Islamic history and civilizations

Instructions: Answer any seven from the following fourteen questions.

1. What do you understand by the term cannonisation? Explain historically.

2.  Are religions and Civilisations phenomena? Why? What is the religious viewpoint about the relationship between the two?

3. What is the connection between Islamic law and history?

4. Which of the three historical-critical approaches to study historical phenomena is most significant according to you and why?

5. Define Fiqh and Shari'ah.

6. Is Islamic law considered Personal Law in Saudi Arabia? What is Personal Law?

7. Discuss three theological schools in the light of their social and political circumstances.

8. Is the contribution of Muslims to the world civilisation only about scientific innovations? Explain.

9. Is there a correlation between the development of Islamic theological thought and Islamic legal thought? If yes, explain.

10. What are the reasons for diversity and different legal opinions?

11. What are the contents of Islamic law?

12. Are you critical or appreciative of Islamic history? What is your opinion about all the differences within Muslims?

13. How many trends appeared in the early phase of the development of Islamic legal thought and what happened to them towards the end of the 9th century?

14. What are the phases of development of Islamic legal thought?