Arab Culture

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1. 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.
Sufism
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Damascus
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


2. Bahrain
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Manama
The Bedouin
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


3. Qatar
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Doha
Algiers


4. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
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.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Doha
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


5. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
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.
63
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tariiqa


6. Shari'a

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7. Mauritania
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Laic - purely historical
Nouakchott
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


8. Djibouti
Djibouti
2001 - Amman
Tunis
Moderate view


9. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
114
Racial Islamist view
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.


10. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Khartoum
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


11. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
Cairo
the performer of adhan
Beirut


12. Morocco
Rabat
Tripoli
the performer of adhan
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).


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


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

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15. 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.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Amman


16. Iraq
to recite
Sufism
Rabat
Baghdad


17. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Algiers
Arab league members
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
Tariiqa


18. United Arab Emirates
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.
Sana
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


19. 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.
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Riyadh


20. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Racial Islamist view
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Mustasawwif
Djibouti


21. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Joseph
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
The Bedouin


22. Somalia
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Mogadishu
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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.


23. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
Tripoli
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Arabian monotheism


24. 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.....
Dhikr
Immoderate view
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


25. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Khartoum
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.
Muscat


26. Adab

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27. 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 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).
Arab league members
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.


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

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29. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Damascus
Doha
Cairo
Mustasawwif


30. 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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Immoderate view
Laic - purely historical
the performer of adhan


31. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
22
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.
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
Tariiqa


32. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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.
Arab league members
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


33. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Joseph
63
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
to recite


34. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Abu Dhabi


35. Oman
Baghdad
Joseph
Damascus
Muscat


36. Syria
Damascus
Beirut
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
2001 - Amman


37. Egypt
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.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Racial Islamist view
Cairo


38. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Beirut
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


39. Yemen
Sana
Khartoum
Baghdad
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


40. Who are the Shiites?
Beirut
Laic - purely historical
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


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

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42. Hadiths

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43. What is the Kaaba?
Sana
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.
20-25%
Djibouti


44. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Damascus
22


45. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Khartoum
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


46. Jordan
Amman
Manama
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Rabat


47. Lebanon
Khartoum
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Laic - purely historical
Abu Dhabi
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
Beirut


49. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Cairo
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
22
Damascus


50. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
63
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Struggle for God
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.