Arab Culture

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1. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Arabian monotheism
Tariiqa
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Algiers


2. Muezzin
Rabat
the performer of adhan
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 Muslim sect that follows Ali.


3. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
2001 - Amman
Tariiqa
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


4. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
Muslim call to prayer
20-25%
Laic - purely historical


5. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Mogadishu
Muscat
Abu Dhabi
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


6. What is the Kaaba?
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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
Sufism


7. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Arabian monotheism
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Tariiqa


8. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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9. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
Baghdad
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Kuwait City


10. What are the 'Five Pillars of Islam'?

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

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12. Morocco
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
114
Rabat
63


13. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Riyadh
Racial Islamist view
Amman


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

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15. Algeria
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
114
Baghdad
Algiers


16. Hadiths

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17. Adhan
Damascus
Muslim call to prayer
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
2001 - Amman


18. Bahrain
Joseph
Manama
2001 - Amman
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


19. 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.....
Arab league members
Immoderate view
Mustasawwif
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)


20. Somalia
22
Muscat
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)
Mogadishu


21. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Rabat
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


22. Lebanon
Baghdad
Beirut
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Tripoli


23. Kuwait
Baghdad
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Kuwait City
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


24. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Doha
Mogadishu
2001 - Amman


25. The Arab Parliament was created:
Baghdad
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
2001 - Amman
Khartoum


26. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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.
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)
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


27. Who are the Nabatians?
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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Muscat


28. Qatar
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Doha
Khartoum
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.


29. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
114
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
22


30. What is Tribal Solidarity?
114
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Baghdad


31. Who is the Original Arab?
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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 Bedouin
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.


32. United Arab Emirates
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Muslim call to prayer
Abu Dhabi
Immoderate view


33. What is Pan-Arabism?
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
to recite
Manama
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


34. Djibouti
Tripoli
Djibouti
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 performer of adhan


35. Egypt
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Dhikr
Cairo
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.


36. Jordan
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Amman
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


37. Saudi Arabia
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Riyadh


38. Shari'a

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39. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
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.
114
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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


40. 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.
Racial Islamist view
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).
Sufism
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


41. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


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.
Arab league members
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Struggle for God
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)


43. Libya
to recite
Racial Islamist view
Mogadishu
Tripoli


44. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
The Bedouin
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Baghdad
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


45. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
20-25%
Doha
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


46. What is Mesopotamia?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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
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.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


47. What is the Hijra?
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 performer of adhan
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 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


48. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Sana
Algiers
22
Mustasawwif


49. Hanifiyya
Algiers
Tripoli
Arabian monotheism
2001 - Amman


50. 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
Tariiqa
Dhikr
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.