Arab Culture

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1. Who is the Original Arab?
Rabat
The Bedouin
Amman
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


2. What is the Kaaba?
Kuwait City
Tunis
Dhikr
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.


3. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
the performer of adhan


4. 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: .....
Racial Islamist view
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
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
20-25%


5. 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.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
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
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


6. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


7. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
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
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman


8. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Muscat
Dhikr
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


9. What is Petra?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Muscat
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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


10. What is Pan-Arabism?
Dhikr
Nouakchott
Damascus
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


11. 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.
Baghdad
Kuwait City
Arab league members
Amman


12. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
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.
Laic - purely historical
Moderate view
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


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

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14. Morocco
Rabat
to recite
20-25%
Abu Dhabi


15. Tunisia
Tunis
Joseph
to recite
Immoderate view


16. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
Manama
114
Mogadishu
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


17. Adhan
Rabat
Immoderate view
Muslim call to prayer
20-25%


18. Algeria
Mustasawwif
Algiers
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.
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


19. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
Sana
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Rabat


20. Sudan
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 unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Khartoum


21. Libya
63
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 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


22. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Immoderate view
to recite
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


23. Hadiths

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24. 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.....
Amman
Mustasawwif
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Immoderate view


25. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
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
Tariiqa
Sana
the performer of adhan


26. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Muslim call to prayer
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.
Manama


27. Muezzin
Arab league members
Racial Islamist view
the performer of adhan
22


28. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Dhikr


29. Djibouti
Rabat
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Djibouti
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


30. 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.
Riyadh
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.
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.


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

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

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33. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Algiers
Laic - purely historical
Abu Dhabi
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


34. 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
Tariiqa
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


35. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
to recite
22
Moderate view


36. Who are the Shiites?
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Arabian monotheism
Struggle for God
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


37. Iraq
Riyadh
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Baghdad
Immoderate view


38. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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39. Qatar
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Doha
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
114


40. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Algiers
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)
114
to recite


41. What is Tribal Solidarity?
Rabat
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
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)


42. Egypt
Sana
22
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).


43. Lebanon
to recite
63
Beirut
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.


44. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Laic - purely historical
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
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)


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

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46. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
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
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Joseph


47. Hanifiyya
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)
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Struggle for God
Arabian monotheism


48. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Mustasawwif
Sana
Muslim call to prayer


49. 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.
Joseph
Doha
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


50. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
Sana
Manama
Arab league members