Arab Culture

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1. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
20-25%
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


2. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
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.
Mustasawwif
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad


3. Libya
Tripoli
the performer of adhan
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
Immoderate view


4. Shari'a

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5. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Joseph
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of 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


6. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


7. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Moderate view
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8. Hadiths

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9. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Struggle for God
Joseph
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Abu Dhabi


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


11. Lebanon
Dhikr
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
The Bedouin
Beirut


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

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13. Adab

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

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15. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Moderate view
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Racial Islamist view


16. 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.....
Kuwait City
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Immoderate view
63


17. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Mustasawwif
Rabat
Moderate view
Doha


18. 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
22
Cairo
Arabian monotheism


19. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
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
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).
Sufism


20. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Immoderate view
Cairo
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
22


21. Adhan
Beirut
Joseph
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
Muslim call to prayer


22. What age was Muhammed when he died?
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.
the performer of adhan
Mustasawwif
63


23. 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: .....
the performer of adhan
Racial Islamist view
Dhikr
Amman


24. 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.
63
Riyadh
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.


25. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
114
Dhikr


26. Iraq
2001 - Amman
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Baghdad


27. Egypt
Riyadh
Muscat
Cairo
Baghdad


28. What is the Kaaba?
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Tripoli
Rabat
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.


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


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


31. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
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).
2001 - Amman
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Mustasawwif


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

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33. 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.
Sana
Nouakchott
Arab league members
Manama


34. Muezzin
Joseph
the performer of adhan
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Djibouti


35. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Dhikr
Struggle for God
Arab league members
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


36. Who are the Nabatians?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Beirut
Mogadishu
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


37. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
the performer of adhan
Sana
Doha


38. Morocco
Beirut
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Rabat


39. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Immoderate view
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
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


40. Algeria
Algiers
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Tripoli
Abu Dhabi


41. The Arab Parliament was created:
Tripoli
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.
Mustasawwif


42. What is the Hijra?
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.
Muscat
Immoderate view
Nouakchott


43. Saudi Arabia
114
Riyadh
22
the performer of adhan


44. Yemen
Amman
Abu Dhabi
Sana
Riyadh


45. 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
Beirut
2001 - Amman
Tunis


46. Who is the Original Arab?
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 Bedouin
Sana
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


47. 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
Arabian monotheism
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
Nouakchott
Laic - purely historical


48. United Arab Emirates
63
Joseph
Abu Dhabi
The Bedouin


49. Oman
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Mogadishu
Muscat
63


50. What is the Sunna?
Khartoum
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
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman