Islam Review Jeopardy

Yup, They Were Guided

100

Who are the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs?

Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali

200

Which Caliph was chosen directly after the death of the Prophet?

Abu Bakr

300

Which of the four rightly guided Caliphs is considered to be the legitimate successor of Muhammad according to Shi'i Muslims?

Ali b. Abi Talib

400

Which Caliph was known for Standardizing the Qur'an and Copying it into seven copies?

Uthman b. Affan

500

Why are they known as the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs and what brought an end to their succession?

They were generally chosen by their ability to rule and not by lineage. Muawiya b. Abi Sufyan declared a Caliphate in Syria and appointed his son, Yazid, as next Caliph, which meant that there was no choosing the Caliph anymore. 

Did you even do the readings?

100

Give the general topics a Meccan verse would refer to.

Give the general topics a Madinan verse would refer to.

Ethics, Theology for Meccan

Law, War, People of the Book, Politics for Madina

200

Meccan or Madinan?

The Chapter of the Family of Imran (Family of Mary)

Madinan because deals with stories of People of the Book

300

Which of the following happened in the Moses and the Shepherd Story:

a) God rebuked the shepherd 

b) The shepherd talked to God as if he was a sheep

c) Moses became angry with the Shepherd

d) God rebuked Moses

e) Only b, c, and d are correct

f) All of the above

Only b, c, and d are correct

400

Meccan or Madinan?

Chapters which are shorter, their verses are shorter, or that discuss the Day of Judgement. 

Meccan

500

What is the "hijra" and why is it important?

It is when Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Madina. It symbolizes the start of a new political and religious community of Muslims and also represents the beginning of the Islamic calendar. 

Let's Change Islam

100

What is the name of the mystical group in Islam which holds that God cannot be explained in words, only through experience? (The adherents of this group usually have spiritual guides)

Sufism

200

Which of the following movements did NOT emerge as a result of Colonialism?

a) Wahhabism

b) Islamism

c) Islamic Modernism

d) Secular Nationalism

a) Wahhabism (emerged in the early 19th century)

300

What was the main idea that Muhammad b. Abd Al Wahhab, the founder of the Wahhabi movement, promoted?

That Muslims should read the Qur'an and Sunnah literally and not accept additions to the Qur'an and Sunnah (ignore historical Islamic Law).

400

What did Islamic Modernists believe should be done in order for the Muslim world to return to its "Golden Age"?

Re-interpret the Quran and Sunnah to fit their time and age, and regard historical Islamic Law to be fitting only for certain times and places. 

500

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Islamism?

a) It holds that the Government should rule with Shari'ah (Islamic Law)

b) Establishing Islam as the basis for society

c) The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamist group

d) They disregard the Quran and Sunnah

d) They disregard the Qur'an and Sunnah

God is Great

100

Jihad literally means? What is the Greater Jihad and the Lesser Jihad?

To strive/struggle

Greater Jihad: Struggling with yourself

Lesser Jihad: Fighting those who fight you. 

200

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 was:

a) Led by Ayatollah Khomeini

b) Was anti-Western

c) Called for the fall of the US implemented Shah

d) Made Iran an Islamic Republic

e) only a,b, and d are true

f) All of the above

f) All of the above

300

Each are examples of Jihadism except:

a) Al-Qaeda fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan

b) ISIS fighting the Assad regime in Syria

c) Al-Qaeda in Iraq fighting the Iraqi Government

d) ISIS fighting the Hashemite regime in Jordan

d) ISIS fighting the Hashemite regime in Jordan 

400

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the rise of Jihadism?

a) The US involvement in Iraq

b) The Soviet involvement in Afghanistan

c) The Soviet involvement in Egypt

d) The Iranian/Russian/US involvement in Syria/Iraq

c) The Soviet involvement in Egypt

500

Classical rules governing jihad do NOT include:

a) Must be declared by governing authority

b) Cannot kill non-combatants

c) Cannot destroy crops, property, etc.

d) All of the above

e) None of the above

e) None of the above

I Dont Know

100

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Sufism?

a) Asceticism

b) Remembrance of God (Dhikr)

c) Following a spiritual Guide and sainthood (wilaya)

d) Remaining celibate (never getting married)

d) Remaining celibate (never getting married)

200

Give one difference between the Umayyad and Abbassid caliphate

1) Umayyads were seen as impious

2) Umayyads were seen as pro-Arab, Abbassids diverse

3) Shi'is did not like Umayyads, but Abbassids were supposedly descendants of Prophet's uncle so Shi'ah were more accomodating

4) Al-Ma'mun's house of wisdom, promotion of sciences, Islamic golden age happened during Abbassid time. 

5) Capital of Umayyad Caliphate is Damascus, Abbasids chose Baghdad

300

Hasan al Bana, Abu al A'la Mawdudi, and Syed Qutb are all members of what movements?

a) Islamist

b) Islamic Modernist

c) Wahhabi

d) Nationalist

a) Islamist

400

What were the three different Caliphates ruling in the late 18th century and where did they rule?

Safavid (Iran)

Mughal (India/Pakistan)

Ottoman (N. Africa, Turkey, Levant, and Parts of Arabia)

500

What is the definition of tawheed and shirk?

Tawheed: Belief in the Oneness of God

Shirk: Belief that there are multiple Gods/God has companions