Arab Culture

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1. Mauritania
Rabat
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Nouakchott


2. What age was Muhammed when he died?
114
Algiers
Tariiqa
63


3. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
22
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.


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

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5. 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.
Arab league members
Joseph
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Moderate view


6. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Tariiqa
Struggle for God
Moderate view
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


7. United Arab Emirates
Manama
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
the performer of adhan
Abu Dhabi


8. Bahrain
Dhikr
Manama
Abu Dhabi
Mustasawwif


9. Morocco
Algiers
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Rabat
Kuwait City


10. What is the Kaaba?
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Riyadh
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.
63


11. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
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)
Doha
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
Moderate view


12. 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: .....
Racial Islamist view
Algiers
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
Moderate view


13. Hadiths

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14. Qatar
Doha
Beirut
Moderate view
Muscat


15. 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.
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Laic - purely historical
Sufism
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


16. Yemen
114
Djibouti
Sana
Arabian monotheism


17. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Arab league members
Dhikr
Arabian monotheism


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


19. Who is the Original Arab?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


20. Algeria
Muslim call to prayer
Arab league members
Joseph
Algiers


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


22. Libya
Immoderate view
Tripoli
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
Rabat


23. 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.....
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Tariiqa
Immoderate view


24. Somalia
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.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Mogadishu
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


25. Syria
Damascus
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.
Manama
Riyadh


26. Adab

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27. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
20-25%
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Khartoum


28. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
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.
Muslim call to prayer
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


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

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30. Iraq
Baghdad
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Abu Dhabi


31. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
The Bedouin
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


32. Tunisia
Amman
Tunis
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.


33. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
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.
Dhikr
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


34. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
2001 - Amman
to recite
Sufism
Muscat


35. Sudan
Khartoum
Sufism
Algiers
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


36. 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
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
Sufism
Dhikr


37. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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


39. Kuwait
Arab league members
Muslim call to prayer
Kuwait City
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


40. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
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)
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
114


41. What is Petra?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Damascus
Mogadishu


42. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Nouakchott
Algiers
Joseph


43. Shari'a

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44. What is Mesopotamia?
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 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 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.
Amman


45. What is Tribal Solidarity?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Manama
Djibouti
Cairo


46. 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
Tunis
Struggle for God
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


47. 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.
63
Sufism
Muscat


48. Oman
Tunis
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Laic - purely historical
Muscat


49. Muezzin
to recite
Sana
the performer of adhan
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.


50. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Tunis
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Amman
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