Arab Culture

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


2. What is the Hijra?
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Doha
Abu Dhabi
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.


3. 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
2001 - Amman
Moderate view
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)


4. Adhan
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Muslim call to prayer
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Sana


5. What is the Sunna?
Abu Dhabi
Mogadishu
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


6. Egypt
Joseph
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Cairo
Sufism


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


8. Hanifiyya
Arabian monotheism
Struggle for God
Riyadh
Rabat


9. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Manama
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


10. 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
Laic - purely historical
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.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Rabat


11. Lebanon
Tariiqa
The Bedouin
Beirut
Mustasawwif


12. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Tariiqa
Struggle for God
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Mustasawwif


13. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Dhikr
Rabat


14. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Sufism
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
63
Amman


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


16. Somalia
Cairo
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Mogadishu
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


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.
Sufism
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
Manama
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18. Oman
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
20-25%
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Muscat


19. 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
20-25%
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
The Bedouin


20. Yemen
Racial Islamist view
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Sana
Nouakchott


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

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

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23. Jordan
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.
Amman
Riyadh
Mogadishu


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

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25. Iraq
Baghdad
Immoderate view
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


26. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
the performer of adhan
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Djibouti


27. 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
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Doha
Djibouti


28. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Damascus
Doha
114


29. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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
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Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


30. Djibouti
Arab league members
the performer of adhan
Djibouti
The Bedouin


31. 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 Bedouin
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Kuwait City


32. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Arab league members
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


33. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
The Bedouin
Sana
Laic - purely historical


34. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Sufism
Struggle for God
Amman
Moderate view


35. Qatar
114
Rabat
Doha
20-25%


36. Sudan
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.
Racial Islamist view
Khartoum
Sana


37. Saudi Arabia
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
Riyadh
Tripoli


38. Adab

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39. Algeria
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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 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
Algiers


40. Hadiths

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41. 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.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Arabian monotheism
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Arab league members


42. Bahrain
Racial Islamist view
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Manama


43. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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44. What is Pan-Arabism?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Arab league members
20-25%
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


45. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
to recite
Tunis
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
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


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: .....
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
Racial Islamist view
Djibouti
Sana


47. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
Djibouti
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Tunis


48. Libya
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.
the performer of adhan
Tripoli


49. What is Petra?
Cairo
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Kuwait City
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


50. Tunisia
Struggle for God
the performer of adhan
Tunis
Manama