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Our company's Diversity Council (Employee Group) is conducting some "Ramadan Celebrations" programs at our office today. One of them is the Quiz on Islam. Here are some questions we prepared. I'm sharing so that you can also conduct similar ones, and dispel wrong ideas about Islam.

1. Who was the First Prophet of Islam?
A. Muhammad
B. Moses
C. Abraham
D. Adam

2. Which event marks the beginning of Islamic (Hijri) Calendar?

A. Birth of Muhammad
B. Beginning of Revelation
C. Migration to Madina
D. Death of Muhammad

3. When did Muslim women get the rights of inheritance? A. No rights yet
B. 50 years ago
C. 200 years ago
D. 1400 years ago

4. What is the greatest miracle given to the Prophet Muhammad?

A. Splitting the Moon
B. Qur'an (Koran)
C. Ascension to Heaven
D. Excellent Character

5. What do Muslims believe Jesus as

A. The Son of God
B. A Great Prophet of God
C. A Noble Man
D. None of the above

6. Which of the following is true?
A. Islam believes in the concept of the "original sin"
B. Every person is born free of any sin
C. Eve was responsible for Adam's downfall
D. None of the above

7. Zakah (Zakat) is...

A. The required annual charity from one’s income
B. Pilgrimage to Makkah
C. Optional charity given in the month of Ramadan
D. Fasting in the month of Ramadan

8. How many versions (not translations) of Quran are there?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. More than 5

9. The core sources of Islam are

A. Qur'an and Hadeeths (sayings of Prophet)
B. Qur'an and Consensus of Scholars
C. Hadeeths and Consensus of Scholars
D. Hadeeths and Analogy from Qur’an

10. What are the Celebrations enjoyed/undertaken by ALL Muslims
A. Eid al-Fitr and Milad-un-Nabi
B. Two Eids
C. Two Eids, Milad-un-Nabi and Muharram
D. None of the above

11. What percentage of Muslims are Arabs?

A. 8%
B. 20%
C. 33%
D. 39%

12. Islam has ___ Pillars

A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 5

13. What is Islamic attitude towards divorce / separation?

A. Divorce is not accepted
B. Men can divorce wives but not vice-versa
C. Both can initiate separation
D. None of the above

14. Muslims believe all of the following about the Quran except

A. It was revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty three years
B. It is the eternal final word of God
C. It shares the same mother source as the Jewish Torah and Christian Bible
D. It is the chronological account of human history

15. Muhammad was born in the year

A. 570
B. 1000
C. 680
D. 412

16. Which sin has been singled out as the absolutely unforgivable sin by Allah in the Qur’an?

A. Associating partners to Allah
B. Disobedience to parents
C. Murder
D. Adultery

17. Choose all the correct statements about the Islamic belief on Pre-destination (Each correct answer gets +1 point. Wrong answer -0.5)

 We have free will to choose good or bad
 We have knowledge of good and bad, but can’t choose
 God knows what we’d choose
 Our rewards or punishments depend on the choices we make
 Angels too have free will

18. What is the language of Qur’an?

A. Aramaic
B. Persian
C. Hebrew
D. None of the above

19. Under Islamic criminal laws, who can pardon a murder convict?

A. Chief Judge
B. Head of the State/Ruler
C. No Pardon
D. Close relatives of the victim

20. What is the core objective of fasting?

A. To feel the hunger of poor
B. To cleanse the body of toxins
C. To attain piety (God Consciousness)
D. Multiple core objectives

21. What is the first word of Quran that was revealed?

A. Pray
B. Obey
C. Read
D. Submit