Question
This country’s Darul (“DAH-rool”) Iftaa Institute of Islamic Jurisprudence advises this country’s Muslims on modern quandaries like checking Facebook at work. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this country whose former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has denounced Islamophobia as blasphemy.
ANSWER: United Kingdom [or UK; or Great Britain; accept England] (Darul Iftaa claims surfing the Internet at work to be a “grave sin” based on the concept of taṭfīf.)
[10h] As most British mosques are Deobandi-affiliated, they heed the teachings of this Pakistani jurist who outlined Sharia-compliant banking in the book An Introduction to Islamic Finance. This author created a “Noble” translation of the Quran.
ANSWER: Taqī Usmānī [or Muhammad Taqī Usmānī]
[10m] Description acceptable. A 2021 post by Darul Iftaa claims that, unlike Pap smears, COVID-19 vaccines do not violate this practice. Muslims may make fidya or kaffāra donations online if they violate this practice.
ANSWER: fasting [or fasting during Ramadan; accept descriptions such as not eating or abstaining from food or drink; accept ṣiyām or ṣawm or saum; accept rozā or roja]
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Summary
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 21 | 11.90 | 100% | 19% | 0% |
Data
| Virginia | Chicago B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell B | Illinois B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Rutgers | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Indiana | Florida | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Ottawa | LSE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan | WUSTL B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota | British Columbia | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU | RIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard | North Carolina A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Johns Hopkins | Ohio State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Stanford | Virginia Tech | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas | Arizona State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Toronto A | Columbia B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Toronto C | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia State | UCF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell A | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Waterloo B | North Carolina B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Winona State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale | Iowa State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |