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Thread #51391   Message #783591
Posted By: NicoleC
13-Sep-02 - 10:42 PM
Thread Name: BS: QUIZ: Comparative Western Religions
Subject: RE: QUIZ: Comparative Western Religions
See? I knew ya'll could do these questions!

6) OT: Head, hair and face, but it's more of a respectabilty issue for, not an absolute requirement.
NT: head and hair
Q: Bosom, but both men and women are admonished to dress modestly.

9) This one is a toughie. It's Bangladesh --- 1991-1996 Prime Minister Khaleda Zia; 1996-2001, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed. Ironically, Khaleda and Wajed are in opposing parties.

10) Indonesia --- 2001 President Megawati Sukarnoptri
Uzbekistan --- 1959-70 President Yadar Sadykovna Nasriddinova
Pakistan --- 1988-90 Benazir Bhutto
Turkey --- 1993-96 Tansu Ciller

Of note are also Israel (1969-74, Golda Meir) and India (1966-77, Indira Ghandi)

11) Ireland --- 1990-97 President Mary Robinson, 1997- present President Mary McAleese

New Zealand has also had 2 female Prime Ministers and 2 female Governor-Generals. Finland and Britain have also had female non-heriditary heads of state.

12) Correct. Sunnis make up about 85% of Muslims. Almost all of the rest are Shiite.

13) Good!
A. Taliban - Deobandi, Sunni sub-sect, orgin about 1860. Deobandi's get along well with Wahhabi's, and the Taliban is sometimes reported as being Wahhabi, but they consider themselves Deobandi.
B. Osama bin Laden - Wahhabi, also a Sunni sub-sect, origin mid-1700's
C. Saudi Arabia (ruling class) - Wahhabi
D. Iran - Shiite
E. Pakistan - Sunni

14) Correct

Shiite -- The true religious (and sometimes political leader) at any given time, the Imam, Pope, is divinely appointed and he is the arbiter of religious doctrine. Sunni -- The words of Mohammed and his writings in the Koran are the only source of the true religious beliefs, but there may be other prophets to come. Ahmadi -- Mohammed was a true prophet, but he has not been the LAST prophet and messenger of God.

Getting Shiites and Sunnis together si like Irish Catholics and Protestants. To an outsider, the religious beliefs seem relatively similar, but history adds the real fuel to the flames.

18) Yahweh and Jehovah are personal names roughly meaning "The One Who Is," Allah is a more general term for God, like the Jewish El or Elohim.

Only a few questions left, none of which are easy.

In some early manuscripts, the number "616" is the number of the beast, in others the number "616" is a notation along with the usual "666."

The ancient Jewish penalty for rape was a small fine (50 silver sheckles) and marrying the woman, which sounds a lot more like a punishment for the woman since she has to marry the jerk.

80 lashes and a loss of legal status is the punishment in ancient Islam. Since women had the same legal status as men (with a few gender-based exceptions), reducing a man's legal status was much like the modern American practice of withdrawing voting priviledges from felons.