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1. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Immoderate view
Amman
Kuwait City
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


2. Algeria
Algiers
Nouakchott
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
the performer of adhan


3. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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.
Doha
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Struggle for God


4. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
2001 - Amman
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


5. What is Mesopotamia?
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
Algiers
Immoderate view


6. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Rabat
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
114
Tripoli


7. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Muscat
Khartoum
20-25%
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


8. 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
Tariiqa
Laic - purely historical
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


9. Egypt
Mogadishu
Laic - purely historical
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Cairo


10. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Cairo
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
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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.


11. 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.
Tripoli
Muslim call to prayer
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


12. Adhan
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Tariiqa
Muslim call to prayer
Kuwait City


13. Jordan
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.
Arabian monotheism
Amman


14. Bahrain
Manama
Muslim call to prayer
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


15. Mauritania
The Bedouin
20-25%
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.
Nouakchott


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

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17. Qatar
Doha
Muslim call to prayer
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)


18. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Joseph
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Amman
Tunis


19. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
20-25%
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
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
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


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

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21. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Mustasawwif
Dhikr
Beirut
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


22. Yemen
Struggle for God
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 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
Sana


23. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Muscat


24. Who are the Shiites?
Damascus
114
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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.


25. Hanifiyya
Joseph
Arabian monotheism
Dhikr
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


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

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27. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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.
Kuwait City
the performer of adhan


28. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
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
114
Abu Dhabi
Arabian monotheism


29. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Struggle for God
the performer of adhan
Sana
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


30. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Algiers


31. Adab

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32. What age was Muhammed when he died?
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Arab league members
63
Manama


33. Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Tunis
Sana
Baghdad


34. What is the Sunna?
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
63
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


35. United Arab Emirates
22
Arabian monotheism
Tripoli
Abu Dhabi


36. 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.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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.
Arab league members


37. 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.....
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Immoderate view
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


38. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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39. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
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.
Tripoli
Tariiqa
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


40. Hadiths

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41. Sudan
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Khartoum
Moderate view
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


42. Who are the Nabatians?
the performer of adhan
Arab league members
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 first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


43. Morocco
Abu Dhabi
Rabat
to recite
Damascus


44. Iraq
Damascus
22
Riyadh
Baghdad


45. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Dhikr
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Sufism
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


46. What is the Kaaba?
Tariiqa
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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.
Arab league members


47. Syria
Damascus
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
Arabian monotheism
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


48. 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.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Nouakchott
Khartoum


49. Tunisia
Tunis
114
Djibouti
Sufism


50. Libya
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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Dhikr
Tripoli