Arab Culture

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1. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
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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)
Algiers
Mogadishu


2. Hadiths

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3. Yemen
Sana
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Nouakchott
Riyadh


4. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Mogadishu
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


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


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

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7. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Abu Dhabi
to recite
Amman
Mustasawwif


8. Libya
Tripoli
the performer of adhan
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


9. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
20-25%
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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Struggle for God


10. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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.
Kuwait City


11. Mauritania
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Nouakchott
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
Muslim call to prayer


12. 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.
Arab league members
Mogadishu
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.


13. 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.
Rabat
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
Damascus


14. Iraq
Baghdad
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
Immoderate view
Racial Islamist view


15. Adab

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16. The Arab Parliament was created:
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Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
2001 - Amman
Dhikr


17. Who are the Shiites?
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Beirut
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Damascus


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

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19. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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20. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Tunis
Moderate view
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


21. Hanifiyya
Algiers
Arabian monotheism
Manama
The Bedouin


22. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Kuwait City


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


24. What is Petra?
Djibouti
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Doha
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


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


26. What is Mesopotamia?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


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


28. 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
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The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Baghdad


29. Algeria
Algiers
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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


30. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Kuwait City
Racial Islamist view
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


31. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Sufism
Riyadh
Tariiqa
Joseph


32. Morocco
Beirut
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.
Joseph
Rabat


33. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
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Tunis
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Muslim call to prayer


34. 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: .....
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
Racial Islamist view
The Bedouin
Immoderate view


35. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
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Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
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


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

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37. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Arabian monotheism
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


38. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
The Bedouin


39. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Beirut
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
20-25%
Cairo


40. 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
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
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


41. Sudan
Khartoum
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
to recite
Joseph


42. Who is the Original Arab?
The Bedouin
Manama
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 most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


43. Bahrain
Djibouti
the performer of adhan
Manama
Riyadh


44. Qatar
Mustasawwif
Doha
20-25%
Kuwait City


45. Egypt
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Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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


46. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
to recite
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
Struggle for God
Joseph


47. Tunisia
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.
Tunis
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Immoderate view


48. Djibouti
Amman
Riyadh
Djibouti
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


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

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50. 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.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Arab league members
Khartoum
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.