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CH 4 Quiz

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Islamic law and/or the moral and religious code of Islam as prescribed by the Prophet Muhammad.
Sharia may be defined as either:
an epoch of time, usually referring to post-traditional and post-agrarian (feudal) states toward capitalism, industrialization, secularization, and technological innovation.
The definition of modernity is:
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Under the leadership of __________ during the 1920s and 1930s, Turkey instituted secular policies meant to modernize that country.
Wahhabism
Which movement is referred to as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, widely adopted throughout the Arabian Peninsula, expressing the radicalization of Islam and the alternative meaning of "jihad" as "holy war" against those who do not accept strict adherence to Sharia?
a constitutional monarchy.
A form of government commonly observed in the Middle East when a country has a ruling family or kingdom versus a democratically elected republic or dictatorship is called:
secularism.
The form of government where persons mandated to represent the state are not members of religious institutions nor are religious dignitaries, is called:
Fundamentalism
Which of the following is a strategy in which beleaguered believers attempt to preserve their distinctive identity as a people or group?
Wahhabism labeled all who disagreed with al-Wahhab as heretics and apostates.
Which of the following statements about Wahhabism is correct?
al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
The ___________ grew out of the Palestinian-Israeli struggle, aligning itself with the original principles of al-Fatah.
Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)
_____________ is the largest and most politically powerful group expressing radical Islamic ideologies to justify the liberation of Palestine and the destruction of Israel.
the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
In 1993, the Oslo Accords were a negotiated bilateral peace agreement between _________ and Israel represented by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
The Muslim Brotherhood
Which of the following groups was inspired by Salafism?
The Muslim Brotherhood
Which group regarded Islam as "the all-embracing ideology"?
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) was the primary precursor entity that became the current Islamic State.
Which statement about the Islamic State is correct?
murtad, kafir
According to Islamic State informants, anyone who does not follow their extremist ideology is labeled _______ (a Muslim renegade), or a ________ (unbeliever).
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi established which of the following terrorist groups in 2004?
Usama bin Laden
Al-Qaeda was established in 1988 by __________ in Afghanistan as a resistance movement against the invasion by the Soviet Union.
Levant
The ________ is a geographic and cultural area on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, composed primarily of modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel.
Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini successfully implemented his vision for a worldwide Islamic revolution based on Islamic unity and a strict adherence to Sharia in:
Israel
The political ideology and geographic home of Hezbollah have led the largest Shi'a terrorist group in the world to make __________ its foremost enemy.
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