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1. Yemen
Sana
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Beirut
Immoderate view


2. What is Petra?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The Bedouin
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Dhikr


3. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Tariiqa
Abu Dhabi
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


4. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
22
2001 - Amman
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Djibouti


5. What age was Muhammed when he died?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
63
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.


6. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
22
Baghdad
Djibouti


7. United Arab Emirates
Manama
Abu Dhabi
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Kuwait City


8. Morocco
Rabat
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Cairo


9. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
to recite
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.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


10. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tariiqa
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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)
Dhikr


11. 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
Arab league members
Struggle for God
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


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

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13. What is Mesopotamia?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Doha
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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.


14. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Mogadishu
Tripoli
Mustasawwif
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


15. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Khartoum
Mustasawwif
Algiers


16. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Djibouti
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


17. Who is the Original Arab?
Racial Islamist view
Tunis
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The Bedouin


18. Adab

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19. Bahrain
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
Manama
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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.


20. Algeria
Sana
Algiers
63
Beirut


21. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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
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


22. Shari'a

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23. Egypt
Moderate view
Khartoum
Cairo
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


24. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Sana
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
2001 - Amman
Nouakchott


25. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Doha
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Tunis


26. Jordan
Riyadh
Amman
Cairo
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


27. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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28. 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: .....
Kuwait City
Baghdad
Racial Islamist view
Immoderate view


29. Mauritania
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Moderate view
Laic - purely historical
Nouakchott


30. 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
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
63
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


31. 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.
Cairo
Amman
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Sufism


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


33. Hadiths

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34. 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
Beirut
Baghdad
2001 - Amman


35. Sudan
Cairo
Khartoum
63
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


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


37. Lebanon
Beirut
Racial Islamist view
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.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


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

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39. Djibouti
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
Cairo
Djibouti
2001 - Amman


40. 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
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
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.


41. Qatar
Khartoum
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.
to recite
Doha


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

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43. Saudi Arabia
to recite
Riyadh
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
the performer of adhan


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


45. Kuwait
Racial Islamist view
Kuwait City
Abu Dhabi
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


46. What is the Hijra?
Joseph
Khartoum
Moderate view
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. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Moderate view
Tripoli
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Tariiqa


48. Libya
Laic - purely historical
Tripoli
Algiers
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


49. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
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).
Nouakchott


50. What is the Kaaba?
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.
Kuwait City
Rabat
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.