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Arab Culture

Subject : culture
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1. Egypt






2. What is the Sunna?






3. Morocco






4. What is Petra?






5. Djibouti






6. Bahrain






7. The Arab Parliament was created:






8. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?






9. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:






10. Hadiths


11. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims






12. United Arab Emirates






13. Adab


14. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'






15. Syria






16. What is Pan-Arabism?






17. Who is the Original Arab?






18. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'






19. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:






20. Jordan






21. Yemen






22. 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.






23. Adhan






24. Somalia






25. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:






26. 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.....






27. Who are the Shiites?






28. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master






29. Qatar






30. Lebanon






31. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:






32. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?






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


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


35. Who are the Nabatians?






36. Hanifiyya






37. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?






38. 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: .....






39. Mauritania






40. 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.






41. Tunisia






42. Libya






43. An ideal of male beauty in Islam






44. What is the Hijra?






45. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:






46. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool






47. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members






48. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'






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


50. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means: