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1. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
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).
Doha
2001 - Amman
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


2. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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3. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
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
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Tariiqa
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


4. 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 most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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).
Mogadishu


5. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
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
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Tariiqa


6. Mauritania
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.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Nouakchott
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


7. Adab

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8. Who is the Original Arab?
Tunis
Immoderate view
Amman
The Bedouin


9. 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.....
Immoderate view
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Moderate view
Amman


10. Shari'a

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11. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
Djibouti
Algiers
Beirut


12. Jordan
Immoderate view
Amman
Tunis
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


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

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14. Egypt
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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Algiers
Cairo


15. Morocco
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Algiers
Rabat
Arabian monotheism


16. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Joseph
Baghdad


17. 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).
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.
Sufism
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


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

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19. 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
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
2001 - Amman
Laic - purely historical


20. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Cairo
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


21. 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
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
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)
Muscat


22. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
The Bedouin
Struggle for God
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


23. Saudi Arabia
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Riyadh
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
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


24. United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
2001 - Amman
to recite
Beirut


25. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Joseph
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


26. Hanifiyya
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Kuwait City
Arabian monotheism
Cairo


27. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Immoderate view
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
Moderate view


28. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Rabat
Baghdad
Sana


29. Djibouti
Damascus
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Arab league members
Djibouti


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

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31. Libya
Tripoli
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Riyadh
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


32. Sudan
Sufism
Djibouti
Khartoum
Rabat


33. 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: .....
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Laic - purely historical
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
Racial Islamist view


34. Syria
Racial Islamist view
Manama
Damascus
Baghdad


35. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Tripoli
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 most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


36. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Mustasawwif
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Khartoum


37. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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 unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Cairo


38. Kuwait
Kuwait City
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 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 performer of adhan


39. Who are the Nabatians?
22
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 first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
20-25%


40. What is Petra?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Muscat
Abu Dhabi


41. Bahrain
2001 - Amman
Cairo
Manama
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. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Sufism
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


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

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44. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
Riyadh
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


45. 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.
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 unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Tripoli
Arab league members


46. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
Rabat
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Mustasawwif


47. What is Pan-Arabism?
Moderate view
Manama
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Baghdad


48. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Tunis
Manama


49. What age was Muhammed when he died?
to recite
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
Racial Islamist view
63


50. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Joseph