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