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Arab Culture

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1. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Mogadishu
Joseph
Moderate view
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)

2. Bahrain
Laic - purely historical
Racial Islamist view
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Manama

3. 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.
Arab league members
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Dhikr

4. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

5. Jordan
Amman
Sufism
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

6. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Moderate view
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.
Struggle for God

7. Saudi Arabia
Mustasawwif
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Riyadh
2001 - Amman

8. Sudan
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)
Khartoum
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Struggle for God

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

10. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Struggle for God
Muslim call to prayer
Manama

11. Kuwait
Racial Islamist view
Laic - purely historical
Nouakchott
Kuwait City

12. Adab

13. Shari'a

14. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Struggle for God
Racial Islamist view
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions

15. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
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
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Laic - purely historical

16. Egypt
Abu Dhabi
Cairo
Arab league members
2001 - Amman

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

18. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Cairo
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Dhikr

19. Algeria
Riyadh
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
Algiers
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.

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

21. What is the Kaaba?
Joseph
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Algiers
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.

22. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Baghdad
Khartoum
Tunis
20-25%

23. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
The Bedouin
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.
Moderate 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.

24. 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.
Damascus
Sufism
Mogadishu
Struggle for God

25. 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
Mogadishu
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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

26. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
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).
Mustasawwif
Damascus

27. 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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
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.
Mogadishu

28. Hanifiyya
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
Arabian monotheism
to recite

29. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Arab league members
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry

30. Hadiths

31. What is Mesopotamia?
Joseph
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.
114
Baghdad

32. Djibouti
20-25%
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Djibouti
Sufism

33. Tunisia
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Immoderate view
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Tunis

34. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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.
to recite
Sana

35. What is the Hijra?
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
Joseph
Baghdad
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.

36. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
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
Khartoum
Amman
to recite

37. Syria
Moderate view
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Damascus
Djibouti

38. 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.....
Riyadh
Immoderate 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.
Arabian monotheism

39. Mauritania
Nouakchott
Doha
the performer of adhan
20-25%

40. Qatar
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Doha
Algiers
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.

41. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Mustasawwif
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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.

42. Lebanon
Beirut
Tripoli
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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

43. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
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 unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.

44. Oman
Joseph
Algiers
Muscat
Laic - purely historical

45. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Joseph
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Damascus
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

46. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
Cairo
Arabian monotheism
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah

47. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
The Bedouin
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.

48. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Muslim call to prayer
Arabian monotheism
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
114

49. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Arabian monotheism
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Tariiqa
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

50. Somalia
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
20-25%
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Mogadishu