Arab Culture

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1. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Doha


2. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
114
Mogadishu
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)
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


3. What is Pan-Arabism?
Mustasawwif
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
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
Racial Islamist view
Immoderate view


5. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Damascus
Amman
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
20-25%


6. Sudan
Khartoum
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)
Tunis
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


7. Libya
Joseph
Muscat
Tripoli
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


8. United Arab Emirates
Baghdad
Muslim call to prayer
Abu Dhabi
Moderate view


9. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
to recite
114


10. 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.....
Rabat
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Immoderate view


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

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12. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Muslim call to prayer
Laic - purely historical
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
114


13. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


14. Morocco
20-25%
Arab league members
Rabat
Riyadh


15. 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
Beirut
Racial Islamist view
Laic - purely historical
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.


16. Qatar
Muslim call to prayer
Doha
Racial Islamist view
Arab league members


17. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
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
to recite
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


18. What is the Hijra?
Algiers
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.
Amman
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


19. 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: .....
Amman
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
Racial Islamist view
Immoderate view


20. Algeria
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Joseph
Algiers
the performer of adhan


21. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Djibouti
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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


22. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend 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
Arab league members


23. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Arabian monotheism


24. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Baghdad
Mustasawwif
Laic - purely historical
Arabian monotheism


25. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
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.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
114


26. 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.
Abu Dhabi
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Sufism


27. Yemen
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.
Immoderate view
Sana


28. Kuwait
Joseph
Kuwait City
Baghdad
Abu Dhabi


29. Jordan
Mogadishu
Arabian monotheism
Immoderate view
Amman


30. Who are the Nabatians?
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 Bedouin
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


31. Shari'a

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32. Who is the Original Arab?
Algiers
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.
Immoderate view
The Bedouin


33. Bahrain
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.
Manama
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


34. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Riyadh
Damascus


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


36. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Dhikr


37. Saudi Arabia
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Riyadh
Muslim call to prayer


38. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Khartoum
Laic - purely historical
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


39. Syria
Damascus
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Doha


40. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Moderate view
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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


41. Adab

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42. Oman
Racial Islamist view
Khartoum
Muscat
Manama


43. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Tunis
Dhikr
Nouakchott
Mustasawwif


44. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Arabian monotheism
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
Dhikr
Muslim call to prayer


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

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46. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Mustasawwif
Joseph
Riyadh
22


47. Iraq
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Rabat
Baghdad


48. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
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 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.
Racial Islamist view


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

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50. Djibouti
Immoderate view
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tripoli
Djibouti