Arab Culture

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1. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
114
Doha
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2. United Arab Emirates
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).
Abu Dhabi
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The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


3. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
22
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


4. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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5. Somalia
the performer of adhan
Kuwait City
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Mogadishu


6. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Tunis
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
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


7. 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
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Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Baghdad


8. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Moderate view
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
63
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


9. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
Tariiqa
Algiers
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


10. Hanifiyya
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.
Arabian monotheism
Kuwait City
Manama


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

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12. Jordan
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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.
Sana
Amman


13. Iraq
Baghdad
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Beirut
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).


14. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Damascus
Djibouti
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


15. What is Pan-Arabism?
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
63
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


16. 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.....
Manama
Sufism
Immoderate view
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


17. Libya
Manama
Tripoli
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


18. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Manama
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
114


19. Lebanon
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Djibouti
Tunis
Beirut


20. Adab

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21. The Arab Parliament was created:
Algiers
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
Immoderate view
2001 - Amman


22. 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
Arabian monotheism
Sufism
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


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

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24. What is Petra?
Damascus
Muscat
Struggle for God
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


25. Morocco
to recite
63
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Rabat


26. 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.
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).
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
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. Adhan
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Nouakchott
Muslim call to prayer
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


28. Kuwait
22
Arab league members
Kuwait City
2001 - Amman


29. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
to recite
20-25%
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).
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


30. Mauritania
The Bedouin
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Arabian monotheism
Nouakchott


31. 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.
Algiers
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 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).


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: .....
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Dhikr
2001 - Amman
Moderate view


33. Muezzin
Damascus
Rabat
the performer of adhan
Mogadishu


34. Who is the Original Arab?
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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 Bedouin


35. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Cairo
22
Amman
Dhikr


36. Qatar
Mustasawwif
Kuwait City
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.
Doha


37. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
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
Laic - purely historical


38. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
63
Abu Dhabi
Arabian monotheism
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


39. Djibouti
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Djibouti
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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)


40. Oman
Muscat
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


41. 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.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
to recite
Joseph


42. Hadiths

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43. 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
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Baghdad
Tariiqa


44. Sudan
Khartoum
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
Joseph
Struggle for God


45. 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
to recite
Joseph
Laic - purely historical
Immoderate view


46. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
2001 - Amman
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


47. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
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)
Dhikr
Sana
Laic - purely historical


48. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
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
Sufism
to recite
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


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

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50. What is Mesopotamia?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Doha
Riyadh
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.