Arab Culture

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1. Who were the seven most famous poets who composed the 'Mu'allqates'?
2001 - Amman
Cairo
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Abu Dhabi


2. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Immoderate view
Tariiqa
Arab league members
Tunis


3. Adab

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4. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Mustasawwif
Muscat
Sufism


5. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Amman


6. Somalia
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Moderate view
Mogadishu
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


7. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Arabian monotheism
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.
to recite


8. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
22
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day 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.


9. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Baghdad
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Sufism


10. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
Dhikr
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.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
114


11. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
2001 - Amman
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


12. Morocco
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
Mustasawwif
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. Tunisia
Tunis
Tariiqa
Doha
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.


14. The Arab Parliament was created:
2001 - Amman
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
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


15. Mauritania
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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Nouakchott


16. What is Mesopotamia?
Racial Islamist view
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.
Djibouti


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

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18. Kuwait
Kuwait City
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Arabian monotheism


19. Bahrain
Joseph
Manama
Djibouti
Nouakchott


20. Oman
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Moderate view
Muscat
Immoderate view


21. Iraq
Baghdad
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.
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


22. What is Pan-Arabism?
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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)


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

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24. Libya
Tripoli
Sana
Baghdad
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


25. 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
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)
Laic - purely historical
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


26. 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.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Racial Islamist view


27. Yemen
The Bedouin
Sana
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
114


28. What is the Sunna?
The Bedouin
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
22
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


29. 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: .....
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Racial Islamist view
The Bedouin
Tripoli


30. Syria
Riyadh
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Muscat
Damascus


31. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Joseph
Beirut
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.
Muslim call to prayer


32. Djibouti
63
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Djibouti
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


33. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
22
114
Tripoli
Amman


34. 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.
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Djibouti


35. 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.
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
Tunis
Sufism


36. Egypt
Cairo
Manama
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.
Beirut


37. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Moderate view
Algiers
Racial Islamist view
Struggle for God


38. Shari'a

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39. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
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)
20-25%
Doha
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


40. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Tripoli
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
Laic - purely historical
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah


41. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Rabat
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Struggle for God
Riyadh


42. What is Petra?
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)
Algiers
Cairo
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.


43. 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.....
Immoderate view
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
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)
Abu Dhabi


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


45. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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46. Hanifiyya
Muslim call to prayer
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) 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)
Arabian monotheism


47. Hadiths

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48. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
The Bedouin
Damascus
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
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


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


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.
Sana
Arab league members
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
Kuwait City