Arab Culture

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1. Adhan
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
Muslim call to prayer
The Bedouin


2. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
Tariiqa
Struggle for God
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
2001 - Amman


3. Adab

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4. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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5. Shari'a

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


7. Morocco
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.
Doha
Rabat


8. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
Dhikr
Djibouti
114
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam


9. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
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
Muslim call to prayer
Mustasawwif
to recite


10. Muezzin
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 performer of adhan
22
Djibouti


11. Egypt
Cairo
Djibouti
Arab league members
Baghdad


12. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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 land between the two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates. The first civilization - and home to the kingdoms of Sumeria - Assyria - Akkadia - and Babylonia.


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

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14. Mauritania
Arabian monotheism
Nouakchott
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
The Bedouin


15. Algeria
Algiers
Sufism
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Arab league members


16. What is Mesopotamia?
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.
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.
Arab league members


17. What is the Sunna?
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 sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Algiers
Immoderate view


18. Sufi term for 'path - method' and refers in the context to both the way of thinking of a spiritual master
to recite
Tariiqa
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Beirut


19. The two main types of jihad indicated by theologians
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.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)


20. Hanifiyya
the performer of adhan
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Arabian monotheism
to recite


21. United Arab Emirates
114
Arabian monotheism
Abu Dhabi
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22. 'Lawrence of Arabia's most famous book is entitled.....and speaks about....'

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23. Who is the Original Arab?
The Bedouin
Nouakchott
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Sana


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.....
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)
Immoderate view
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Arabian monotheism


25. Meaning of the term 'Sunna'
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
22
Doha


26. Who are the Shiites?
Damascus
Muscat
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Dhikr


27. Somalia
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
Arabian monotheism
Mogadishu
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. 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
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Amman
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


29. 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.
63
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Tunis


30. Jordan
Mogadishu
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
Amman
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down


31. What is the Kaaba?
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.
Damascus
Djibouti
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32. Qatar
20-25%
Doha
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Arabian monotheism


33. Lebanon
63
Sana
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.


34. Sudan
Tripoli
Mogadishu
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Khartoum


35. Kuwait
to recite
Kuwait City
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.


36. Iraq
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
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
Baghdad
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.


37. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
the performer of adhan
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Joseph
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


38. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
20-25%
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
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
2001 - Amman


39. 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: .....
Cairo
Racial Islamist view
Tunis
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith


40. An ideal of male beauty in Islam
Struggle for God
The unity of all the members of a tribe; necessary for militancy and constant movement in search of water and pasture.
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
Joseph


41. Can you identify few main stereotypes about Arabs and the Arabic culture?
Abu Dhabi
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Arabian monotheism
Dhikr


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

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43. Tunisia
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.
Moderate view
Tunis
63


44. Syria
Dhikr
Damascus
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


45. 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
Amman
20-25%
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.
Laic - purely historical


46. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Tripoli
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
22


47. What is Pan-Arabism?
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.
63
Joseph
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


48. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
63
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.


49. Djibouti
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
Tariiqa
Djibouti
Sufism


50. Yemen
Personal struggle on living and following God - War - In where you defend Islam
Sana
Nouakchott
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.