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1
Mosque means "path"; the whole body of Islamic law, which guides a Muslim's life.
A)True
B)False
2
Sharia is a festival at the end of the month of Ramadan, during which people feast and visit friends and often visit graves of ancestors.
A)True
B)False
3
Hadith refers to a "recollection" of an act or saying of Muhammad.
A)True
B)False
4
Hijra means "Flight"; Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Yathrib (Medina).
A)True
B)False
5
Hadith is the month of fasting; the ninth month of the Muslim calendar.
A)True
B)False
6
Hajj refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca.
A)True
B)False
7
A minaret is a tower from which a chanter calls people to prayer.
A)True
B)False
8
Muezzin refers to the majority branch of Islam, which holds that the genuine succession from Muhammad did not depend on hereditary descent from his son-in-law, Ali.
A)True
B)False
9
Id al-Adha is the Day of Sacrifice during the month of the Hajj, when an animal is sacrificed to recall the submission of Abraham.
A)True
B)False
10
Qiblah refers to the direction toward Mecca; the direction toward which Muslims pray.
A)True
B)False
11
A mosque is a Muslim place of worship.
A)True
B)False
12
Shiite refers to a minority branch of Islam that holds Muhammad's genuine successors descended from his son-in-law, Ali.
A)True
B)False
13
Imam means "cube"; the square shrine at the center of the great mosque of Mecca.
A)True
B)False
14
Kabah is a devotional remembrance of Allah through the recitation of his ninety-nine names and other devotional practices.
A)True
B)False
15
Hirja means "submission"; the Muslim religion and the community of believers who have submitted themselves to Allah.
A)True
B)False
16
Jihad means "struggle"; the ideal of spreading Islamic belief and practice.
A)True
B)False
17
Sura means "successor"; a religious and political leader.
A)True
B)False
18
Sufism refers to a group of devotional movements in Islam.
A)True
B)False
19
Qur'an means "recitation"; God's words as revealed to and recited by Muhammad; an authorized edition of written words that appeared after Muhammad's death.
A)True
B)False
20
Sura is a chapter of the Qur'an.
A)True
B)False
21
Dhikr refers to the decorated niche inside a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca.
A)True
B)False
22
A mihrab is a chanter who calls people to prayer.
A)True
B)False
23
Fana is a religious leader; specifically, one of the hereditary successors of Muhammad venerated in Shiite Islam.
A)True
B)False
24
Fana means "extinction"; the sense of loss of self in mystical experience.
A)True
B)False
25
A qiblah is a person who submits to Allah.
A)True
B)False





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