Arab Culture

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1. Libya
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the performer of adhan
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tripoli


2. Adab

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3. Hadiths

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4. Muezzin
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).
Arab league members
Moderate view
the performer of adhan


5. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
63


6. Sudan
Khartoum
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)
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


7. What is Tribal Solidarity?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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
Moderate view


8. What is the Hijra?
Racial Islamist view
Sana
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 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).


9. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
20-25%
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Riyadh


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

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11. Syria
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Damascus
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)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


12. Hanifiyya
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Muslim call to prayer
Arabian monotheism
Racial Islamist view


13. 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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Damascus
Sana
Laic - purely historical


14. Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Doha
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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


15. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Immoderate view
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Dhikr


16. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
22
Immoderate view
to recite
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).


17. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Manama
Abu Dhabi
Muslim call to prayer
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


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

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19. Jahiliyya is a state of 'barbarism' - of 'pagan ignorance and deprived of divine guidance' - the label which applies to any (non-Islamic) society in which God is not sovereign. Qualification: .....
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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
to recite
Racial Islamist view


20. 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.
Dhikr
Abu Dhabi
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


21. What is Mesopotamia?
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).
Struggle for God
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.
2001 - Amman


22. Somalia
Tripoli
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.
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


23. 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.
to recite
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.
Arab league members
Mustasawwif


24. Djibouti
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Riyadh
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)
Djibouti


25. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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26. Bahrain
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Amman
Manama


27. Iraq
Baghdad
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Sufism


28. Shari'a

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29. 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
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Djibouti
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


30. Yemen
Sana
Laic - purely historical
Algiers
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


31. Kuwait
Doha
Kuwait City
Manama
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 are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Tripoli
Djibouti
Moderate view
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


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


34. Lebanon
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Beirut
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


35. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Manama
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


36. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Muslim call to prayer
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tariiqa
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37. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


38. What is Pan-Arabism?
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Joseph
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


39. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Cairo
Mustasawwif
Damascus


40. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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
Doha
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


41. What is the Kaaba?
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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.
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.


42. What is Petra?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Mustasawwif
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


43. Algeria
Cairo
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Algiers
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


44. Mauritania
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Nouakchott


45. Qatar
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.
Rabat
Doha
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


46. Oman
to recite
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Muscat
Sana


47. 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'.
Struggle for 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
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48. Who are the Nabatians?
Sana
Immoderate view
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


49. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
Mustasawwif
Beirut
Manama


50. Who is the Original Arab?
Immoderate view
Rabat
The Bedouin
Arab league members