Muhammad and his followers initially thought that music would
a. incite the baser passions of the people.
b. distract the faithful from their true purpose.
c. make Islam too similar to Christianity.
d. cause Muslims to commit the sin of vanity.
Answer: b
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The poetic form of this composition is?
a) A B B A A b) AbbaA c) A B A A A B A B d) A A B
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What will be an ideal response?
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