The Quiz: The name of what country’s capital contains the name of its official state religion?
Kenya
Afghanistan
Ethiopia
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the world’s fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 242 million, and has the world’s second-largest Muslim population, behind Indonesia. Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. The name Islamabad means “City of Islam.” It is derived from two words: Islam and abad. Islam refers to the religion of Islam, Pakistan’s state religion, and -abad is a Persian suffix meaning cultivated place, indicating an inhabited place or city.
The correct answer to this quiz is Pakistan.