Sharia Law - Exam
A) Secular legal system based on democratic principles B) International law governing human rights C) Islamic law derived from the Quran and teachings of Prophet Muhammad D) Legal system based on Roman law
A) Islam B) Judaism C) Christianity D) Buddhism
A) Arabic B) Latin C) French D) Chinese
A) Analogical reasoning to derive legal rulings B) Special prayer ritual C) Act of charity D) Fasting practice
A) Penalties for criminal acts B) Religious holidays C) Fasting practices D) Legal opinions provided by Islamic scholars
A) Fasting month B) Annual pilgrimage C) Sacred text D) Practices and teachings of Prophet Muhammad
A) Military commander B) Archaeologist C) Tax collector D) Interpret and provide legal opinions on Islamic law
A) Religious pilgrimage B) Giving to charity C) Fasting during Ramadan D) Legal conformity to established rulings
A) Underground movement B) Permissible according to Islamic law C) Sacred text D) Fasting practice
A) Japan B) United States C) France D) Saudi Arabia
A) Tafsir B) Fiqh C) Aqida D) Hadith
A) Religious charity B) Oneness of God C) Muslim prayer ritual D) Religious holiday
A) Fiqh B) Qiyas C) Sunnah D) Ijma
A) Hanafi B) Shafiʽi C) Hanbali D) Maliki
A) It is a form of punishment for non-compliance with Islamic law. B) It is used only in economic transactions. C) It represents consensus among the community or religious authorities. D) It refers to individual interpretation of the Quran.
A) Islamic law, historical context, modern application. B) Sufi stages, Islamic rules, legal systems. C) Pathway, religious regulations, divine justice. D) Divine, abstract; Classical; Historical; Contemporary sharia(s).
A) Al-Ghazali B) Saadia Gaon C) Ibn Sina D) Al-Farabi
A) Qur'an al-Azim B) Hikmah C) Sharīʿat Allāh D) Kitab Allah
A) Abu Hanifa B) Al-Shafi'i C) Malik ibn Anas D) Ibn Sina
A) Al Baqara 178 B) Surah Al-Fatiha C) Surah An-Nisa D) Surah Al-Ikhlas
A) Introduction of community service as punishment B) Mandatory exile for all murderers C) Debate about whether a Muslim can be executed for a non-Muslim D) Complete abolition of Qisas
A) Ahl al-Kalām, Mu'tazila B) Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari's followers C) Atharists, Ahl al-Hadith D) rationalists
A) Ahl al-Kalām B) Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari C) Mu'tazila D) Ahl al-Hadith
A) Tradition B) Custom C) Prayer D) Rituals
A) Ikhtilaf B) Qiyas C) Ijma D) Sunnah
A) Yusuf al-Qaradawi B) Mohammed al-Ghazali C) Abdallah bin Bayyah D) Rashid Rida
A) 10th century B) 8th century C) 14th century D) 12th century
A) Istihsan B) Istislah C) Istishab D) Taqlid
A) Abdallah bin Bayyah B) Ibn Hanbal C) Al-Shafi'i D) Ibn Taymiyyah
A) Ijma (consensus) B) Naskh (abrogation) C) Qiyas (analogical reasoning) D) Istihsan (juristic preference)
A) Qiyas B) Istislah C) Ijma D) Istihsan
A) Zaydi sect B) Kharijite sect C) Shiite sect D) Sunni sect
A) The seven laws B) The five decisions (al-aḥkām al-khamsa) C) The four pillars D) The ten commandments
A) Wajib B) Mandūb C) Farḍ D) Mustaḥabb
A) Fatwa B) Qisas C) Hudud D) Tazir
A) Tazir B) Qisas C) Hudud D) Fatwa
A) Upon reaching puberty B) At birth C) With rushd (maturity) D) After the first prayer
A) Ahmad Ibn Hanbal B) Al-Shafi'i C) Ibn Taymiyyah D) Al-Ghazali
A) Injuries B) Rituals C) Marriage D) Sales
A) Qisas B) Hudud C) Taʿzīr D) Diya
A) Mukhtasar B) Collections of fatwas C) Mabsut D) Qawāʿid
A) Taʿzīr B) Qisas C) Diya D) Hudud
A) Murder, adultery, slander, theft B) Treason, blasphemy C) Property damage, bodily injury D) Crimes against God
A) Maliki B) Shafi'i C) Hanbali D) Hanafi
A) Maliki B) Shafi'i C) Hanbali D) Hanafi
A) Maliki B) Ibadi C) Hanafi D) Shafi'i
A) Hanbali B) Hanafi C) Shafi'i D) Maliki
A) Muftis B) Judges C) Muslim rulers D) Imams
A) Their wealth and social status B) The number of fatwas they issued C) Their scholarly reputation D) Their political connections
A) They formed separate religious courts B) They were banned from issuing fatwas C) Gradually incorporated into state bureaucracies D) They remained independent throughout history
A) A recommendation letter B) A certificate of attendance C) A license (ijaza) certifying a student's competence D) A diploma for completing high school
A) A judge (qadi) B) The ruler C) A mufti D) A shurta
A) Written documents B) Physical evidence C) Oral witness testimony D) Confessions
A) Lack of trained judges B) Absence of oral testimony C) Stringent procedural norms made convictions difficult D) Influence from the ruling elite
A) Mazalim court B) Mufti court C) Police court D) Sharia court
A) "Justice above all else" B) "The letter of the law prevails" C) "Amicable settlement is the best verdict" D) "Evidence is king"
A) Sharia B) Mazalim C) Fatawa-e-Alamgiri D) Qanun
A) Landowners almost always won cases against peasants. B) Sharia courts favored neither party in disputes between peasants and landowners. C) Peasants almost always won cases against oppressive landowners. D) Cases involving peasants and landowners were rarely heard in Sharia courts.
A) The British B) The Spanish C) The Dutch D) The French
A) Warren Hastings B) Lord Cornwallis C) Napoleon Bonaparte D) King George III
A) 1839 B) 1917 C) 1870s D) 1826
A) English B) Arabic C) French D) Turkish
A) The colonial era B) The 20th century C) The Ottoman Empire D) The post-colonial era
A) Tunisia B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Iran
A) Imposing administrative hurdles B) Directly changing the Quranic text C) Abolishing all religious laws D) Ignoring traditional practices entirely
A) As a resistance struggle using leftist anticolonialist rhetoric. B) By focusing solely on economic reforms. C) Through advocating for secular governance. D) By promoting Western democratic values.
A) Pakistan B) Saudi Arabia C) Algeria D) Iran
A) Iran B) Saudi Arabia C) Libya D) Pakistan
A) Inheritance B) Bequest C) Through pre-trial discovery process D) Purchase
A) They must be followed by all future cases B) Judges' verdicts do not set binding precedents C) They are universally codified D) They require jury approval
A) Muslims B) Anyone regardless of religion C) Only men D) Non-Muslims
A) An inheritance tax B) A form of legal representation C) A type of court procedure D) A charitable endowment
A) The same as a non-Muslim man. B) Twice the value. C) Half the value. D) One-fifteenth the value.
A) One-sixteenth the amount. B) Twice the amount. C) The same amount. D) Half the amount.
A) One-sixteenth. B) The same amount. C) Twice the amount. D) Half the amount.
A) Local religious leaders B) Military commanders C) A public official called muhtasib (market inspector) D) Educational administrators
A) Jakarta B) Bali C) Sumatra D) Aceh
A) India B) England C) Israel D) United States
A) Afghanistan (99%) B) Indonesia (72%) C) Pakistan (84%) D) Egypt (74%)
A) Kazakhstan (10%) B) Albania (12%) C) Azerbaijan (8%) D) Turkey (12%)
A) Middle-East/North Africa (74%) B) Southern-Eastern Europe (18%) C) South Asia (84%) D) Sub-Saharan Africa (64%)
A) 65% B) 56% C) 42% D) 74%
A) 25% B) 40% C) 60% D) 55%
A) Senator Ted Cruz B) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich C) President Barack Obama D) Governor Ron DeSantis
A) California B) Texas C) Florida D) Oklahoma
A) British Columbia, Canada B) Alberta, Canada C) Ontario, Canada D) Quebec, Canada
A) Foreign Minister Heiko Maas B) Chancellor Angela Merkel C) Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière D) President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
A) 50 B) 20 C) 34 D) 25
A) Laura Ingraham B) Glenn Beck C) Diana West D) Ann Coulter
A) Quebec B) Alberta C) Ontario D) British Columbia
A) Abdolkarim Soroush B) Sayyid Qutb C) Hasan al-Turabi D) Abul A'la Maududi
A) Radical Islamist movements B) A democratic context C) Western democracy without modifications D) An absolute monarchy
A) 1995 B) 2003 C) 2001 D) 1998
A) Maurits S. Berger B) Kevin Boyle C) Refah Party D) The Turkish Constitutional Court
A) None. B) More than ten individuals. C) Twenty individuals. D) Four individuals.
A) Less than 10% B) 52% C) 100% D) 25%
A) Marriage with parental consent. B) Marriage above the minimum age was forbidden. C) Marriage at any age without proof of maturity. D) Marriage below the minimum age was forbidden.
A) Property rights B) Right to drive C) Voting rights D) Freedom of speech
A) Ata' bin Abi Rabah B) Ibn Faras C) Ibn Hajar D) Darimi
A) UNICEF, WHO, Amnesty International B) Musawah, CEDAW, KAFA C) Doctors Without Borders, Greenpeace, Oxfam D) Red Cross, Save the Children, Human Rights Watch |
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