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Modern Islamic Reform Question Paper

Modern Islamic Reform

Course:Bachelor Of Education In Religious Studies

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2006

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2006/2007
SELF SPONSORED PROGRAMMES
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
ARE
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-- ...?. . . .... MODERN
..... ................. . .....?...?. ISLAMIC
......................??..??....?. .....REFORM
.............?..?...?...... .... MOVEMENTS
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DATE: Wednesday 27th December, 2006
TIME: 8.00 a.m. - 12.00noon
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer Question 1 and any other 2 questions.
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1. (a) Discuss in detail the meaning of the following:
(i) Islamic fundamentalism (6 marks)
(iijIslamic Revivalism (6 marks)
(b) Highlight the cultural background to Islamic Reform Movement (8 marks)
2. Examine the origin and teachings of the Wahhabi Movement (15 marks)
.3. "The causes of the Mahdist Reform movement could be traced from the Egyptian
occupation of the Sudan". Comment. (15 marks)
4. Show how the teachings of Hassan al-Banna emphasized the need for reform in
Muslim countries (15 marks)
5. Trace the origin of the lamaat-i-Islami and discuss its role in the Indo-Pakistan
politics up to 1979 (15 marks)