Arab Culture

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1. Jordan
Amman
Rabat
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


2. Bahrain
Mogadishu
Baghdad
Manama
Beirut


3. What is the Hijra?
Manama
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.
Rabat
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


4. What is Pan-Arabism?
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Riyadh
Arab league members
Racial Islamist view


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

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6. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Mogadishu
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


7. Oman
Djibouti
Rabat
Beirut
Muscat


8. Djibouti
Tripoli
Damascus
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Djibouti


9. Muezzin
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 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 performer of adhan
Tunis


10. What is the Kaaba?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
to recite
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
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.


11. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Muscat


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

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13. Lebanon
Tripoli
Beirut
114
Tariiqa


14. Who is the Original Arab?
The Bedouin
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


15. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Muscat
Joseph
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


16. Sudan
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).
Racial Islamist view
Khartoum
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


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


18. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
Djibouti
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Mogadishu


19. The Arab Parliament was created:
Tariiqa
2001 - Amman
Joseph
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.


20. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Cairo
Joseph
Abu Dhabi
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


21. 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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


22. Shari'a

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23. Egypt
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Moderate view
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Cairo


24. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Tunis
Joseph
Beirut


25. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Algiers
Moderate view
Nouakchott
22


26. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Mustasawwif
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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Muslim call to prayer


27. Saudi Arabia
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Riyadh
Damascus
Dhikr


28. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Baghdad
Khartoum
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).
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


29. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Riyadh


30. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Tariiqa
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
22
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


31. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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
Struggle for God
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Doha


32. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
20-25%
Baghdad
Moderate view
the performer of adhan


33. Adab

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34. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
20-25%
Riyadh


35. Who are the Shiites?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Joseph


36. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


37. United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Cairo
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.


38. 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.
Khartoum
Arab league members
20-25%
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. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mogadishu
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.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Mustasawwif


40. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
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)
114
Abu Dhabi
Struggle for God


41. What is Petra?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Nouakchott
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.


42. Who are the Nabatians?
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Algiers
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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).


43. Tunisia
Doha
Mogadishu
Dhikr
Tunis


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

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45. Yemen
114
20-25%
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Sana


46. 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.
Immoderate view
Rabat
Sufism
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


47. Somalia
Mogadishu
Moderate view
Baghdad
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


48. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Damascus
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Dhikr
Joseph


49. 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: .....
Arab league members
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Sufism
Racial Islamist view


50. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Damascus
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Racial Islamist view
Tariiqa