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Arab Culture

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1. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Cairo
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
114
63

2. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Baghdad
20-25%

3. Sudan
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
Khartoum
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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

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

5. 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: .....
Struggle for God
Immoderate view
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
Racial Islamist view

6. The Arab Parliament was created:
114
2001 - Amman
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Amman

7. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
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
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Riyadh
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah

8. 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.
Moderate view
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Tariiqa
Sufism

9. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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.

10. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Riyadh
Damascus
Joseph

11. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
20-25%
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Amman

12. Morocco
Rabat
Laic - purely historical
Doha
Djibouti

13. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Amman
Mustasawwif
Dhikr
Muslim call to prayer

14. 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
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
Abu Dhabi
Muslim call to prayer

15. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
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
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Abu Dhabi

16. United Arab Emirates
Beirut
Tariiqa
Abu Dhabi
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

17. 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.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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.

18. Lebanon
The Bedouin
Beirut
Mogadishu
Joseph

19. What is the Kaaba?
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
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
20-25%
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.

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

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21. What is Petra?
Moderate view
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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.
Muslim call to prayer

22. What is the Sunna?
Khartoum
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
Riyadh
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

23. Somalia
20-25%
Cairo
Mogadishu
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions

24. 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
Arabian monotheism
Tariiqa
Laic - purely historical
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad

25. Hadiths

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26. Mauritania
Nouakchott
The Bedouin
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Beirut

27. Tunisia
Tunis
Dhikr
Tripoli
Khartoum

28. What is the Hijra?
Tunis
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.
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 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.

29. What is Pan-Arabism?
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
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
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

30. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Djibouti
Riyadh
to recite
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.

31. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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32. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Mustasawwif
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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.
Struggle for God

33. 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
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
Joseph

34. 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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad

35. Shari'a

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36. Djibouti
Djibouti
Rabat
Khartoum
Joseph

37. Who are the Shiites?
Arabian monotheism
Doha
Manama
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.

38. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Mustasawwif
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
Nouakchott
Tripoli

39. Bahrain
Nouakchott
Joseph
Beirut
Manama

40. Jordan
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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
20-25%
Amman

41. Kuwait
Sufism
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
Kuwait City

42. Oman
Kuwait City
Muscat
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

43. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Racial Islamist view
Sana
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down

44. Who is the Original Arab?
Arab league members
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
22
The Bedouin

45. Libya
Muslim call to prayer
Tripoli
Arab league members
Joseph

46. Syria
114
Damascus
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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry

47. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Tripoli
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Rabat
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam

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

49. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Riyadh
Struggle for God
Joseph
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.

50. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
Laic - purely historical
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Muslim call to prayer