Arab Culture

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1. What does the term 'Mu'allqates' mean?

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2. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
Baghdad
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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


3. Libya
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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Tripoli
Arabian monotheism


4. What is the Sunna?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
to recite
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


5. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Doha
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


6. Who are the Shiites?
Muscat
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Dhikr
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


7. Qatar
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)
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Doha
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


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

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9. Mauritania
Mogadishu
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
Nouakchott
Khartoum


10. Muezzin
20-25%
the performer of adhan
Khartoum
Sufism


11. Who are the Nabatians?
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.
Tariiqa
Khartoum
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


12. Algeria
Algiers
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tariiqa
Baghdad


13. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Immoderate view
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
Moderate view


14. Oman
Cairo
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Muscat
The Bedouin


15. United Arab Emirates
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Laic - purely historical
Abu Dhabi
Djibouti


16. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
63
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Tripoli


17. 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.
Tunis
Riyadh
Arab league members
Cairo


18. 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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Sufism
114
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


19. Morocco
Immoderate view
Rabat
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.
Racial Islamist view


20. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


21. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
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
Khartoum
Mogadishu


22. What is the Kaaba?
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.
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.
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
Doha


23. What is Mesopotamia?
Mogadishu
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.
Abu Dhabi
Damascus


24. 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
Immoderate view
Laic - purely historical
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
114


25. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
22
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Doha


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

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27. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Abu Dhabi
114
Khartoum
20-25%


28. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
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)
Beirut
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
Kuwait City


29. Hadiths

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30. What is the Hijra?
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
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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.
Mogadishu


31. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
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
Dhikr
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.
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


32. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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.
Amman
Dhikr


33. Shari'a

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34. Iraq
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Moderate view
Baghdad
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


35. Yemen
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.
Sana
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.
Khartoum


36. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
114
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Riyadh


37. What is Pan-Arabism?
Immoderate view
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


38. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Immoderate view
Struggle for God
to recite
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


39. Egypt
22
Muscat
Cairo
Rabat


40. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Beirut
Nouakchott
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


41. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Rabat
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.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Riyadh


42. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Riyadh
114
Nouakchott


43. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
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.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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.


44. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Mustasawwif
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Joseph


45. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Algiers
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
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


46. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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47. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Cairo
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Abu Dhabi
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


48. Hanifiyya
The Bedouin
Muslim call to prayer
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Arabian monotheism


49. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Mogadishu
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
63
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


50. Bahrain
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Manama
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