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