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Arab Culture

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1. What is the Sunna?
Arabian monotheism
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Moderate view
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

2. Bahrain
Manama
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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Tunis

3. Egypt
Cairo
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Moderate view

4. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Racial Islamist view
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Joseph

5. 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
Tariiqa
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad

6. What is the Hijra?
to recite
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.
Rabat
Joseph

7. Algeria
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Algiers
Dhikr
Doha

8. Shari'a

9. What is the Kaaba?
Nouakchott
Kuwait City
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 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.

10. Saudi Arabia
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
Riyadh
Moderate view
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down

11. 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.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
2001 - Amman
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

12. What is Mesopotamia?
114
Struggle for God
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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)
Cairo
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

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

15. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
63
Struggle for God
Immoderate view

16. Mauritania
Nouakchott
Tunis
Muslim call to prayer
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

17. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
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
Struggle for God
The Bedouin

18. 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: .....
Nouakchott
114
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)
Racial Islamist view

19. Lebanon
Beirut
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah

20. Oman
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Laic - purely historical
Muscat
Dhikr

21. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

22. Sudan
Muscat
Khartoum
to recite
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part

23. Yemen
Sana
Racial Islamist view
Muslim call to prayer
Kuwait City

24. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Abu Dhabi
Arabian monotheism
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
Kuwait City

25. What is Pan-Arabism?
Joseph
Arabian monotheism
Arab league members
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

26. Morocco
Baghdad
Rabat
the performer of adhan
Nouakchott

27. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Abu Dhabi
Racial Islamist view
20-25%
Tripoli

28. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Moderate view
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Tripoli
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

29. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
22
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.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

30. Who is the Original Arab?
Kuwait City
Tariiqa
Baghdad
The Bedouin

31. 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 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).
Khartoum
Laic - purely historical
Tripoli

32. Adab

33. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Struggle for God
Baghdad
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.

34. Hadiths

35. 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.
Dhikr
20-25%
Tripoli
Sufism

36. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Abu Dhabi
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Arabian monotheism
22

37. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
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 most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Muscat
Abu Dhabi

38. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
Baghdad
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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.

39. Adhan
Kuwait City
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
to recite
Muslim call to prayer

40. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Amman
Mustasawwif
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

41. Qatar
Doha
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
Riyadh
Arabian monotheism

42. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
63
22
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

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

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

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

46. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Amman
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
2001 - Amman
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad

47. Libya
Baghdad
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Tripoli
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.

48. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
Baghdad
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tripoli

49. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Muscat

50. 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.....
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tunis
Racial Islamist view
Immoderate view