1. Islam What do you know? 20 Questions

2. Muhammad the prophet of Islam was an orphan living in a tribal society of Bedouins.

3. True

4. The Bible is a holy text of Islam

5. True

6. Islam is the only major world religion not born in an aged or established civilization.

7. True

8. Prior to the establishment of Islam, Arabs seemed to be gravitating towards Christianity and Judaism.

9. True

10. Jews hold a poor position in the history of the Islamic world, fueling the current conflict between the Jewish and Islamic worlds.

11. False

12. Jesus, Muhammad, and Abraham are the primary prophets mentioned in the Quran (Koran).

13. True

14. By modern Islamic law terrorism in its current form is technically illegal and renders those who practice terrorism in opposition to the teachings of Islam.

15. True

16. Islam was born out of peace and warfare holds no jurisdiction within the faith.

17. False

18. Muhammad Ibn Abdullah was the last of the prophets of Allah (God) sent to complete the message of other prophets such as Jesus, Abraham and John the Baptist.

19. True

20. Muslims are those who practice Islam.

21. True

22. The Koran (Quran) is infallible and its contents cannot be disputed and must be followed to the letter.

23. True

24. Muslims view Muhammad as divine in the same way that Christians view Jesus Christ as divine.

25. False

26. The Quran states “You are the best community evolved for mankind, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong…the believers, men, and women, are protectors of one another”.

27. True

28. Islam holds Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism in the highest regard as they believe in God.

29. False

30. Islam spread remarkably fast largely through war as a vehicle of conversion.

31. False

32. A leader in the Islamic world is known as a “sultan”.

33. False

34. Unlike Christianity, Islam never split into factions and Islam is the same throughout the world.

35. False

36. Muslims have to practice the “five pillars” – Fasting during Ramadan – Giving of Alms to the poor – Repetition of Islamic Creed – Prayer five times daily – Annual pilgrimage to Mecca

37. False

38. Muslims make a pilgrimage to the Kaaba a black tapestry covered building in Mecca that was believed to have been built by Abraham himself.

39. False

40. Conflicts seen in the world today between the West and Islam are religious in nature.

41. False