Arab Culture

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1. Iraq
Mogadishu
22
Baghdad
Laic - purely historical


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


3. What is Petra?
Baghdad
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Riyadh
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


4. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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
Abu Dhabi


5. Kuwait
Cairo
Kuwait City
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Arab league members


6. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Nouakchott
Tariiqa
Djibouti
Immoderate view


7. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Arab league members
Algiers
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Kuwait City


8. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Algiers
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
20-25%


9. Oman
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Muscat
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
The Bedouin


10. Lebanon
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Beirut
Tripoli
Riyadh


11. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


12. Muezzin
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
the performer of adhan
Laic - purely historical


13. What is Mesopotamia?
Rabat
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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.
Immoderate view


14. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
2001 - Amman
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Sufism
Rabat


15. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
Tripoli
Dhikr
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


16. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Moderate view
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


17. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Joseph
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


18. Who is the Original Arab?
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Dhikr
The Bedouin
Beirut


19. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
Cairo
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
to recite


20. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Khartoum
63
Amman
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


21. Djibouti
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Djibouti
Racial Islamist view
Joseph


22. Tunisia
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
20-25%
Tunis


23. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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24. United Arab Emirates
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Algiers
Arab league members
Abu Dhabi


25. Who are the Shiites?
Tariiqa
Manama
Arab league members
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


26. 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.
Joseph
Arab league members
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
114


27. Shari'a

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28. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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 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.


29. Somalia
Mogadishu
Arabian monotheism
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


30. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
114
Joseph
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Arabian monotheism


31. What is the Kaaba?
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 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
Beirut
Arab league members


32. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Rabat
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Arabian monotheism


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

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34. Saudi Arabia
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.
Riyadh
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Arabian monotheism


35. Jordan
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
114
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
Amman


36. 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.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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.
Sufism
Laic - purely historical


37. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
63
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


38. Hanifiyya
Tunis
Arabian monotheism
Tariiqa
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


39. 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.....
Algiers
Immoderate view
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.
Cairo


40. Mauritania
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
Nouakchott
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
Dhikr


41. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
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
20-25%
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


42. 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
Baghdad
Laic - purely historical
Dhikr
Muscat


43. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Riyadh
Manama
The Bedouin
to recite


44. Egypt
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Struggle for God
Arabian monotheism
Cairo


45. What is Pan-Arabism?
Immoderate view
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


46. Qatar
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Doha
the performer of adhan
Djibouti


47. Libya
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tripoli
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. 'Lawrence of Arabia's most famous book is entitled.....and speaks about....'

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49. Adab

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50. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Nouakchott
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.