I pronounce this fatwa: only losers won't take this BBC quiz on Islam.
I got 9 of 10 questions right, baby! I am the Islamyest!
Re:Islam basics are easy...
jjohn on 2003-09-16T13:35:42
I dunno. I got 5 right and that's pretty good for a "Merkin".Re:Islam basics are easy...
Matts on 2003-09-16T17:07:30
Hahah, I got 4.
Missed the question about divorce, and the one about the African country.
And from what I understand, the meaning of "jihad" is debatable.
Re:8 of 10
jjohn on 2003-09-16T17:12:22
and the one about the African country
Ah! Then you must be unaware of the various rumors about Ethiopia. See Prester John and about where the Ark of the Covenant rests. Now if Ethiopia featured zealots kissing snakes, you would probably have gotten a more Christian vibe from the place.
Ethiopia
rafael on 2003-09-16T18:23:16
Ethiopia is one of the oldest officially Christian countries on earth. Until the socialist revolution in the 70s, the emperor of Ethiopia (the Ras Tafari) was said to be a descendant of Menelik, son of Salomon and of the Queen of Saba : this was the oldest dynasty alive. They have their own Ethiopian church, distinct from the Catholics and the Orthodoxes, but similar to the Coptic church. Moreover they are monophysists.
Missed the one about the African country. Thought it was Tanzania. I knew Ethiopia had a huge Christian component, but I thought the majority there had been overtaken by Moslems in recent years.
I knew that Islam had spread to Ethiopia even before Muhammed's death. This I learned from the excellent The Two Faces of Islam, by Stephen Schwartz.
I think that with a whopping 3 right, I'm the worst-scorer so far. Interesting that one of the three I got right was the question about divorce rights...
