Arab Culture

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

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2. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Mustasawwif
Algiers
Joseph
20-25%


3. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Dhikr
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Mustasawwif
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


4. Somalia
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Mogadishu
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Amman


5. 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
Algiers
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Cairo


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

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7. Algeria
20-25%
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
Algiers


8. Egypt
22
20-25%
Cairo
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


9. Libya
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Tripoli


10. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
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
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


11. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Joseph
Moderate view
Immoderate view


12. Kuwait
Nouakchott
114
Baghdad
Kuwait City


13. Adhan
Racial Islamist view
Muslim call to prayer
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


14. Sudan
Beirut
Khartoum
114
Doha


15. Djibouti
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Djibouti
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
63


16. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Nouakchott
Immoderate view
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
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).


17. Shari'a

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18. 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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Immoderate view
Sufism


19. What is Petra?
Cairo
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tunis


20. 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
22
Abu Dhabi
Laic - purely historical
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


21. Bahrain
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Tunis
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Manama


22. 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
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Baghdad


23. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Tunis
Mustasawwif
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.


24. Oman
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Muscat
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


25. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Djibouti


26. Yemen
22
Sana
Doha
Tunis


27. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Damascus
Sufism
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Immoderate view


28. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Djibouti
114
Rabat


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


30. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Muslim call to prayer
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.


31. What is Pan-Arabism?
Struggle for God
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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


32. Tunisia
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
Tunis
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
22


33. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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34. Hanifiyya
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
Baghdad
Arab league members
Arabian monotheism


35. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
63
Joseph
to recite
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


36. United Arab Emirates
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Abu Dhabi
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
Damascus


37. What is the Hijra?
Dhikr
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.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
to recite


38. Who is the Original Arab?
Amman
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Kuwait City
The Bedouin


39. Morocco
Rabat
Tariiqa
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Muslim call to prayer


40. Hadiths

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41. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tripoli


42. Adab

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43. 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: .....
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Racial Islamist view
Beirut


44. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Doha
Khartoum
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


45. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Sana
Tariiqa


46. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
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.
Djibouti
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


47. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Algiers
Mustasawwif
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Kuwait City


48. 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
Tariiqa
20-25%
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


49. Muezzin
Khartoum
Djibouti
the performer of adhan
Sana


50. 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
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.