Packet C: Bonus 16
The Qur’an states that those who engaged in this practice “will stand on Judgment Day like those driven to madness by Shaitan’s touch.” For 10 points each:
[10m] The proscription against riba in Islamic law is generally interpreted as prohibiting what practice? In the Tanakh, the Lord discourages this practice by condemning the seizure of a neighbor’s cloak which is not returned by sundown.
ANSWER: usury (“YOO-zhur-ee”) [accept answers indicating charging interest; accept neshek; prompt on loans]
[10h] Instead of riba, Islamic lenders are more likely to engage in this practice in which a commodity is sold to a bank, who then sells it to the customer for an agreed upon marked-up value that is paid over time in installments.
ANSWER: murabaha (“moo-RA-ba-ha”) [or murâbaḥah; or Murabahah to the Purchase Orderer or bai’ muajjal or bai’-bithaman ajil or BBA or bai’ al-ina; prompt on credit sales or rent-to-buy; prompt on cost-plus financing]
[10e] Riba is sometimes seen as the antithesis to this pillar of Islam that mandates almsgiving.
ANSWER: zakat
<UCSD A, Religion> | Packet C - Virginia Tech A, Waterloo A, UCSD A, UBC A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 12.81 | 83% | 39% | 6% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley A | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| Berkeley C | Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Stanford A | Berkeley D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 11.11 | 78% | 33% | 0% |
| Florida | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 11.67 | 83% | 33% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 10 | 17.00 | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 8 | 13.75 | 88% | 38% | 13% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |