Arab Culture

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

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2. 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
Pan-Arabism is the idea that all of the countries of the Arab world should unite against the enemies of the Arab world.
2001 - Amman
Abu Dhabi


3. Adab

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4. Sudan
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).
20-25%
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Khartoum


5. Who are the Nabatians?
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)
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.


6. The Arab Parliament was created:
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
Sana
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.


7. What is the Sunna?
Joseph
Dhikr
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
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


8. Libya
Tunis
Tripoli
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 Muslim sect that follows Ali.


9. What is Mesopotamia?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
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
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. Algeria
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
Manama
Algiers
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.


11. Morocco
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Amman
Rabat
2001 - Amman


12. Distinction between 'ritual prayer' (salat) and 'supplication (du'aa') in Islam:
Tunis
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
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


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

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14. The two holly days unanimously recognized (by both Sunni and Shi'i Islam) are:
Abu Dhabi
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


15. Saudi Arabia
The Bedouin
Riyadh
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


16. Hadiths

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17. What are the values orientations of the Bedouin Culture?
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
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.
Muscat
22


18. What type of verification is provided in the Hadiths?
The most common stereotype is that every Arab is a radical Muslim that wants to blow up America.
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Muscat


19. The meaning of the term 'Haddith'

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20. The Qur'an is considered by Muslims
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Riyadh
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
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).


21. Iraq
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Beirut
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
Baghdad


22. Who is the Original Arab?
The Bedouin
114
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.
Beirut


23. What are the main three parts of a 'qasida' (long elaborated Classical poem)
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Cairo
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part


24. 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
Mogadishu
a list of names before each story of people who passed the story down
Moderate view


25. Tunisia
The sayings of the prophet Muhammad which forms the foundation of Muslim law.
Nouakchott
Arab league members
Tunis


26. Qatar
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.
Baghdad
Doha


27. Are there differences between the Arab world - the Muslim world and the Middle East?
to recite
Doha
Imru - Tarafa - Antara - Zuhayr - Labid - Amr - Al-Harith
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


28. What age was Muhammed when he died?
63
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.
Joseph


29. What is the Hijra?
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
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
the performer of adhan


30. Sufi term for ritual remembering of the name of God'
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
63
Damascus
Dhikr


31. 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: .....
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.
Baghdad
Racial Islamist view
Kuwait City


32. 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.
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
Arab league members
Kuwait City
Damascus


33. Shari'a

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34. According to the Tradition - the unified - unique and complete text of the Qur'an was:
Arab league members
collected and unified in the time of the caliph Othman
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions


35. Djibouti
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
114
Algiers


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


37. Egypt
the Word of God transmitted by the Prophet Muhammad
As a religious Islamic term - it usually means 'the Prophetic tradition' - 'narrative relating deeds and utterances of the Prophet and his Companions'.
Cairo
Nouakchott


38. Lebanon
Beirut
anecdotal prose and Qur'anic verses combined with hadith and poetry
the performer of adhan
Joseph


39. In the total of the world's Muslims - Arab Muslims represent:
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
Mustasawwif
20-25%
63


40. Meaning of the term 'Jihad'
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
Struggle for God
2001 - Amman
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity


41. Who are the Shiites?
A Muslim sect that follows Ali.
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.
Tunis
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.


42. What is Pan-Arabism?
Eidul Fitr (the Smaller Eid) and Eidul Adha (the Greater Eid)
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).
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.


43. Sufi term for the one who covers himself with wool
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.
Habit - usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad - the Prophet of Islam.
Mustasawwif


44. Kuwait
Erotic-lyric part - self-pride part - descriptive-reflexive part
Kuwait City
Joseph
The first Arabian nomad group to settle down in Petra in the 2nd century BC. They were highly skilled water engineers and traders.


45. The three main branches of Shi'i Islam:
collection of the Prophet's sayings and actions
1. Twelvers 2. Ismaili 3. Zaidiyyah
Immoderate view
Amman


46. Adhan
Nouakchott
Algiers
Cairo
Muslim call to prayer


47. Mauritania
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
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
Nouakchott
2001 - Amman


48. The Arabic word 'Qur'an' means:
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
to recite
Joseph


49. 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.
Baghdad
Mustasawwif
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


50. What is Petra?
Khartoum
Tribal Solidarity - Chivalry - Hospitality and Generosity - Individuality - and Simplicity
Immoderate view
Petra is the capital of the Nabateans - the first Arab civilization; it is in modern day Jordan.