ISLAM TRIVIA

QUESTION 1•What is the religion of the Muslims?

ANSWER

•Islam

QUESTION 2•Who was the founder of Islam?

ANSWER

•Muhammad

QUESTION 3•Who do the Muslims worship in the Islam religion?

ANSWER

•Allah (God)

QUESTION 4•Why Are there no pictures of Allah?

ANSWER

•No one knows what Allah looks like.

QUESTION 5•What is the name for the Muslim place of worship?

ANSWER

•Mosque

QUESTION 6•What is the name of the Muslim Holy City?

ANSWER

•Mecca (Makkah)

QUESTION 7•What is the name of the Holy Book of Islam?

ANSWER

•Quran (Koran)

QUESTION 8•What do Muslims believe in?

ANSWER

•Five Pillars of Faith

QUESTION 9•What is the Shahadah?

ANSWER

•Reciting “there is only one god” “Allah”

QUESTION 10

•What is the Solat?

ANSWER

•The 5 daily prayers

QUESTION 11•What direction do Muslims pray towards?

ANSWER

•Towards the East

QUESTION 12•What is the Zakat?

ANSWER

•The giving of Charity to the Poor or ALMS

QUESTION 13•What is a Hajj?

ANSWER

•A Pilgrimage to Mecca

QUESTION 14•The Last pillar is when a Mulsim FASTS for a month while the sun is up. What is it called?

ANSWER

•Ramadhan

QUESTION 15•What is the belief in one God called?

ANSWER

•Monotheism

QUESTION 16•What do we call the area of the world in southwest Asia?

ANSWER

•The Middle East

QUESTION 17•What is the name of the Peninsula in the Middle East?

ANSWER

•Arabian Peninsula

QUESTION 18•What are the names of the 2 sects of Islam?

ANSWER

•Sunni and

Shiite

QUESTION 19•Who are the successors to Muhammad after his death?

ANSWER

•Caliphs or Caliphates

QUESTION 20•Who was the first Caliph and he was the father-in-law of Muhammad?

ANSWER

•Abu Bakr

QUESTION 21•Who are the people who tried to convert others to Islam?

ANSWER

•Sufi

QUESTION 22•Which sect of Islam believes Ali is the true successor of Muhammad?

ANSWER

•Shiite or Shi’a

QUESTION 23•Which sect of Islam believes that the Umayyad should be the leaders of Islam?

ANSWER

•Sunni

QUESTION 24•Where did Ali rank in the list of Caliphs?

ANSWER

•Fourth

QUESTION 25•Suleiman 1 was the great leader for which Empire?

ANSWER

•Ottoman Empire

QUESTION 26•Who was the great leader of the Mogul Empire?

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•Abu Akbar

QUESTION 27•How far did the Arab empires spread?

ANSWER

•From India to Spain

QUESTION 28•What contributions were made by the Muslims?

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•Medicine •Algebra

QUESTION 29•What language is spoken in the Middle East?

ANSWER

•Arabic

QUESTION 30•What other religions share the same influences as Islam?

ANSWER

•Judaism •Christianity