Questions (and asnwers, or mine anyway) from the BBC website's
'politcaly correct' questionnaire about Islam...

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I don't care. Whoever wrote the questions is prosyletising.

Somebody badly needs to complain to the BBC.

Questions (and asnwers, or mine anyway) from the BBC website's
'politcaly correct' questionnaire about Islam...

Which of the following is true?
A: Islam is the world's largest religion
B: Islam is the world's second largest religion
C: Islam is the world's third largest religion

B, supposedly. Depends how you define 'religion'


Where did Islam begin?
A: In modern-day Jerusalem
B: In modern-day Saudi Arabia
C: In modern-day Egypt

B



What does it take to convert to a Muslim?
A: You can't readily. You are either born into the faith or, in
limited circumstances, become a Muslim by marriage.
B: Personal study and preparation during one Islamic year, mentored
by two practising Muslims and a sponsoring Imam
C: Making the declaration of faith, in Arabic and before witnesses:
"There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his messenger"

A, B and C, and more



Muslims are expected to put their faith into action through the 'five
pillars of Islam'. One of them, Zakat, is:
A: The obligation to give annually to charity
B: The obligation to seek potential converts
C: The obligation to learn the Koran by heart

A.

Unfortunately, 'charities' have been found to include any
organisation dedicated to imposing 'kilafeh' on the world. Collection
boxes outside mosques and supermarkets have just been banned in Saudi
Arabia.



Which of the following statements is false:
A: An Imam is the quasi-political leader whose decisions are acted
upon by followers
B: Jihad describes the experience of Muslims "struggling" to live out
their faith as well as they possibly can.
C: A Fatwa is the legal opinion put forward by an Islamic scholar

None of them



What is Islam's attitude towards divorce?
A: Divorce is not acceptable
B: Men can divorce wives but not vice versa
C: Divorce by either party is acceptable

I theory, D. In practice, all of them.



Which of these African countries does not have a Muslim majority
population?
A: Nigeria
B: Ethiopia
C: Chad

None.



Put these three religions in the correct order, largest first, as they
are predicted to be in the USA by 2010:
A: Christianity, Islam, Judaism
B: Christianity, Judaism, Islam
C: Islam, Christianity, Judaism

A, but who cares? Are we in a religion race, sponsored by the BBC?


Sunni is to Shia as .
A: Catholic is to Protestant
B: Christianity is to Judaism
C: Sikhism is to Hinduism

None, though the questionnaire presumably thinks A



Which of the following does not describe Islam's opinion of
Christianity and Judaism?
A: Christians and Jews should be respected as 'people of the book'
B: Islam is the final message of God to humanity, building upon and
superceding Judaism and Christianity.
C: Both of them are wholly wrong and should be dismissed out of hand
for believing in false prophets.

All three represent the beliefs of some Muslims


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I don't care. Whoever wrote the questions is prosyletising.

Somebody badly needs to complain to the BBC.

Questions (and asnwers, or mine anyway) from the BBC website's
'politcaly correct' questionnaire about Islam...

Which of the following is true?
A: Islam is the world's largest religion
B: Islam is the world's second largest religion
C: Islam is the world's third largest religion

 Press the button and see how you have done

I don't care. Whoever wrote the questions is prosyletising.

Somebody badly needs to complain to the BBC.

Questions (and asnwers, or mine anyway) from the BBC website's
'politcaly correct' questionnaire about Islam...