentalism, Syncretism, and Traditionalism?
400
Fatwa
What is a historically situated Islamic ruling?
400
It uses big bands and contemporary music, marketing strategies, and is usually conservative.
What is the Mega Church?
500
What the rise of Jihad in the 1990s is associated with
What is the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Middle East crisis, and the Bosnian War
500
The President of the Islamic Society of North America
Who is Ingrid Mattson?
500
Three common elements of Syncretic Spirituality
What are Kabbalah, Sufism, and Paganism?
500
Ijtihad
What is the intellectual work of scholars to know the ruling of a particular situation?
500
Fundamentalist Organizations
What type of organization...
(1) defends religion from modernity
(2) has a selective reading of the scripture
(3) believes truth is always absolute
(4) is authoritarian
(5) builds strong and sharp boundaries around its members