Chapter 5 Self Quiz - True/False

. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all share a common ancestor.

. Islam's formative period was the time just before Muhammad was born.

. Following World War II, many Muslim nation-state boundaries were arbitrarily drawn by Europeans.

. Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America and Europe.

. It is more important in Islam to participate in almsgiving than to believe in God and Muhammad.

. Muhammad was born shortly before Jesus.

. Muslims believe that the Quran is taken from an Arabic tablet that preexists with God in heaven.

. Muhammad changed the direction of prayer in order to create a more distinctive identity for Islam when the Jews did not willingly convert.

. The Quran denies that Jesus was a prophet or has any special status.

. Muhammad was 20 years old when he received the first revelation at Mount Hira.

. After 10 years of preaching, Muhammad and his followers moved from Mecca to Cairo.

. The sacred language of Islam is Arabic.

. The ulama are Shiah peasants.

. Islamic modernism saw no distinction between the unchanging laws of God and social legislation or regulations.

. The Umayyad dynasty was responsible for the emergence of imperial Islam.

. Sunni Islam is more concerned with contemporary consensus than authorities of the past.

. Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America.

. The Umayyad dynasty was responsible for the emergence of imperial Islam.

. Muslims trace their roots back to Abraham and his son Isaac.

. Muslims have traditionally advocated separation of church and state.

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