Arab Culture

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1. Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
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
Cairo
Beirut


2. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Djibouti
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Doha


3. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
the performer of adhan
Struggle for God
Tripoli
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


4. Who are the Shiites?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Riyadh
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


5. Bahrain
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Tunis
Beirut
Manama


6. Syria
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Damascus
Doha
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.


7. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Dhikr
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
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


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

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9. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
Nouakchott
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
63


10. 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
Tripoli
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


11. Mauritania
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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
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


12. 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.....
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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.
Immoderate view
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13. Muezzin
Racial Islamist view
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 performer of adhan
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


14. Qatar
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
Dhikr
Doha
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


15. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Riyadh
114
63
Joseph


16. What is the Sunna?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Rabat
Cairo


17. 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.
Joseph
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
Sufism
Beirut


18. Who are the Nabatians?
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Khartoum
Laic - purely historical
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


19. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Arab league members
Manama
to recite
Cairo


20. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Struggle for God
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


21. 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
22
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
2001 - Amman


22. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Khartoum
Algiers
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Muscat


23. Lebanon
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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
Beirut


24. Somalia
Mogadishu
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


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

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26. What is the Hijra?
Baghdad
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
114
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.


27. Oman
Muscat
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Algiers
Baghdad


28. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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29. Libya
Baghdad
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).
Tripoli
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry


30. Algeria
Abu Dhabi
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Moderate view
Algiers


31. Jordan
114
Amman
Joseph
63


32. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Nouakchott
Sufism


33. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Rabat
114
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


34. Iraq
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) 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
Baghdad
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.


35. Jahiliyya is a historical period of the Arabia that preceded the rise of Islam - a sort of Arabian 'antiquity' - characterized by polytheism - the nomad or Bedouin style of life- preponderant in the Peninsula at that time- and the 'fervent tribalism
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Laic - purely historical


36. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
63
Dhikr
Joseph
Arab league members


37. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Tripoli
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
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
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


38. Morocco
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Beirut
Rabat
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


39. Tunisia
Rabat
Manama
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Tunis


40. Sudan
Muscat
Joseph
Rabat
Khartoum


41. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
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
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)


42. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Djibouti
Tunis
Baghdad
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


43. Shari'a

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44. The Arab Parliament was created:
Tariiqa
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
2001 - Amman


45. Hadiths

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46. 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: .....
63
Mustasawwif
Racial Islamist view
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


47. Egypt
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Cairo
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


48. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
the performer of adhan
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
Dhikr


49. What is Pan-Arabism?
to recite
63
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.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


50. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
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.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend 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
Muscat