Arab Culture

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1. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Arabian monotheism
2001 - Amman
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Dhikr


2. Libya
Sana
Tripoli
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.


3. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Nouakchott
Djibouti
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Sufism


4. United Arab Emirates
20-25%
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Abu Dhabi
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


5. Syria
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Damascus


6. 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.
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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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


7. Shari'a

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8. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
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.
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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


9. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
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)
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
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Struggle for God


10. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
The Bedouin
Mustasawwif


11. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
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.
Tariiqa
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


12. Iraq
Baghdad
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Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


13. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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)
Sana
to recite


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

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15. Jordan
Amman
Tripoli
Rabat
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16. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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) 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)
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


17. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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
63
Arab league members


18. Egypt
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 unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Cairo
Laic - purely historical


19. Sudan
Kuwait City
Nouakchott
Doha
Khartoum


20. Mauritania
Doha
Nouakchott
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Arab league members


21. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
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
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


22. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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23. Algeria
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Algiers
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


24. What is Petra?
Damascus
Baghdad
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Racial Islamist view


25. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Manama
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
Muscat
Beirut


26. What is the Hijra?
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
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).
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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.


27. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
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 most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Damascus
Racial Islamist view


28. Djibouti
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
22
Djibouti
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


29. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.
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
20-25%


30. Tunisia
Abu Dhabi
Sufism
Djibouti
Tunis


31. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Struggle for God
Rabat
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Arab league members


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

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33. 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.....
Damascus
Laic - purely historical
22
Immoderate view


34. What is Pan-Arabism?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Immoderate view
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


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

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36. Morocco
Beirut
Mustasawwif
Rabat
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


37. Kuwait
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.
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)
Kuwait City


38. Hadiths

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39. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Sana
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


40. Who are the Nabatians?
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Racial Islamist view
Muslim call to prayer
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


41. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
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
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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 first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


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

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43. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Joseph
22
Arabian monotheism
to recite


44. Saudi Arabia
Racial Islamist view
Riyadh
Abu Dhabi
Arabian monotheism


45. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
20-25%
Struggle for God
Joseph
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


46. 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
Mogadishu
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.


47. 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. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Moderate view
Kuwait City
Muslim call to prayer


48. Oman
Struggle for God
Baghdad
Muscat
Mustasawwif


49. Who is the Original Arab?
Sufism
Mogadishu
The Bedouin
Algiers


50. Muezzin
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
Muslim call to prayer
the performer of adhan
Moderate view