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Arab Culture

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1. United Arab Emirates
Baghdad
Abu Dhabi
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Moderate view

2. 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.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
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).
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Sufism

3. Syria
Djibouti
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Damascus
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

4. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
the performer of adhan

5. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

6. Who are the Nabatians?
Muslim call to prayer
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Dhikr
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.

7. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
Tariiqa
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
Arab league members
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.

8. 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.....
Mogadishu
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Immoderate view
Joseph

9. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
22
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith

10. Muezzin
Immoderate view
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Mogadishu
the performer of adhan

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

12. Tunisia
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Tunis
Algiers

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

14. The Arab Parliament was created:
Struggle for God
2001 - Amman
Mustasawwif
Tunis

15. 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.
63
114
Laic - purely historical

16. Algeria
Struggle for God
Algiers
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
the performer of adhan

17. Hadiths

18. Lebanon
Sufism
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Racial Islamist view
Beirut

19. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Racial Islamist view
Laic - purely historical
114

20. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Muslim call to prayer
Arabian monotheism
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Djibouti

21. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
63
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

22. Libya
The Bedouin
Mogadishu
Tripoli
22

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: .....
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Arab league members
Moderate view
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.

24. Yemen
Sufism
Sana
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 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

25. Adhan
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Muslim call to prayer
Rabat
Racial Islamist view

26. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Abu Dhabi
Manama
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)

27. Adab

28. 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 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 most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
63

29. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Arab league members
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
2001 - Amman

30. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Muslim call to prayer

31. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
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).
63
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Immoderate view

32. Qatar
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Arab league members
Doha
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad

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

34. What is Mesopotamia?
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.
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.
Tariiqa
114

35. Egypt
Cairo
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Djibouti
Sana

36. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Sufism
Beirut
Tariiqa
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions

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

38. Hanifiyya
63
Immoderate view
22
Arabian monotheism

39. Djibouti
Djibouti
Amman
Beirut
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman

40. Kuwait
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 Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Kuwait City
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.

41. Sudan
Tripoli
Khartoum
Baghdad
Kuwait City

42. Jordan
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
the performer of adhan
Amman
Algiers

43. What is Petra?
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.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part

44. Saudi Arabia
the performer of adhan
Riyadh
Moderate view
Laic - purely historical

45. Oman
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
Abu Dhabi
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
Muscat

46. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Dhikr
Immoderate view
Tripoli

47. Shari'a

48. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Nouakchott
Kuwait City
Khartoum

49. What is Pan-Arabism?
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Kuwait City
Abu Dhabi
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

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.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
20-25%
Arab league members
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions