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1. 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: .....
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Kuwait City
Racial Islamist view
Joseph


2. Saudi Arabia
Khartoum
20-25%
Sana
Riyadh


3. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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
Tunis
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


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


5. Mauritania
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Moderate view
Nouakchott
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


6. Egypt
Sufism
Arabian monotheism
Cairo
Dhikr


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


8. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Beirut
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Algiers


9. Who is the Original Arab?
Riyadh
Muslim call to prayer
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The Bedouin


10. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Mustasawwif
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Muscat


11. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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12. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Racial Islamist view
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.


13. Muezzin
Sana
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 performer of adhan
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


14. Somalia
to recite
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.
Mogadishu


15. Iraq
Baghdad
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).
Kuwait City
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


16. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Arabian monotheism
Khartoum
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
114


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

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18. Adab

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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.....
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
2001 - Amman
Immoderate view
Arab league members


20. Syria
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Beirut
Doha
Damascus


21. 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
Abu Dhabi
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


22. Kuwait
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Djibouti
Kuwait City
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


23. Shari'a

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24. 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
Laic - purely historical
Joseph
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


25. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Rabat
Abu Dhabi
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


26. Qatar
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
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
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Doha


27. Hadiths

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28. United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
Beirut
to recite
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


29. Tunisia
Tunis
Nouakchott
The Bedouin
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


30. Libya
Tripoli
Damascus
Immoderate view
Mogadishu


31. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Djibouti
Rabat
2001 - Amman
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


32. What is the Kaaba?
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
Beirut
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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.


33. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
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Joseph
Tariiqa
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


34. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Doha
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Mustasawwif
The Bedouin


35. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Manama
Sufism
to recite
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


36. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Baghdad
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


37. Bahrain
Laic - purely historical
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Manama
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


38. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Tariiqa
Immoderate view
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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.


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

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40. 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.
Riyadh
Immoderate view
Sufism
Cairo


41. Sudan
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
22
Khartoum
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


42. What is Pan-Arabism?
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)
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Doha


43. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
20-25%
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
22
Damascus


44. Jordan
Amman
Mustasawwif
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


45. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
63
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Nouakchott


46. 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.
Mogadishu
Laic - purely historical
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Arab league members


47. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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)
Beirut


48. Yemen
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Sufism
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


49. Lebanon
Beirut
Abu Dhabi
Kuwait City
Moderate view


50. Who are the Nabatians?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Moderate view
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Riyadh