Observation

From the answers given by the students, it was obvious that they were familiar with the Jahiliyyah period which is the subject matter of this question. Many candidates wrote extremely on this question almost at the expense of other questions. As for some of the candidates, they found it difficult to differentiate between socio-political activities and other spheres of Jahilliyyah. Thus, they wrote generally on Jahiliyyah period. Some salient points which they could not highlight include Jahiliyyah activities such as gambling, alcoholism, sexual laxity, polygyny and polyandry. Another major point which they missed out was that the highest political office was held by the Shaykh who was first among equals and assisted by Council of elders. Thus, candidates’ performance was just fair.