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Assignment:
The Expansive Realm of Islam
1. Who is Muhammad?
2. What led to Muhammad's spiritual transformation?
a. He combined the elements of which beliefs to construct his new religion?
3. What does the word Islam mean?
4. Who are Muslims?
5. Who is the deity/god of Islam?
6. What is dar al-Islam?
7. What is the holy book of Islam?
a. What is the meaning of the name of the holy book of Islam?
b. What does it contain?
8. What is the hadith?
9. What is Mecca?
10. What is Ka'ba?
11. What is Medina?
12. What is the hajj?
13. What is hijra?
14. What is umma?
15. What is the Seal of the Prophets?
16. How did Islam become established in Arabia?
17. What are the Five Pillars of Islam? List and explain each.
18. What is the meaning of the term jihad?
a. How can it be interpreted by Muslims?
19. What is The Sharia?
a. When did it emerge?
b. What did it offer?
20. To what does the term "The Caliph" refer?
21. Who was Abu Bakr?
22. What factors contributed to the expansion of Islam following the death of Muhammad?
23. What was the Shia?
24. Who were the ulama?
a. What were their roles?
25. Who were the qadis?
a. What were their roles?
26. How did the status of women in Arabia compare to the status of women in other societies?
27. Explain the status of women according to the Quran.
28. Explain the veiling of women.
a. What is the name of the covering?
29. What were the influences of the following on Islam?
a. Persian
b. Indian
c. Greek