Arab Culture

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1. Bahrain
Damascus
Manama
Muscat
Sufism


2. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
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
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
Muslim call to prayer
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


3. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Immoderate view
Laic - purely historical
Algiers


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


5. What is Mesopotamia?
Amman
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Tunis
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.


6. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
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
Tunis
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Manama


7. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
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.


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

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9. 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
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.
Laic - purely historical
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


10. Jordan
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.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Beirut
Amman


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


12. The Arab Parliament was created:
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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).
2001 - Amman


13. Muezzin
Baghdad
the performer of adhan
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Laic - purely historical


14. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
114
20-25%
Djibouti


15. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Sana
Amman
Nouakchott


16. Hanifiyya
114
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.
Arabian monotheism
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


17. What is the Hijra?
114
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.
Mustasawwif
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


18. What is the Sunna?
Immoderate view
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Mustasawwif
Mogadishu


19. 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
Tunis
Damascus
to recite


20. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Sana
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
Dhikr
Djibouti


21. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
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.
Joseph
Mustasawwif
Arabian monotheism


22. United Arab Emirates
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Abu Dhabi
Baghdad


23. 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.
Cairo
Mogadishu
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Arab league members


24. 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
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.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


25. Qatar
63
Doha
Immoderate view
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


26. Mauritania
Beirut
Nouakchott
Kuwait City
Amman


27. Syria
Algiers
63
to recite
Damascus


28. What age was Muhammed when he died?
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)
to recite
63
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


29. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Beirut


30. Yemen
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Sana
Arab league members
the performer of adhan


31. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Khartoum
Tripoli
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


32. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Damascus
Tariiqa
Laic - purely historical


33. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
to recite
The Bedouin
Beirut


34. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Kuwait City
Struggle for God
Doha
Djibouti


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

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36. Hadiths

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37. Morocco
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Amman
Rabat
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


38. Jahiliyya is a state of 'barbarism' - of 'pagan ignorance and deprived of divine guidance' - the label which applies to any (non-Islamic) society in which God is not sovereign. Qualification: .....
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Racial Islamist view
Nouakchott
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


39. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Arab league members
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.


40. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Cairo
Moderate view
Sana


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


42. Iraq
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 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).
Baghdad
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


43. 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).
2001 - Amman
Muscat
Abu Dhabi


44. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Mogadishu
Mustasawwif
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Joseph


45. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
20-25%
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Rabat


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

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47. The contemplative - esoteric and mystical form of worship in Islam that ultimately aims at opening for the Sufi the ways of communion with God at the spiritual and emotional levels.
Amman
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Sufism
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)


48. Tunisia
Tunis
Sana
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Joseph


49. Adab

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50. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Arab league members
Laic - purely historical
Moderate view