Test Your Knowledge of Islam

[cbayer]

http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Islam/Quiz/How-Much-Do-You-Know-About-Islam.aspx


I have a feeling we are not going to do as well on this one.

[RZM]

1. I got 15/18

Should have gotten the other three. They were all, 'damn, I knew that!' moments

[libinnyandia]

10. Same for me.

[cbayer]

2. Yikes. 9/18

[dmallind]

3. Two wrong I am afraid

Had no idea who started the Hajj (been a while since I read the Quran but can't remember that bit), and overthought the responsibility for the fall Q.

I could quibble that the used translierated Arabic spellings of all the angels' names except the correct one too, but the answer was easy enough without it.

[Sentath]

4. Really?, missed the same 2

And I suspect I've studied less than you.

[dmallind]

6. Yep - shouldn't have blown the fall, but buggered if I can remember reading Hajj starter

SPOILERS IN WHITE TEXT - HIGHLIGHT TO SEE: I confess I read far less about Islam than Christianity or even Judaism. It's a more "alien" faith to me; frankly I find the names difficult to keep straight too. It's also, due to where I live, far less likely to impinge on me personally. Just like Indian atheists spend far more time on Hinduism than other religions, western atheists focus more on the threat from Christianity.

EDIT - Suppose I UNDERthought that one on further review. The Islamic story of [font color="white"]Abraham/Ibrahim is pretty much the one familiar to Christians and Jews, with the addition that the altar he built to commemorate this was the Kaaba[/font]. That much I DID remember but I guess I had not considered building the object of pilgrimage to be the same as starting the pilgrimage. Nobody after all thinks that the architect of the western wall started the idea of going there to leave messages etc. I do see the connection, but I think they were asking a more fundamental question than I was considering. My error - and out of the answers offered makes more sense than my guess of [font color="white"]Mohammed[/font]

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Same 2 I got wrong as well

While I knew Adam is in the Quran, I hadn't heard about Islam having an 'original sin' concept, so I guessed that there wasn't a 'fall' in the Judaic/Christian sense.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. 14 out of 18

I've benefited from discussions with my Muslim son-in-law. It looks like I could use some more of those.

[cbayer]

7. I am quite likely to have a Muslim son-in-law within the next 2 years, so I need to get up

to speed.

[Blue_In_AK]

9. I can't speak for your potential Muslim son-in-law, of course,

but mine is remarkably like the rest of us. He's been a wonderful addition to our family.

[cbayer]

11. My future SIL is a wonderful man and I couldn't imagine a better partner for

my daughter.

His parents, OTOH, are quite unhappy with the situation.

Another reason that I really need to take the time to educate myself.

[Thats my opinion]

20. Who? nt

[cbayer]

21. I will send you a PM.

[Silent3]

8. Better than I expected I'd do: 16/18

I missed on the questions about who originally started the Hajj and Muhammad's first wife.

[SamG]

12. I would probably do better on Greek mythology.

Than I would about some other system of mythology, because I actually studied Greek mythology in my public school, years and years ago.

[Rob H.]

13. Oof. Missed seven

[LeftishBrit]

14. 13 out of 18

[snagglepuss]

15. 2 wrong

[riderinthestorm]

16. 17/18 nt

[CJCRANE]

18. Question 18 is sort of a trick question...

See number 19 in the list in this link (about things in the Koran):

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/4/abs_list.html



(I got question 18 wrong so I looked it up. The information seems to disagree with the answer in the quiz. I also got the question about the Hajj wrong).

[Thats my opinion]

19. I missed one

It was Abraham not Muhammad who started the Haj. Grrr.

[onager]

22. Abstaining, unfair advantage. Also boring personal anecdotes.

I lived in Muslim countries for about 6 years and have been the subject of Islamic conversion attempts - though I have to say the Muslims are a lot less pushy and obnoxious about conversion attempts than Fundie Xians.

Even the most proselytagious Saudi I met was still pretty respectful of my non-beliefs. He was intelligent and well-educated - from a family of lawyers and judges - and tried to convince me that Islam had a lot of intellectual arguments going for it. When he saw that I wasn't convinced, he just dropped the whole thing.

I still liked and respected him. He certainly lived his beliefs to the ultimate - after surviving Afghanistan during the Russian years, he was killed in Bosnia.

One year when I lived in Saudi Arabia, the holidays of Passover, Easter and Eid al-Adha all fell about the same time.

In a fit of ecumenicalism or something, the local Saudi Eng-lang paper ran a special issue on The Three Great Religions...while leaving no doubt which was THE greatest religion.

An article about Xianity mentioned that Jesus wasn't resurrected. Which naturally infuriated the American Xians in my neighborhood. Ecumenical Fail!

Some of the local Xians in Jeddah held Sunday church services in private houses, and the Saudis generally turned a blind eye to that stuff. One Sunday, on their way to a service, some of my neighbors had their car forced to a stop by the Saudi police and were hauled out at gunpoint.

They were panicking, thinking the Saudis were cracking down on Xian worship or something. As it turned out, their car resembled one that had been used in a robbery. The Saudi cops apologized profusely and let them go.

[Rowdyboy]

23. Really embarrassed...I only got 8 of 18 right....thought I was better educated

than that. At least I know a field where I need a lot of improvement.