Arab Culture

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1. 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
Muscat
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Laic - purely historical


2. Who are the Nabatians?
Immoderate view
The Bedouin
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


3. Iraq
Baghdad
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Damascus
The Bedouin


4. Oman
Muscat
Abu Dhabi
Cairo
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


5. Who are the Shiites?
to recite
Arabian monotheism
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


6. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Mustasawwif
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Racial Islamist view


7. 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.
Arabian monotheism
Struggle for God
Sufism
Tripoli


8. Syria
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
Damascus
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Racial Islamist view


9. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
63
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Struggle for God
Amman


10. Tunisia
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
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
Tunis
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.


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

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12. What age was Muhammed when he died?
Sana
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
63
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


13. Adhan
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Muslim call to prayer
Tunis
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).


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

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15. Morocco
Khartoum
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
Kuwait City
Rabat


16. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
114
20-25%
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Tripoli


17. Kuwait
Tariiqa
Kuwait City
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
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


18. Saudi Arabia
Sana
Riyadh
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.
Khartoum


19. What is Tribal Solidarity?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Rabat
2001 - Amman
20-25%


20. What is Pan-Arabism?
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Racial Islamist view
Mustasawwif
Algiers


21. Somalia
Mogadishu
Sana
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
Cairo


22. The Arab Parliament was created:
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Tunis
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.
2001 - Amman


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

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24. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Muscat
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Arabian monotheism


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

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26. Egypt
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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.
Cairo
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


27. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Tripoli
22
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)


28. Shari'a

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29. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Joseph
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
to recite
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


30. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
The Bedouin
Moderate view
63


31. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Muslim call to prayer
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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


32. 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
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
20-25%
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


33. United Arab Emirates
Muslim call to prayer
Tripoli
Abu Dhabi
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


34. 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: .....
Arabian monotheism
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Racial Islamist view
Abu Dhabi


35. 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.
Laic - purely historical
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).
Arab league members
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


36. Adab

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37. Lebanon
Beirut
Sana
Muscat
Nouakchott


38. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Baghdad
114


39. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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40. Hadiths

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41. Djibouti
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Algiers
63
Djibouti


42. Yemen
Sana
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.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Muscat


43. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
the performer of adhan
The Bedouin
Joseph
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


44. Jordan
Amman
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.
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.


45. What is Petra?
Amman
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
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 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.


46. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Struggle for God
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Kuwait City
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


47. Who is the Original Arab?
Tariiqa
Arabian monotheism
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 Bedouin


48. What is the Sunna?
2001 - Amman
Arabian monotheism
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Nouakchott


49. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
114
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Tripoli
Abu Dhabi


50. Libya
Tripoli
Riyadh
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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.