Living World Religion Exam 2 Monte Cox

Muslim statistics:

  • There are at least 50 nations with Muslim majorities

  • There are approximately 2.0 billion Muslims in the world

  • Between 65-70% of Arab-Americans identify as Christian

Ka’aba’s origins

  • Means cube

What was Dr. Cox’s main point about the Arabian Peninsula?

  • Islam was about to fill a major political and religious system

____ idols are worshipped at Ka’aba, which is located in the city of ____.

  • 360, Mecca

What year did Muhammah marry Khadija?

  • 595 CE

What year was the Night of Power?

  • 610 CE

What year did Muhammah flee to Medina?

  • 622 

What is the year 0 on the Muslim calendar?

  • 622 CE

What is the year 2025 on the Muslim calendar?

  • 1446

What does AH stand for?

  • Year of Hijra

What does Caliph mean?

  • Successor

Which of the contested caliphs right after Muhammad burned all variants of the Qur’an?

  • Uthman

T or F: Shi’as believe that Muhammad appointed Husayn, son of Ali, as his successor.

  • False

“Qur’an” means ____ and “Iqraa” means____

  • Recitation, recite

The Qur’an is ____ chapters, which is about ____ of the length of the New Testament

  • 114, ⅘

T or F: Those who have memorized the entire Qur’an are known as “hafiz” or “hafiza” 

  • True

Abrogation

  • A later revelation in the Quran triumphs an earlier one

T or F: Jesus is mentioned 27 times in the Quran

  • True

T or F: The Qur’an mentions the virgin birth

  • True

T or F: The Qur’an believes Jesus wasn’t crucified, it was just someone who looked like him

  • True

T or F: The Qur’an denies Jesus as part of the Trinity

  • True

T or F: The Qur’an says Jesus isn’t God and isn’t equivalent to him in any way

  • True

T or F: The Qur’an tells of Jesus speaking as an infant, coaxing clay birds into flight

  • True

T or F: The Qur’an says that Jesus predicted the coming of the “praised one” 

  • True

T or F: Muslims accept the Torah, Psalms, Gospels, and Qur’an but not unconditionally

  • True

Islam means____ and Muslim means ____.

  • Submission, one who submits

What is the worst sin according to the Qur’an?

  • Shirk (idolatry)

6 Islamic Articles of Faith

  • Belief in God

  • Belief in the prophets and messengers of God

  • Belief in God’s angels

  • Belief in God’s revealed books

  • Belief in the Day of Judgement

  • Belief in the divine will or predestination

5 pillars of Islam

  • Confession- There is no God but Allah; and Muhammad is his prophet.

  • Prayer- 5x facing Mecca

  • Alms- 2.5% of income 

  • Hajj- Pilgrimage to Mecca (1 per lifetime if possible)

  • Fasting- during Ramadan

What is the Shahada?

  • There is no God but Allah; Muhammad is his prophet

The festival of _____ celebrates the end of Ramadan 

  • Eid-ul-Fitr

The festival of _____ coincides with the Hajj

  • Eid-al-Adha

How does one convert to Islam?

  • Simply confess the shahada and mean it

What is the difference between low religion and high religion?

  • High: truth, questions ultimate meaning of life, origins

  • Low: folk, power, questions well-being, guidance, success or failure

  • Science: contro;, questions how to 

What percent of Muslims are Sunni (“way of life”)

  • 85%

Halal means ____ and haram means _____

  • permitted ; forbidden

Why do Muslim extremists hate America and her allies?

  • American support of Israel

  • American invasion of Holy Lands

  • American immorality

What are “Fivers”?

  • “Zaidis” believed Zaid was the rightful heir and last imam

What are “Seveners”?

  • “Ismailis” Believed Ismail was the rightful imam

What are “Twelvers”?

  • Believe that the 12th imam will return as Madhi

What are “Sufis”

  • Muslim mystics, best known for the whirling dervishes

What is the Salafi Movement?

  • “Salafiya” Initiated by Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, associated with Osama bin Laden

Malcolm X (Malcolm Little, Malik Shabazz) and Louis Farrakhan were prominent leaders in what US Islamic movement?

  • Nation of Islam

Points of Contrast between Islam and Christianity

  • Nature of the Bible vs Nature of the Qur’an 

  • Different understanding of the attributes of God

  • Conviction about identity of Jesus



“Santana dharma” means 

  • Eternal duty

Bhakti means….

  • Devotion

Rig means….

  • Hymn

What is Indra the god of?

  • Weather and king of the gods

What is Agni the god of?

  • Fire and he is especially connected to priests

What is Varuna the god of?

  • Heavenly morality and order

What is Soma the god of?

  • Hallucinogens 

What are rig-, yajur-, and sama- known as?

  • The three-fold Veda 

Pujas or ____ are dedicated to the gods in temple and at home

  • Acts of Worship or sacrifices

What does Sannyasin mean?

  • Renouncer

What does Upanishads mean?

  • Sittings near a teacher

What does self denial in Hinduism mean and how does it compare to self-denial in Christ?

  • H: Deny all individuality 

  • C: Deny things that taint our individuality

Which Hindu guru did Dr. Cox meet in Memphis?

  • “Ana the hugging saint”

What does Kathenotheisn mean?

  • One-god-at-a-time-ism

Who is Devi?

  • An amalgamation of all goddesses

Define Brahman-Atman

  • True reality (Brahman) and the individual soul (atman) are ultimately one

Define monism

  • God is everything and everything is God

Define dharma

  • Duty as determined by caste

Define karma

  • Link between deeds and consequences

Define maya

  • All experience is illusion

Define samsara

  • The cycle of reincarnation

Define moksha

  • Salvation; done with reincarnation

Define yoga

  • The way

Define avatar

  • An incarnation of deity

What are the 5 castes of Hinduism?

  • Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudra, Dalits

What does Harijan mean?

  • Illegitimate children

What is Diwali?

  • Festival of lights

What is Holi

  • Colored powder festival (coming of spring)

What is Kumbh mela?

  • Largest religious gathering at River Ganges

Points of contact between hinduism and christianity

  • All-pervasiveness of the Divine

  • Spiritual v. Material focus

  • Principle of reaping and sowing

Which Islamic sect is a minority of Shi’ite Mulsims and mainly lives in Syria

  • Alawites

Which sect's acronym was “Islamic Resistance Movement” and means “zeal”?

  • Hamas

Which Islamic sect is a Sunni Islamist rebel faction who overthrew Syrian Dictator on December x, 2024?

  • Ha’yat Tahrir al-Sham (HST)

Which Islamic sect means “disciple” which is made up of ultra-conservative Pashtun tribal people…

  • Taliban

Bhagavad Gita

  • Arjuna is going to war and he is fighting against some of his cousins. He doesn’t want to fight, but it is duty to and Krishna reminds him of that. Turns out, Krishna is Vishnu and Arjuna ends up killing his family