Arab Culture

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1. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
Laic - purely historical
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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).


2. 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: .....
2001 - Amman
Racial Islamist view
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
Struggle for God


3. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


4. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Muscat
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Manama


5. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Mogadishu
Damascus
The Bedouin


6. Adab

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7. Muezzin
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
the performer of adhan
Dhikr
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


8. Who are the Nabatians?
Kuwait City
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 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


9. Syria
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Damascus
Dhikr
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


10. 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.
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
Muscat
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


11. What is the Hijra?
Struggle for God
20-25%
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.
Moderate view


12. Sudan
Khartoum
63
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.


13. Libya
Beirut
Nouakchott
Doha
Tripoli


14. Tunisia
Tariiqa
Nouakchott
Tunis
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


15. Shari'a

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16. Qatar
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Doha
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Sufism


17. Who is the Original Arab?
Arab league members
The Bedouin
20-25%
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


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

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19. Who are the Shiites?
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.
Abu Dhabi
20-25%
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


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

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21. What is the Sunna?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Amman
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


22. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Tunis
Mustasawwif
Moderate view
Abu Dhabi


23. Hanifiyya
Dhikr
Arabian monotheism
2001 - Amman
to recite


24. Lebanon
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Muslim call to prayer
Beirut
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


25. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
22
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
63


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).
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


27. Yemen
20-25%
Sana
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
2001 - Amman


28. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
to recite
Struggle for God


29. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Struggle for God
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
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
to recite


30. 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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Arab league members


31. Algeria
Algiers
Mustasawwif
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.
20-25%


32. What is Petra?
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Mogadishu
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
20-25%


33. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
114
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
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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


34. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Immoderate view
Riyadh
Tripoli
Tariiqa


35. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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36. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Tunis
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.


37. Somalia
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Struggle for God
Joseph
Mogadishu


38. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Struggle for God
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
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


39. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Tripoli
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
Sufism
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


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


41. 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.
Muslim call to prayer
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).
Arab league members
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


42. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Doha
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Beirut
Kuwait City


43. Kuwait
Kuwait City
Muslim call to prayer
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


44. Egypt
Cairo
to recite
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).
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


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

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46. Adhan
Muslim call to prayer
Mustasawwif
Algiers
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


47. Bahrain
Manama
Rabat
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.
2001 - Amman


48. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Cairo
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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Muslim call to prayer


49. 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.
22
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.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


50. The Arab Parliament was created:
Amman
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
2001 - Amman