Arab Culture

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


2. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Arabian monotheism
Amman
Dhikr


3. Algeria
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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.
Algiers


4. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
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.
Joseph
Muscat
Immoderate view


5. Djibouti
Djibouti
Mustasawwif
Sana
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


6. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


7. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
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Struggle for God
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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


8. 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: .....
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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
Racial Islamist view


9. 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.
Joseph
Nouakchott
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


10. What is Mesopotamia?
Manama
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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.


11. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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12. Qatar
Struggle for God
Doha
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 unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


13. Jordan
Abu Dhabi
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Amman
Cairo


14. Who are the Shiites?
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.
114
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Kuwait City


15. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Doha
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
Mustasawwif


16. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
114


17. 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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Algiers
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


18. Libya
Algiers
Cairo
Tripoli
Khartoum


19. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
The Bedouin
Doha
to recite
Damascus


20. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


21. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Amman
Racial Islamist view


22. 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
Joseph
Djibouti
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


23. United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


24. Shari'a

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25. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Arabian monotheism
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


26. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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


27. 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.
Tripoli
Beirut
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


28. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Arab league members
Laic - purely historical
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


29. Who is the Original Arab?
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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
The Bedouin
Immoderate view


30. Somalia
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Cairo
Mogadishu
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


31. Lebanon
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
63
Sufism
Beirut


32. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Laic - purely historical
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
22
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


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


34. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tariiqa
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Tunis
Moderate view


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

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36. 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.
63
Damascus
Arab league members
Beirut


37. Yemen
Cairo
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Riyadh
Sana


38. Hanifiyya
Algiers
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Riyadh
Arabian monotheism


39. Who are the Nabatians?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Dhikr
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


40. Adab

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41. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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
114


42. Adhan
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Manama
Racial Islamist view
Muslim call to prayer


43. 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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Khartoum
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Laic - purely historical


44. Iraq
Sufism
Algiers
Baghdad
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).


45. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Arab league members
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Abu Dhabi


46. Hadiths

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47. Oman
Mustasawwif
Muscat
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.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


48. Syria
Damascus
The Bedouin
Khartoum
Arab league members


49. Tunisia
Laic - purely historical
Dhikr
Tunis
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


50. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Cairo
Abu Dhabi
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
Mogadishu