HST to 1600- Ch. 9- 9.1-9.6
Conclusion B Helping the poor and disadvantaged is at the core of the Muslim faith.
1.No 2.Yes 3.No
Conclusion A Law and correct behavior are central to the practice of the faith.
1.No 2.Yes 3.Yes
Conclusion C Personal devotion to God is the core tenet of the Islamic faith.
1.Yes 2.No 3.Yes
Which sources address the treatment of the disadvantaged in society? Choose ALL that apply.
9.1, 9.2, 9.3,
Which sources address government and war? Choose ALL that apply.
9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.5
Which sources address the relationship between men and women in society? Choose ALL that apply.
9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.5, 9.6
Which sources address conversion and the treatment of peoples of other faiths? Choose ALL that apply.
9.1, 9.3,
Which sources address the nature of God or describe direct experience of the Divine? Choose ALL that apply.
9.1, 9.4
What vision of the next life emerges from the hadiths?
A place where luxuries denied in this world will be available
Who was Rumi?
A poet
What do sharia law and the hadiths (Source 9.2) suggest about the early Islamic community?
From early in its history, members of the Islamic community sought guidance in interpreting and applying the teachings of the Quran.
How would you describe Rumi's religious sensibility?
He seeks to experience God through personal engagement based on introspection and personal piety.
Who was Ibn Battuta, and when did he travel to West Africa?
He was a Moroccan Muslim and he traveled to West Africa in the fourteenth century.
How does Rumi's approach to Islam differ from that of sharia law (Source 9.3)?
His is more personal and spiritual.
What can the passage concerning Jesus tell us about Islam's relationship to Christianity?
Islam viewed Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, as a holy man and teacher.
Which of the following best describes the compiling of the Quran into a written text?
It had been compiled within thirty years of Muhammad's death.
How does the Quran explain that there are many faiths in the world?
It is God's will.
How are women portrayed in the hadiths?
Naturally subordinate to men
Which of the following best describes the hadiths?
No single collection of hadiths has ever achieved authoritative status.
Which of the following best describes the seating arrangement in this scene?
Older men with beards and mustaches toward the front, with younger men behind them and to the side, and women and children in a separate area
Where and when was this image created?
Persia in the sixteenth century
Which of the following best describes the emphasis of the Sufi approach to Islam?
Religious experiences are spiritual or mystical in character, not based on law or ritual
What can one infer about the practice of Islam from this image?
Religious teachers brought their messages to local congregations.
What does the presence of women imply?
Society believed that women could benefit from the same religious instruction as men.
Which of the following observations about Islam in West Africa can be inferred from Ibn Battuta's account?
That some West Africans had made the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
Who were the Sufis?
The Sufis were a spiritual sect organized into hundreds of separate "brotherhoods" all across the Islamic world that sought direct and personal experiences of the Divine Presence.
What theme do both the selections from the Quran (Source 9.1) and the hadiths share?
The advocation of charity and kindness to the poor
What elements of older West African cultural traditions are evident in the document?
The performance of poets on feast days
Which of the following best describes Ibn Battuta's impression of Islam in West Africa?
The practice of Islam in the region included both laudable and shocking aspects.
Which of the following best describes sharia law?
The sharia is an all-embracing set of laws providing highly detailed guidance on a wide variety of topics
What shocked Ibn Battuta about women in West Africa?
The women went out in public unveiled.
Which of the following is one of the ten duties of the caliph defined in sharia law?
Waging jihad
Which of the following is a reasonable reading of the hadith teachings in this selection?
Women have the potential to lead men astray.
What understanding of women did sexual segregation in mosques suggest?
Women were a distraction to men.
In terms of social teachings, the Quran
includes passages designed to ensure that the powerful protect the weakest in society.
Like the hadiths, sharia law
lacks a single definitive version.
According to sharia law,
polygamous marriage is legal under some circumstances.
The Quran teaches that
war is justified when one has been attacked.
