Arab Culture

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1. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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).
Muscat
Struggle for God
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


2. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Amman
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Laic - purely historical


3. Syria
Damascus
Arab league members
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.
Beirut


4. Morocco
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Rabat
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
Manama


5. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Amman
Racial Islamist view


6. Who are the Shiites?
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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Khartoum


7. Adhan
Sana
Muslim call to prayer
Algiers
Tariiqa


8. Sudan
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
to recite
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
Khartoum


9. Libya
Tripoli
Muslim call to prayer
the performer of adhan
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


10. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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11. Hadiths

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12. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Cairo
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).
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Joseph


13. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
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
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Arabian monotheism
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


14. What is the Kaaba?
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Sufism
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.


15. Lebanon
Beirut
Rabat
Amman
Arab league members


16. What is Pan-Arabism?
2001 - Amman
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Rabat


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

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18. What is the Hijra?
to recite
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
2001 - Amman
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.


19. 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.
Rabat
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Arab league members
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. 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.
Tripoli
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Sufism


21. Iraq
Baghdad
Nouakchott
Doha
Damascus


22. Adab

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23. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Amman
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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.


24. Jordan
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Joseph
Amman
Arab league members


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

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26. Bahrain
Manama
the performer of adhan
Tripoli
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


27. What age was Muhammed when he died?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Sana
Joseph
63


28. Djibouti
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.
22
Djibouti
Tariiqa


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

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30. 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
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.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Arabian monotheism


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
Algiers
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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.
Laic - purely historical


32. Shari'a

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33. What is Mesopotamia?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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
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.


34. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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).
Manama


35. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Amman
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. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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


36. Yemen
Damascus
Cairo
Sana
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


37. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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)
Arabian monotheism


38. Muezzin
the performer of adhan
Joseph
Tripoli
Beirut


39. 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
Sana
Kuwait City
Abu Dhabi


40. What is Petra?
Immoderate view
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Amman


41. What is the Sunna?
Joseph
Mustasawwif
Tripoli
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


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

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43. Kuwait
Tariiqa
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.
Amman


44. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Khartoum
Arab league members
to recite
Tunis


45. Oman
Tunis
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Damascus
Muscat


46. Egypt
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Sana
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.
Cairo


47. United Arab Emirates
Baghdad
Abu Dhabi
Tariiqa
Riyadh


48. Algeria
Sufism
Algiers
Arabian monotheism
Struggle for God


49. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Tripoli
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Sana


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