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1. What is the Sunna?
Kuwait City
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Nouakchott

2. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Tariiqa
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
to recite

3. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Khartoum
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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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.

4. Lebanon
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
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Beirut

5. What is Mesopotamia?
Cairo
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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).

6. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Sana
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Racial Islamist view

7. Shari'a

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8. Somalia
Mogadishu
Beirut
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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

9. Libya
Racial Islamist view
Tunis
Rabat
Tripoli

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

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11. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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
Algiers
114

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

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13. Hanifiyya
the performer of adhan
Cairo
Arabian monotheism
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry

14. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Sufism
Moderate view
Joseph

15. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Racial Islamist view
Damascus

16. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Beirut
Joseph
Rabat
Immoderate view

17. 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
63
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
Laic - purely historical
22

18. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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.

19. Djibouti
Khartoum
Djibouti
Rabat
Nouakchott

20. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Beirut
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
22
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith

21. Oman
Manama
Moderate view
Mogadishu
Muscat

22. Egypt
Cairo
Arabian monotheism
63
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

23. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Mogadishu
Muscat
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Tariiqa

24. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Doha
2001 - Amman
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Dhikr

25. Who is the Original Arab?
Arab league members
The Bedouin
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Khartoum

26. Kuwait
Struggle for God
Kuwait City
22
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions

27. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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).

28. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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
The Bedouin
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. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Mogadishu
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part

30. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
Racial Islamist view
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Djibouti

31. Bahrain
Laic - purely historical
Rabat
Muslim call to prayer
Manama

32. Adab

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33. Yemen
Tripoli
Cairo
Sana
Laic - purely historical

34. Mauritania
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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

35. 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.
Mogadishu
Racial Islamist view
The Bedouin
Arab league members

36. 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.....
Doha
Immoderate view
Abu Dhabi
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.

37. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Algiers
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Nouakchott
Muslim call to prayer

38. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
63
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tripoli
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

39. What is the Hijra?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah

40. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Tripoli
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Laic - purely historical

41. Who are the Shiites?
Sana
Laic - purely historical
Cairo
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.

42. 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
Moderate view
Sana
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

43. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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)
Baghdad
Arab league members

44. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Mustasawwif
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
20-25%
Arab league members

45. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Rabat
Nouakchott
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Immoderate view

46. Saudi Arabia
Damascus
to recite
Riyadh
Cairo

47. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Dhikr
Racial Islamist view
63
Tariiqa

48. Algeria
Abu Dhabi
Manama
Nouakchott
Algiers

49. 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.
Moderate view
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Khartoum

50. Tunisia
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Baghdad
Cairo
Tunis

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