Arab Culture

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1. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
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Dhikr
Moderate view
Abu Dhabi


2. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.


3. What is Tribal Solidarity?
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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Beirut
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


4. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
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)
Laic - purely historical
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Joseph


5. Libya
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
20-25%
Struggle for God
Tripoli


6. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Mustasawwif
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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7. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Rabat
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Arabian monotheism
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


8. 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.....
Cairo
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.
Immoderate view
Manama


9. Hadiths

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10. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Rabat
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Nouakchott


11. Syria
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 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).
Damascus
Tripoli


12. What is the Kaaba?
Mustasawwif
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.
Sufism


13. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Damascus
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).
Nouakchott


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

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15. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Moderate view
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
2001 - Amman


16. Qatar
Dhikr
Doha
Djibouti
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


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

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18. Morocco
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Algiers
Rabat
Moderate view


19. Adhan
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Muslim call to prayer
Dhikr
Manama


20. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Sufism
Moderate view
the performer of adhan
22


21. 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.
Riyadh
Tripoli
Beirut


22. Algeria
Beirut
Algiers
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
to recite


23. The Arab Parliament was created:
Amman
2001 - Amman
Sufism
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


24. 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
Arab league members
Laic - purely historical
Dhikr
Sufism


25. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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
Manama


26. Jordan
Tariiqa
Amman
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Racial Islamist view


27. Somalia
Mustasawwif
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Mogadishu
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


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


29. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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30. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Sufism
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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.
the performer of adhan


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

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32. Sudan
Khartoum
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


33. Egypt
the performer of adhan
Cairo
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


34. Mauritania
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Nouakchott
Joseph


35. Tunisia
The Bedouin
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
Muslim call to prayer


36. Bahrain
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
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Manama


37. Hanifiyya
Kuwait City
2001 - Amman
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.
Arabian monotheism


38. Who are the Nabatians?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
the performer of adhan
Beirut
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39. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
The Bedouin
Sana
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
Laic - purely historical


40. Iraq
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
Muscat
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Baghdad


41. Adab

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42. Djibouti
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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Djibouti
Tripoli


43. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Dhikr
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


44. What is the Hijra?
Khartoum
Algiers
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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.


45. 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.
Djibouti
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
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Arab league members


46. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Sana
Struggle for God
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Muscat


47. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tunis
20-25%
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


48. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Muslim call to prayer
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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'.


49. Who are the Shiites?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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.
Sana


50. 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
63
to recite
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.