Arab Culture

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1. 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
Damascus
to recite
Laic - purely historical
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


2. Adhan
Sufism
Muslim call to prayer
Damascus
Kuwait City


3. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Djibouti
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Arab league members
20-25%


4. 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: .....
Racial Islamist view
Rabat
Khartoum
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


5. What is the Sunna?
Mustasawwif
Beirut
Joseph
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


6. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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.


7. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Doha
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
20-25%
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


8. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Algiers
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. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
the performer of adhan
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
Muslim call to prayer


10. Bahrain
Arabian monotheism
Algiers
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Manama


11. Who are the Shiites?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


12. Who is the Original Arab?
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).
22
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 Bedouin


13. The Arab Parliament was created:
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Sufism
Abu Dhabi
2001 - Amman


14. Iraq
to recite
Mogadishu
Baghdad
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


15. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
22
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Mogadishu


16. 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.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
114


17. 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.
Manama
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.
Mogadishu


18. Saudi Arabia
Beirut
Riyadh
Laic - purely historical
Muscat


19. Oman
Khartoum
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Rabat
Muscat


20. Yemen
Djibouti
Sana
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


21. 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 list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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.


22. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Kuwait City


23. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
22
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 Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Baghdad


24. What is Pan-Arabism?
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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
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
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


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

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26. Mauritania
Nouakchott
Sufism
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


27. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Khartoum
Manama
the performer of adhan


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

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29. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Amman
to recite
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 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.


30. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Doha
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Mustasawwif


31. Adab

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32. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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
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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


33. Kuwait
Struggle for God
Kuwait City
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).
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


34. 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.
Kuwait City
Khartoum
Sufism
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


35. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Riyadh
Sana
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.


36. Shari'a

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37. Hadiths

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38. Jordan
20-25%
Muscat
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
Amman


39. United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
to recite
22
Amman


40. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Khartoum


41. Djibouti
Khartoum
Djibouti
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


42. 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.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Arab league members
Damascus
Joseph


43. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
20-25%
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
Khartoum


44. What is Petra?
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tripoli
The Bedouin


45. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Baghdad
Djibouti
114
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


46. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Rabat


47. Algeria
Sufism
Algiers
Tunis
The Bedouin


48. Syria
Sana
Damascus
Immoderate view
Abu Dhabi


49. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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50. 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.....
Nouakchott
Immoderate view
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Doha