JAMB Islamic Religious Knowledge Past Questions & Answers - Page 44

216.

Muhammed Bello justified Jihād against the Islamic state of Borno because of the people’s tendency towards

A.

syncretism

B.

extremism

C.

asceticism

D.

formalism

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

217.

In the early part of Islam in West Africa, the ribāt was primarily a centre for

A.

religious propagation

B.

Sūfi indoctrination

C.

social reform

D.

fraternal movement

Correct answer is A

A ribāṭ (Arabic: رِبَـاط‎; hospice, hostel, base or retreat) is an Arabic term for a small fortification built along a frontier during the first years of the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb to house military volunteers, called murabitun, and shortly after they also appeared along the Byzantine frontier, where they attracted converts from Greater Khorasan, an area that would become known as al-ʻAwāṣim in the ninth century CE. These fortifications later served to protect commercial routes and as centers for isolated Muslim communities as well as serving as places of piety.

218.

By the year 1110 C.E., Andalusia had fallen under the control of

A.

Mujāhidūn

B.

Ansār

C.

Muhājirūn

D.

Al Murābitūn

Correct answer is D

The Almoravid dynasty (Arabic: المرابطون‎, Al-Murābiṭūn) was an imperial Berber Muslim dynasty centered in Morocco.it established an empire in the 11th century that stretched over the western Maghreb and Al-Andalus. Founded by Abdallah ibn Yasin, the Almoravid capital was Marrakesh, a city the ruling house founded in 1062. The dynasty originated among the Lamtuna and the Gudala, nomadic Berber tribes of the Sahara, traversing the territory between the Draa, the Niger, and the Senegal rivers.

219.

The man who established the Muslim city of Qairawān was

A.

‘Uqbah b. Nāfi' “Quirawan was established by Uqbah bin Na fi within 669 – 670 AD”

B.

‘Ubaidah b. Sa'ad

C.

Irshād b. Waqās

D.

Mūsa b. Naufāi

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.

220.

Caliph ‘Abū Bakr reigned for

A.

2 years “Abudbakr rules (reigned) within 632AD - 634AD”

B.

3 years

C.

4 years

D.

5years

Correct answer is A

No explanation has been provided for this answer.