Arab Culture

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1. Kuwait
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)
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
Kuwait City
Tariiqa


2. Morocco
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.
Rabat
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


3. Who are the Nabatians?
Sana
Khartoum
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
22


4. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Amman
Arab league members
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
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.


5. Bahrain
Beirut
Tariiqa
Manama
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


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
Laic - purely historical
Riyadh
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
22


7. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
to recite
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Arabian monotheism
Arab league members


8. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
114
Immoderate view
Dhikr


9. Libya
Tripoli
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.
Khartoum


10. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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.
Struggle for God
Cairo
Algiers


11. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
22
Abu Dhabi
Arab league members
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


12. The Arab Parliament was created:
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
2001 - Amman
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Doha


13. What is Pan-Arabism?
Khartoum
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


14. Lebanon
63
Beirut
Damascus
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)


15. Tunisia
Tripoli
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Muslim call to prayer
Tunis


16. Adhan
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Muslim call to prayer
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Tripoli


17. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Doha
Mustasawwif
22
2001 - Amman


18. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
20-25%
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Laic - purely historical


19. What is the Kaaba?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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.
Riyadh


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

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21. Mauritania
Sufism
Nouakchott
Joseph
Doha


22. Saudi Arabia
Amman
Riyadh
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


23. What is Mesopotamia?
Muslim call to prayer
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.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


24. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Immoderate view
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)
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
20-25%


25. Sudan
2001 - Amman
63
Khartoum
Cairo


26. Oman
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 performer of adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Muscat


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


28. Who is the Original Arab?
Tripoli
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
22
The Bedouin


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


30. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
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
The Bedouin
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


31. Adab

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32. Yemen
Sana
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
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Joseph


33. What is Tribal Solidarity?
22
Tripoli
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


34. What is Petra?
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Khartoum
Tariiqa


35. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Amman
Mustasawwif
Djibouti
Dhikr


36. Jordan
Amman
Tripoli
Nouakchott
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.


37. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Tripoli
to recite


38. Egypt
Struggle for God
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Cairo
63


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

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40. United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Sana
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
Struggle for God


41. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Manama
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Moderate view
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


42. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Baghdad
Moderate view
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


43. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
Manama
the performer of adhan
Beirut


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

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45. Shari'a

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46. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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47. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


48. Somalia
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Algiers
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
Mogadishu


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


50. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
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
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Dhikr
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.