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Arab Culture

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1. Hadiths

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

3. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
Sufism
Nouakchott
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Manama

4. Libya
2001 - Amman
Tripoli
Nouakchott
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions

5. Shari'a

6. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
63
Muslim call to prayer

7. The Arab Parliament was created:
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
2001 - Amman
Mogadishu
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

8. 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: .....
Riyadh
Racial Islamist 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).
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

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

10. Bahrain
Manama
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
2001 - Amman

11. Iraq
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
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
Baghdad
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down

12. Egypt
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
to recite
Cairo
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.

13. Who are the Shiites?
Arabian monotheism
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

14. Saudi Arabia
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Riyadh
Arab league members

15. Morocco
Damascus
Amman
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Rabat

16. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
Mustasawwif
Beirut
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
Tunis

17. Jahiliyya is that period when polytheism was preponderant among the ARabs and when the Arabs were ignorant of the unique God's religion. Qualification: .....
Joseph
22
Dhikr
Moderate view

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

19. What is Petra?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tariiqa
Manama

20. Jordan
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
Amman
Arab league members
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

21. The Qur'an contains.... Chapters
114
Algiers
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah

22. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
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
Arabian monotheism
Manama
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

23. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
22
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Dhikr
Rabat

24. What is the Kaaba?
63
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 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.
Sana

25. Yemen
Muslim call to prayer
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Sana

26. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Muslim call to prayer
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
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.

27. 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
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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
Laic - purely historical
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

28. United Arab Emirates
Damascus
Joseph
Abu Dhabi
Riyadh

29. What age was Muhammed when he died?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
63
the performer of adhan
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity

30. What is Mesopotamia?
Tariiqa
Khartoum
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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.

31. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
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.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
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

32. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
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
The Bedouin

33. Somalia
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Moderate view
to recite
Mogadishu

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

35. What is Tribal Solidarity?
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Dhikr
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)

36. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Moderate view
Sana
Joseph

37. Djibouti
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Abu Dhabi
Moderate view
Djibouti

38. Lebanon
Beirut
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'.
Struggle for God

39. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
22
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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
Struggle for God

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

41. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
Tariiqa
2001 - Amman
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.

42. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Beirut
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
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Riyadh

43. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Rabat
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
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.

44. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
to recite
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down

45. 'Arab states' are considered those that are members of the Arab League. There are ____ members
Nouakchott
Tripoli
22
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.

46. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
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 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
63
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

47. What is the Sunna?
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Arabian monotheism
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.

48. What is Pan-Arabism?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Rabat

49. Mauritania
2001 - Amman
Nouakchott
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.

50. Adab