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Arab Culture

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

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2. What is Tribal Solidarity?
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
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Algiers
Doha

3. Who are the Shiites?
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
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Cairo
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

4. Qatar
Doha
Rabat
114
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.

5. 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
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

6. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
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
Arabian monotheism
Moderate view

7. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Struggle for God
Rabat

8. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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
Struggle for God

9. What age was Muhammed when he died?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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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).
Joseph

10. Morocco
Beirut
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).
Kuwait City
Rabat

11. Shari'a

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12. What is the Hijra?
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Djibouti
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.
Muslim call to prayer

13. Saudi Arabia
Immoderate view
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
Riyadh

14. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Joseph
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Nouakchott

15. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Muscat
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Moderate view
Baghdad

16. 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.
Racial Islamist 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.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman

17. 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
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.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry

18. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Sufism
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
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.

19. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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20. Algeria
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Algiers
Abu Dhabi
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.

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

22. Mauritania
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Nouakchott
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Tunis

23. Bahrain
Nouakchott
Manama
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Abu Dhabi

24. Iraq
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Baghdad
Riyadh
to recite

25. 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.
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 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).
Sufism
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

26. Who are the Nabatians?
Tariiqa
114
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

27. Who is the Original Arab?
Arabian monotheism
The Bedouin
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
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.

28. Muezzin
Laic - purely historical
Manama
the performer of adhan
Riyadh

29. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tariiqa
Laic - purely historical

30. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Arabian monotheism
Cairo

31. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
2001 - Amman

32. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Tunis
Doha
Mustasawwif
Manama

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

34. What is Petra?
Sana
20-25%
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.

35. Libya
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)
Tripoli
Abu Dhabi
Muscat

36. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
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Laic - purely historical
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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.

37. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
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
Baghdad
114

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

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39. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
20-25%
Mogadishu
Manama

40. What is the Kaaba?
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.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Immoderate view

41. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Dhikr
Sufism
Struggle for God
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman

42. The Arab Parliament was created:
Khartoum
Abu Dhabi
Racial Islamist view
2001 - Amman

43. Jordan
Tariiqa
Nouakchott
20-25%
Amman

44. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
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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

45. Kuwait
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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).
Kuwait City

46. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Khartoum
Damascus
Joseph
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47. Yemen
Struggle for God
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Sana
Khartoum

48. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Joseph
Struggle for God

49. Syria
Riyadh
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Damascus

50. Somalia
114
Mogadishu
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
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