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Arab Culture

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1. What is Mesopotamia?
the performer of adhan
114
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.
Mustasawwif

2. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Abu Dhabi
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)

3. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Dhikr

4. Adhan
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Muslim call to prayer
Rabat
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.

5. Morocco
Muslim call to prayer
Tripoli
Rabat
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

6. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
Sufism
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Nouakchott

7. Oman
Sana
Algiers
Muscat
114

8. 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.
Arab league members
Sana
Kuwait City
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman

9. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
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.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Dhikr

10. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Baghdad
Sufism
22

11. Qatar
Doha
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Muscat
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

12. Hadiths

13. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
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
Mustasawwif
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Tariiqa

14. Who is the Original Arab?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Nouakchott
Abu Dhabi
The Bedouin

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

16. Iraq
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.
Arab league members
Baghdad

17. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
63
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 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.

18. What is the Kaaba?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

19. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Rabat
Sufism
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

20. The Arab Parliament was created:
Sufism
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Nouakchott
2001 - Amman

21. Yemen
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.
Muslim call to prayer
Sana

22. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
the performer of adhan
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

23. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Joseph
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part

24. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Immoderate view
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Muscat

25. What is the Hijra?
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 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
114
Mustasawwif

26. Saudi Arabia
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).
Riyadh
114
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down

27. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Nouakchott

28. Mauritania
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Riyadh
Nouakchott
Mustasawwif

29. Algeria
Moderate view
Arab league members
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Algiers

30. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Damascus
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman

31. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Doha
Kuwait City
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
The Bedouin

32. What is Pan-Arabism?
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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

33. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
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).
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. Sudan
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Khartoum
Struggle for God
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.

35. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
63
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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

36. Somalia
63
Mogadishu
Laic - purely historical
Cairo

37. What age was Muhammed when he died?
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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
Arabian monotheism
63

38. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Riyadh
20-25%
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

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

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

41. What is Tribal Solidarity?
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 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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.

42. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Baghdad
the performer of adhan

43. Lebanon
Beirut
Muscat
The Bedouin
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.

44. Tunisia
Cairo
Joseph
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Tunis

45. Shari'a

46. United Arab Emirates
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Joseph
Beirut
Abu Dhabi

47. Libya
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Damascus
Tripoli
114

48. 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.....
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tariiqa
Immoderate view
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

49. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Immoderate view
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
22
Tripoli

50. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
Amman
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
2001 - Amman