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1. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
to recite
Arab league members
Muscat

2. Jahiliyya is the time when people were ignorant of the TRUE God's religion - of the true and unique 'Way' or 'Path' - that of Islam. Qualification.....
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
63
Joseph
Immoderate view

3. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
22
20-25%
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.

4. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Beirut
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Racial Islamist view

5. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Muslim call to prayer
Immoderate view
Cairo
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down

6. The 4 major schools of Shari'a in Sunni Islam and their political geographical distribution

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7. Morocco
Rabat
Dhikr
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Doha

8. What age was Muhammed when he died?
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
Mustasawwif
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p
63

9. Djibouti
Riyadh
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Djibouti

10. Syria
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
Damascus
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
The land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.

11. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Nouakchott
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
114

12. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The Suspended Odes. - The master pieces of the Pre-Islamic poetry composed in Classical Arabic - by the most famous poets of Arabia - in the 6th century AD before the birth of the Islam (and the Revelation of the Qur'anic text).
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah

13. What is the Kaaba?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The legal system in Islam was formed progressively - by the contribution of religious scholars called 'ulamaa' - 'An organized Muslim judiciary became established only after Mu'awiya seized the caliphate in 661
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.

14. Tunisia
Mogadishu
The center of worship in Mecca that the houses the black stone. Pagans use to worship there - and now Muslims pray facing the Kaaba in Mecca.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tunis

15. Algeria
Algiers
Djibouti
114
Immoderate view

16. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Cairo
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.

17. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Laic - purely historical
63
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Struggle for God

18. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Struggle for God
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Manama

19. The contemplative - esoteric and mystical form of worship in Islam that ultimately aims at opening for the Sufi the ways of communion with God at the spiritual and emotional levels.
Sufism
Arab league members
Arabian monotheism
Immoderate view

20. Mauritania
Sana
Nouakchott
20-25%
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad

21. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Manama
Cairo

22. Jordan
Amman
Moderate view
Tunis
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith

23. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Beirut
The Arab world is made up of all the countries where Arabic is the national language. The Muslim world does not exist. The Middle East is a political and geographical area East of Europe that includes Turkey - Iran - Israel - Afghanistan - and Pakist
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman

24. 'Lawrence of Arabia's most famous book is entitled.....and speaks about....'

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25. Lebanon
Muscat
Sana
Sufism
Beirut

26. Hanifiyya
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Arabian monotheism

27. What is Pan-Arabism?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The Arab world is made up of all the countries where Arabic is the national language. The Muslim world does not exist. The Middle East is a political and geographical area East of Europe that includes Turkey - Iran - Israel - Afghanistan - and Pakist
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions

28. Who are the Shiites?
Laic - purely historical
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
The Suspended Odes. - The master pieces of the Pre-Islamic poetry composed in Classical Arabic - by the most famous poets of Arabia - in the 6th century AD before the birth of the Islam (and the Revelation of the Qur'anic text).

29. Adab

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30. Adhan
Title: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph; speaks about the author's war experience in the Arab's revolt for independence against the Ottoman Turks
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Moderate view
Muslim call to prayer

31. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
2001 - Amman
Tunis
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith

32. Shari'a

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33. Egypt
the performer of adhan
20-25%
Cairo
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.

34. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Muslim call to prayer
Moderate view
20-25%
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p

35. United Arab Emirates
63
114
Doha
Abu Dhabi

36. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Struggle for God
20-25%
The Bedouin
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam

37. Who are the Nabatians?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
to recite
1) Hanafi - Arab Middle East and South Asia 2) Hanbali - Saudi Arabia 3) Maliki - North - Central - and West Africa 4) Shafi'i - North - Central - and West Africa
Sana

38. What is the Sunna?
1) Hanafi - Arab Middle East and South Asia 2) Hanbali - Saudi Arabia 3) Maliki - North - Central - and West Africa 4) Shafi'i - North - Central - and West Africa
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman

39. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
The Arab world is made up of all the countries where Arabic is the national language. The Muslim world does not exist. The Middle East is a political and geographical area East of Europe that includes Turkey - Iran - Israel - Afghanistan - and Pakist
Tariiqa
Manama
to recite

40. Who is the Original Arab?
The Bedouin
Baghdad
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Immoderate view

41. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
the performer of adhan
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
to recite
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith

42. Libya
Muslim call to prayer
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
Sana
Tripoli

43. The Arab Parliament was created:
The land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Baghdad
2001 - Amman
Muslim call to prayer

44. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Riyadh
Arab league members
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
114

45. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Sufism
Manama
Tariiqa
2001 - Amman

46. Algeria - Bahrain - Comoros - Djibouti - Egypt - Iraq - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Libya - Mauritania - Morocco - Oman - State of Palestine - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Somalia - Sudan - Syria - Tunisia - United Arab Emirates - Yemen.
Arab league members
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
The Arab world is made up of all the countries where Arabic is the national language. The Muslim world does not exist. The Middle East is a political and geographical area East of Europe that includes Turkey - Iran - Israel - Afghanistan - and Pakist
Rabat

47. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
The journey of Muhammad and the Umma from Mecca to Yathrib in the year 622; this journey marks the end of aljihiyya (the period of ignorance) and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
Damascus
Kuwait City

48. Iraq
Baghdad
1) Creed: Allah is the true God and Muhhhamad is his profit 2) Ritual Prayer: Praying 5 times a day at a specific time. Reciting a prayer in Arabic from Qur'an 3) The giving of alms 4) Fasting (Sawm): The fasting of Rammadhan. 5) Pilgrimage (Hajj)
Tunis
Immoderate view

49. Jahiliyya is a historical period of the Arabia that preceded the rise of Islam - a sort of Arabian 'antiquity' - characterized by polytheism - the nomad or Bedouin style of life- preponderant in the Peninsula at that time- and the 'fervent tribalism
Ritual prayer is done 5 times a day at a specific time facing the direction of Mecca. It is a must for all Muslims to do it if they are clean - Supplication is a prayer that you can do at any time and does not have to be in Arabic. It is a personal p
Laic - purely historical
Mogadishu
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.

50. Saudi Arabia
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Riyadh
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Muscat

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