Arab Culture

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1. Bahrain
Amman
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)
Manama
Immoderate view


2. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Amman


3. 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.....
Baghdad
Sufism
Immoderate view
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


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

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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: .....
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Racial Islamist view
Sufism
Moderate view


6. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Muscat


7. Iraq
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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
Kuwait City
Baghdad


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

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9. 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.
Sufism
Tripoli
Sana
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10. What are the 'Five Pillars of Islam'?

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11. What is the Sunna?
Laic - purely historical
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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).


12. Shari'a

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13. Morocco
Tripoli
Rabat
Mogadishu
the performer of adhan


14. 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.
Manama
Joseph
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).
Arab league members


15. Saudi Arabia
Tripoli
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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
Riyadh


16. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Muscat


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


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


19. Egypt
Moderate view
20-25%
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Cairo


20. What is the Kaaba?
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Nouakchott


21. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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22. What does the term 'Mu'allqates' mean?

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23. Syria
Algiers
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Damascus
The Bedouin


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


25. Mauritania
Damascus
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).
Laic - purely historical
Nouakchott


26. What is Petra?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Arabian monotheism
2001 - Amman
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


27. Somalia
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
Rabat
Mogadishu
Arabian monotheism


28. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
Dhikr
Moderate view
Arabian monotheism


29. Algeria
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.
Tariiqa
20-25%
Algiers


30. The Arab Parliament was created:
Tunis
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
2001 - Amman
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


31. Sudan
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Arab league members
Khartoum
Cairo


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


33. Qatar
Doha
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Abu Dhabi
Riyadh


34. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Abu Dhabi
22


35. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
114
Baghdad
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Dhikr


36. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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37. Hanifiyya
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Arabian monotheism
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Nouakchott


38. Lebanon
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Algiers
Racial Islamist view
Beirut


39. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Damascus
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
Tunis
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


40. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


41. Who are the Nabatians?
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 first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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.


42. Yemen
the performer of adhan
Sana
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).
22


43. Djibouti
Djibouti
the performer of adhan
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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


44. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
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.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Nouakchott
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


45. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Tripoli
Joseph
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
20-25%


46. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Tunis
Moderate view
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Manama


47. Who is the Original Arab?
Tunis
Struggle for God
The Bedouin
Muscat


48. Hadiths

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49. Who are the Shiites?
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Tripoli
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


50. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Mustasawwif
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.