Arab Culture

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1. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Moderate view
20-25%
Arab league members
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


2. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
the performer of adhan
Arab league members


3. Somalia
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.
Mogadishu
Arabian monotheism
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


4. Muezzin
Sana
the performer of adhan
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


5. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Damascus
Dhikr
to recite
Muslim call to prayer


6. 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
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.
Algiers
Rabat
Laic - purely historical


7. 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: .....
Racial Islamist view
Algiers
Dhikr
Manama


8. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tariiqa


9. Egypt
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Mustasawwif
Cairo
Muscat


10. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Abu Dhabi
Sufism
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


11. Morocco
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
2001 - Amman
Rabat
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


12. 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.
Arabian monotheism
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
114
Arab league members


13. Yemen
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Mogadishu
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Sana


14. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
63
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


15. 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.
Tunis
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Kuwait City


16. Hadiths

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17. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Mogadishu
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Immoderate view
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


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

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19. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of 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
Nouakchott
2001 - Amman


20. Libya
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
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
Mogadishu
Tripoli


21. 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
Laic - purely historical
22
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


22. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Dhikr
22
20-25%
Riyadh


23. Saudi Arabia
Mustasawwif
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Sufism
Riyadh


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

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25. Jordan
Amman
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%
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


26. Djibouti
Djibouti
Cairo
Nouakchott
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


27. Sudan
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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).
Khartoum
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


28. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Moderate view
Manama
Arab league members
Dhikr


29. What is the Sunna?
Sana
Abu Dhabi
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Immoderate view


30. Hanifiyya
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
Arabian monotheism


31. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
114


32. Kuwait
Struggle for God
Kuwait City
Immoderate view
Sufism


33. Algeria
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
63
the performer of adhan
Algiers


34. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Kuwait City
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Joseph


35. Oman
the performer of adhan
Muscat
63
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


36. What is the Hijra?
Muslim call to prayer
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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


37. Adhan
20-25%
Khartoum
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
Muslim call to prayer


38. 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.....
Doha
Baghdad
Damascus
Immoderate view


39. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Baghdad
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Mustasawwif


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

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41. Who are the Shiites?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Immoderate view


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

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43. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
to recite
Moderate view
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


44. Qatar
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
Doha
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


45. Bahrain
20-25%
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)
Sufism


46. Syria
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Khartoum
Damascus
63


47. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Riyadh
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.
Djibouti
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


48. Shari'a

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49. Who are the Nabatians?
114
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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 first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


50. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Beirut
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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