Arab Culture

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1. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
the performer of adhan
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Muscat
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


2. Algeria
Rabat
to recite
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Algiers


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

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4. What is Petra?
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Immoderate view
Tripoli


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

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6. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Struggle for God
Cairo
Laic - purely historical


7. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
The Bedouin
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Laic - purely historical


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


9. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Mustasawwif
Damascus
Rabat


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


11. Libya
Joseph
Riyadh
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.
Tripoli


12. Syria
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Damascus


13. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Sana
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
Tripoli
114


14. Qatar
Riyadh
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Mogadishu
Doha


15. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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
Nouakchott


16. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
22
Tunis
Dhikr
Muscat


17. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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


18. Hadiths

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19. Egypt
Manama
Arab league members
Doha
Cairo


20. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
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
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Joseph


21. Iraq
Baghdad
Sana
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 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


22. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Dhikr
to recite
63
the performer of adhan


23. Somalia
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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.
Mogadishu
Tripoli


24. 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.
Doha
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Kuwait City


25. Tunisia
Tunis
Immoderate view
Rabat
the performer of adhan


26. 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
Laic - purely historical
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Arabian monotheism


27. United Arab Emirates
Nouakchott
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Arabian monotheism
Abu Dhabi


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


29. Who are the Shiites?
Moderate view
Tripoli
Djibouti
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


30. Morocco
Dhikr
Rabat
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Arab league members


31. Shari'a

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32. Adab

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33. Oman
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Muscat
Sufism


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


35. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
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 first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
The Bedouin


36. Mauritania
Nouakchott
Muscat
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
2001 - Amman


37. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Beirut


38. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Kuwait City
Racial Islamist view
Dhikr
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


39. Saudi Arabia
Arabian monotheism
Riyadh
Tariiqa
to recite


40. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
to recite
Algiers
Sana


41. 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.
Sufism
Amman
Beirut
The Bedouin


42. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
Dhikr
Sufism
Mustasawwif


43. The Arab Parliament was created:
Kuwait City
2001 - Amman
Amman
Damascus


44. Lebanon
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Amman
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.
Beirut


45. Djibouti
Djibouti
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Kuwait City


46. What is the Sunna?
Mustasawwif
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Rabat
Muscat


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

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48. What is the Hijra?
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.
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
Arab league members


49. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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50. Bahrain
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Baghdad
Manama
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.