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1. 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 performer of adhan
Amman
Arabian monotheism


2. Iraq
Nouakchott
Baghdad
Damascus
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


3. Somalia
20-25%
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Mogadishu
Nouakchott


4. 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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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


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

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6. What is Tribal Solidarity?
114
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Amman
Tariiqa


7. 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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Joseph
63


8. Morocco
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Beirut
Amman
Rabat


9. Shari'a

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10. 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)
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.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Kuwait City


11. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Rabat
2001 - Amman


12. Algeria
Racial Islamist view
Algiers
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


13. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Arab league members
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Immoderate view


14. 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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Sana
63


15. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Immoderate view
Dhikr
22
Djibouti


16. Qatar
Doha
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Dhikr


17. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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18. Sudan
Moderate view
Khartoum
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)
Riyadh


19. Oman
Muscat
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Khartoum
Sana


20. Who are the Shiites?
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.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Racial Islamist view
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.


21. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Beirut
Dhikr
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
to recite


22. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Sana
Muscat
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Rabat


23. Mauritania
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Nouakchott
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Abu Dhabi


24. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Struggle for God
Arabian monotheism


25. Who is the Original Arab?
Arabian monotheism
Rabat
Damascus
The Bedouin


26. Kuwait
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Kuwait City
Khartoum
Tunis


27. Lebanon
Khartoum
Beirut
The Bedouin
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


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

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29. 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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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


30. 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.
Baghdad
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


31. What is Pan-Arabism?
114
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


32. Syria
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Tariiqa
Damascus
Abu Dhabi


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

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34. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Joseph
Muslim call to prayer
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


35. Yemen
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Joseph
Sana
Rabat


36. What is the Hijra?
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)
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.
Riyadh


37. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The Bedouin
Khartoum
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


38. Saudi Arabia
to recite
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).
20-25%
Riyadh


39. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Amman
Muslim call to prayer
20-25%


40. Adab

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41. Hanifiyya
Amman
Arabian monotheism
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
Tariiqa


42. Hadiths

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43. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Struggle for God


44. 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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Manama
Nouakchott


45. Tunisia
Struggle for God
Tunis
Sufism
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


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


47. Egypt
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
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Cairo
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


48. Adhan
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Muslim call to prayer
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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


49. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Beirut
Laic - purely historical
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
22


50. 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
Racial Islamist view
Abu Dhabi