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


2. What is the Sunna?
114
22
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


3. Algeria
Kuwait City
Algiers
Rabat
Khartoum


4. What is Tribal Solidarity?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Sana


5. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
the performer of adhan
Mustasawwif
Sana
Manama


6. Saudi Arabia
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Riyadh
The Bedouin
Kuwait City


7. Oman
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
22
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Muscat


8. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Tariiqa
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Kuwait City


9. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Muslim call to prayer
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
114


10. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
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.
Mustasawwif
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of 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


11. United Arab Emirates
the performer of adhan
Abu Dhabi
Baghdad
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


12. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
The Bedouin
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Tariiqa


13. What is Petra?
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Mustasawwif
Mogadishu


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

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15. 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
Djibouti
Joseph
Cairo


16. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Amman
Algiers


17. Morocco
Rabat
Tariiqa
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.


18. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Laic - purely historical
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The Bedouin


19. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
22
Djibouti
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


20. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
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
Amman


21. What is Mesopotamia?
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 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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.


22. Sudan
63
Mogadishu
Laic - purely historical
Khartoum


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


24. Syria
Muscat
Cairo
Laic - purely historical
Damascus


25. Lebanon
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Beirut
Djibouti
Joseph


26. Kuwait
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Kuwait City
Mogadishu
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


27. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Manama
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
to recite


28. Mauritania
Beirut
Nouakchott
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.


29. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
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).
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


30. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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31. Somalia
to recite
Mogadishu
Racial Islamist view
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


32. 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
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).
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Muslim call to prayer


33. Yemen
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 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
Sana
Mogadishu


34. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Djibouti
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 Bedouin
114


35. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
114
Dhikr
to recite


36. Iraq
Doha
Baghdad
Arabian monotheism
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


37. Hadiths

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

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39. Shari'a

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

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41. Jordan
Amman
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


42. What is Pan-Arabism?
Rabat
Cairo
20-25%
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


43. Qatar
to recite
Doha
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Abu Dhabi


44. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
Arab league members
Moderate view
Sana


45. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Arab league members
Tariiqa
Sana
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


46. What is the Hijra?
Arabian monotheism
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Cairo
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.


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

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48. Libya
Tariiqa
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
Tripoli
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


49. 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
Laic - purely historical
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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
to recite


50. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Dhikr
Sufism
Joseph
Arabian monotheism