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1. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Moderate view
Tariiqa
Beirut
Mogadishu


2. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Sufism
20-25%
114
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


3. Lebanon
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 performer of adhan
Mustasawwif
Beirut


4. Who is the Original Arab?
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
The Bedouin
Mogadishu
Baghdad


5. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
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
Dhikr
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


6. Jordan
Tripoli
Racial Islamist view
Amman
Khartoum


7. Algeria
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Algiers
the performer of adhan
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


8. 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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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)


9. What is the Hijra?
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.
22
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


10. 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
Laic - purely historical
Sana
Sufism


11. Hadiths

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12. 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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Joseph
Racial Islamist view
Beirut


13. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
20-25%
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.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


14. Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
the performer of adhan
Arab league members


15. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Djibouti
Racial Islamist view
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Doha


16. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
22
Immoderate view
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


17. Muezzin
Doha
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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 performer of adhan


18. What is Mesopotamia?
Riyadh
Abu Dhabi
2001 - Amman
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.


19. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
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).
Abu Dhabi
20-25%
Struggle for God


20. 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
Doha
Algiers
22


21. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
114
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


22. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Arab league members
Arabian monotheism
Muslim call to prayer
to recite


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

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24. Oman
Muscat
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Joseph
Nouakchott


25. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Baghdad
Moderate view
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%


26. What is the Kaaba?
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
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.
Arabian monotheism
Sana


27. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Racial Islamist view
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


28. 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.
22
Rabat
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


29. Egypt
Djibouti
Cairo
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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


30. Adab

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31. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Amman
Sana
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 list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


32. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Baghdad
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Tripoli


33. Djibouti
Djibouti
Rabat
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.


34. Shari'a

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35. 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.
Baghdad
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)
Arab league members
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.


36. Qatar
63
Mustasawwif
Doha
Mogadishu


37. Kuwait
Tariiqa
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Kuwait City


38. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Tunis
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Joseph
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


39. Yemen
Mustasawwif
Struggle for God
Sufism
Sana


40. Tunisia
2001 - 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
Amman
Tunis


41. Syria
Damascus
Baghdad
Beirut
Khartoum


42. Bahrain
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.
Muslim call to prayer
Manama
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


43. 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
Joseph
Arab league members
Djibouti


44. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Nouakchott
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


45. Iraq
Moderate view
Muslim call to prayer
Baghdad
Mogadishu


46. Somalia
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.
Beirut
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)


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

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48. Who are the Nabatians?
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.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Mogadishu


49. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Kuwait City
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).
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Cairo


50. Sudan
Tripoli
Tariiqa
Khartoum
Doha