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1. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Mogadishu
Dhikr
Riyadh
22


2. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Algiers
Manama
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


3. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Cairo
Laic - purely historical
Damascus
Struggle for God


4. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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).
Cairo
114


5. Who is the Original Arab?
Algiers
The Bedouin
Tripoli
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


6. Oman
Muscat
Laic - purely historical
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


7. Yemen
Djibouti
Sana
Arabian monotheism
Kuwait City


8. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Joseph
Struggle for God
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Mustasawwif


9. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
114
20-25%
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.


10. Shari'a

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11. Adab

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12. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Laic - purely historical
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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
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


13. Lebanon
Beirut
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.
63
Dhikr


14. Qatar
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Immoderate view
Rabat
Doha


15. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
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.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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


16. Libya
Tripoli
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Dhikr
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


17. Hanifiyya
Kuwait City
Riyadh
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Arabian monotheism


18. Egypt
Sufism
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
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
Cairo


19. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
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
Abu Dhabi
Immoderate view
20-25%


20. Who are the Nabatians?
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
Djibouti
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
to recite


21. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
22
Moderate view
Muscat
to recite


22. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
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.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
20-25%


23. The Arab Parliament was created:
Djibouti
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.
Joseph
2001 - Amman


24. Hadiths

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25. What is Mesopotamia?
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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
Damascus
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


26. Morocco
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
22
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Rabat


27. Somalia
Rabat
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Mogadishu
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


28. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Djibouti


29. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Sufism
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


30. Syria
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).
Damascus
Tariiqa
Struggle for God


31. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Immoderate view
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


32. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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.
Kuwait City
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


33. Adhan
Sufism
to recite
Mogadishu
Muslim call to prayer


34. 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 unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Djibouti


35. Jordan
Algiers
Amman
the performer of adhan
Racial Islamist view


36. Sudan
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Khartoum
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Baghdad


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

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38. What is Pan-Arabism?
Arab league members
Sana
Doha
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


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

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40. 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.
Tariiqa
Arabian monotheism
Sufism
Laic - purely historical


41. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Muscat
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
20-25%


42. Kuwait
Tunis
Baghdad
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Kuwait City


43. Djibouti
Mustasawwif
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Khartoum
Djibouti


44. 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.....
Immoderate view
Tariiqa
Muscat
Tripoli


45. What is the Hijra?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
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.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


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


47. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
The Bedouin
Manama
Riyadh


48. Mauritania
Nouakchott
Khartoum
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
to recite


49. Tunisia
Tunis
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Arabian monotheism
Muscat


50. Muezzin
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
2001 - Amman
Amman
the performer of adhan